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Movies & TV

Arts Movies & TV

Tilda Swinton Is in a World of Her Own

On the actress’s stellar year.

Zach Baron GQ Dec 2014 Permalink

Arts Politics Movies & TV

Chris Rock Talks to Frank Rich

On Ferguson, Cosby, and what ‘racial progress’ really means.

Frank Rich New York Dec 2014 30min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Punch a Hole in the Sky

An oral history of The Right Stuff.

Alex French, Howie Kahn Wired Nov 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

“When in Doubt, Seduce”

A profile of Mike Nichols.

Jesse Green New York Mar 2012 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

What It Takes to Be the French Jennifer Lawrence

The art of the voiceover.

Mac McClelland Medium Nov 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

The Duke of Doubt

A profile of Chris Rock as he makes one last attempt to jump from standup to leading man.

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Standups.

Kelefa Sanneh New Yorker Nov 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

The Exacting, Expansive Mind of Christopher Nolan

The Interstellar director and the art of the blockbuster cult film.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus New York Times Magazine Oct 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Interview: Johnny Depp

“I have a big cock in my living room.”

John Waters Interview Apr 1990 20min Permalink

Arts History Movies & TV

Fascinating Fascism

On a book of photographs shot by Leni Riefenstahl in the 1950s and 1960s depicting an African tribe.

Susan Sontag New York Review of Books Feb 1975 35min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Playboy Interview: David Fincher

“It was offensive to me on a certain level that when Saw and those other movies came out, people said, “Well, torture porn really started with Seven.” Fuck you. There’s enough pervy shit going on in Seven that I don’t have to get on my high horse to defend its artistic sensibilities.”

Stephen Rebello Playboy Sep 2014 30min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

The Last Amazon

On Wonder Woman’s feminist past.

Jill Lepore The New Yorker Sep 2014 30min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Interview: Bill Hader

“I did a few days on Franco’s As I Lay Dying, and the vibe on the set was very heavy and serious. The only thing I can equate it to is tripping with a bunch of your friends.”

Danny McBride, Bill Hader Interview Sep 2014 10min Permalink

Arts Business Politics World Movies & TV

Steven Seagal's Fight for Mother Russia

The aging action star’s second wind abroad: political maneuvering, many guns and, most importantly, a market for his B movies.

Lukas I. Alpert Playboy Sep 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Crime Movies & TV

Let’s Be Real

On Cops, cop movies and Ferguson.

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Previously: Wesley Morris on the Longform Podcast.

Wesley Morris Grantland Aug 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, And The Rise And Fall Of Hollywood’s Happiest Couple

The antagonistic partnership that produced Sunset Boulevard.

Matthew Dessem The Dissolve Jun 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

To Have and Have Not

Lauren Bacall at 86.

Matt Tyrnauer Vanity Fair Mar 2011 30min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Playboy Interview: Robin Williams

“If you take the chance, sometimes you’ll find something so magnificent that it was worth dying for, and sometimes you’ll find nothing and have a horrible night. To go deeper with it, that’s the most interesting challenge.”

Larry Grobel Playboy Jan 1992 50min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Temple of Gloom

Why the second Indiana Jones was so dark.

Bryan Curtis Grantland Aug 2012 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Interview: Richard Linklater

“Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There’s a lot of story, a lot of character. But plot? Eh, no.”

Matthew McConaughey Interview Jul 2014 Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

They Came. They Sawed.

In Austin in 1973, politicos and hippies could get together and create violent, visionary horror films for $60,000. So they did. The story of how The Texas Chainsaw Massacre got made.

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Previously: The Longform Guide to Making Movies.

John Bloom Texas Monthly Nov 2004 50min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Angelina Jolie’s Perfect Game

How the actress masterfully shapes her public image.

Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed May 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Say Hello to the Bad Guy

A profile of Tiny Lister, the silver screen’s half-blind villain.

Thomas Golianopoulos Grantland May 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Tech Movies & TV

How YouTube and Internet Journalism Destroyed Tom Cruise, Our Last Real Movie Star

Tom Cruise did not, in fact, jump up and down on Oprah’s couch.

Amy Nicholson LA Weekly May 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Planet Pam

A profile of Pamela Anderson.

Jessica Pressler Elle Mar 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Anatomy of a Commercial Interruption

A filmmaker goes to court to fight the television commercial break.

Lillian Ross The New Yorker Feb 1966 1h30min Permalink

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