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Movies & TV

The Tin Man Gets His Heart

An oral history of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Alan Siegel The Ringer Jun 2021 Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Show the Monster

A profile of director Guillermo del Toro.

Daniel Zalewski New Yorker Jan 2011 50min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV Music

All the Petty Horseshit

On the road with Billy Bob Thornton and his band The Boxmasters. Twenty years after Sling Blade all he wants to do is direct but “but none of those Hollywood assclowns will give him the keys anymore.”

Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Nov 2016 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

In Conversation: Quentin Tarantino

“I probably am mellowing. I’m happy about that. I was a pretty angry young man, but if I were angry now, it’d be like, What the fuck is my problem? I’ve got a really terrific life. It’s so rare to be an artist in my position.”

Lane Brown New York Aug 2015 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Where It Hurts

On director Steve McQueen and his film 12 Years a Slave.

Dan P. Lee New York Dec 2013 20min Permalink