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On Inherent Vice (2014), Paul Thomas Anderson's best film.
Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag is threadbare, limp, and insignificant.
The horror/comedy never comes together.
The Electric State is another lousy movie by Joe and Anthony Russo.
Zandy’s Bride and Twice in a Lifetime, two relatively obscure Gene Hackman films where he plays a total asshole.
Stars in My Crown and Jacques Tourneur, never insulting the intelligence of their audience.
Bong Joon Ho’s follow-up to Parasite is the worst film of his career.
And I want to see what Mark Anthony Green does next.
Stylish fun for genre fans.
Jack Quaid, a skinny guy who doesn’t fit the profile of an action star, nevertheless sells the premise of Novocaine.
Kelly Reichardt’s films are so prescient because despite their down-and-out worlds, they still take place before the collapse.
Little of De Palma’s personality comes through.
I say the banker, not the DeSantis impersonator.
20 years after its debut, Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken has become so stagnant that it’s once again subversive.
The Player, Robert Altman's movie about the movies, is a cynical contrast to the rest of his work.
Harmony Korine’s uproarious masterpiece is a misunderstood indictment of millennial frivolity.
The Panic in Needle Park is often left out of assessment of Pacino’s body of work because of how unpleasant it is but it uniquely showcases his talent as an actor.
A depressive watches YouTube.
Robert De Niro’s performance as an ex-President of the United States is reason enough to watch the Netflix miniseries Zero Day.
Experiencing radical changes, Hollywood’s in crisis.
Indulging in comfortable feelings.
The filmmaker talks about Elaine May's 1976 buddy drama starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk.
The late actor talks about his work in costume on the set of Nicolas Roeg's Eureka.
The late actor talks about his plans to retire in this rare interview from the summer of 2004.
The late actor talks to Johnny Carson about The Conversation in this March 21, 1974 interview.
November 20, 2012: USC's Outside the Box [Office] screened David Lynch's Lost Highway, followed by a Q&A with editor Mary Sweeney, actors Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman, and Balthazar Getty.
Jane Russell shares stories from her performances in The Outlaw, Underwater!, and The Paleface in this conversation about her acting career recorded on August 14, 2007.
William Friedkin on keeping Gene Hackman angry during the filming of The French Connection and why he decided to slap a priest to get what he needed for The Exorcist.
The late Gene Hackman in the best car chase in film history.
The filmmaker discusses cinema cinema, life, and his Vitalina Varela.