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Apple Music's 100 Greatest--the Scruffs and Muffs

Apple Music's 100 Greatest--the Scruffs and Muffs

The incomparable Tom Petty is just one of the artists Apple Music's `100 Greatest' left in the wings Was it about a decade ago that producers of written and curated content began to live by the tyrannical premise that a numbered list will quicken the pulse of

"They Tried to Sell Me Like A Prize Hog"

"They Tried to Sell Me Like A Prize Hog"

"I've never had a good man," Ava Gardner told Rex Reed in 1967 Look at her, Ava Gardner. If you’ve seen this picture even once, it likely hangs on in your memory. It’s from 1945, the year of her marriage to Artie Shaw, who

Never Stop "Stop Making Sense"

Never Stop "Stop Making Sense"

We'll always miss Jonathan Demme, but his great concert film lives on “No rock moves or poses,” wrote David Byrne of the founding principles of Talking Heads when the band set out in 1975, “no pomp or drama, no rock hair, no rock lights, no rehearsed stage patter.

Reasons To Be Cheerful:

Reasons To Be Cheerful:

Revisiting “The Beach”, with friends Well--what do you lot think you’re up to? Actually, about an hour from the moment this shot was taken, we were going to have a scare. Nothing too deadly. But nerve-wracking enough. Call it a learning experience. The picture was taken mid-summer of 1986,

Alex Garland's Cinema of Entrapment and Escape

Alex Garland's Cinema of Entrapment and Escape

The British director has shown Americans in circumstances that make scenes of horror personal; herewith, a look at his strategies. Recently in this space I discussed (“Civil War" Is here—and we’re living it”) Alex Garland’s recent film about an America wrenched into anarchy and discord. It’

"Civil War" is here. And we're living it

"Civil War" is here. And we're living it

With the weekend coming up, you may be wondering where to find the best filmed brawls… Kind readers, may one ask if you plan to watch any campus brawls this weekend? I’m only half-kidding. As an option, you might find a theater to watch a much more ramped-up presentation,

Stunts, Man-"The Fall Guy"'s Got `Em

Stunts, Man-"The Fall Guy"'s Got `Em

Ryan Gosling (and Emily Blunt) keep it super profesh in “The Fall Guy”. It’s not supposed to be deep. Does anybody remember the 1980 film “The Stunt Man”? It was little-seen, though It won Peter O’Toole an Oscar nomination and also got a nom for Richard Rush as