How Willem de Kooning inspired Kathryn Bigelow: “I liked those big gestures”
The influences behind a trailblazer.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 05/2024
“In certain ways, I probably am him”: Why Howard Hughes is the greatest role Jim Carrey never played
It’s all Martin Scorsese’s fault.
Walt Disney, Elvis Presley, and John Carpenter: The three icons who made Kurt Russell
Not a bad collection of legends to look up to.
How John Wayne created his own legend: “I was going to play a real man to the best of my ability”
‘The Duke’ was a man with a plan.
“He’s not everyone’s idea of a fairy godmother”: The actor who saved Michael Caine’s career
A transformative helping hand.
The character Martin Scorsese specifically wrote for Ray Winstone: “He just let me make it up”
It was Ray’s way or the highway.
‘Hooper’: The movie celebrating stunt performers that beat ‘The Fall Guy’ to the punch by decades
The two are kindred spirits in more ways than one.
‘Jellyfish Eyes’: The weird Pokémon knock-off released by Criterion
Things didn’t end well for the sequel.
How ‘American Graffiti’ became one of the most profitable movies of all time
The bearded wonder’s breakthrough was a money-spinning machine.
Shattering box office benchmarks: What was the first-ever $100m movie?
The industry had never seen anything like it.