James Wolcott: Lucking Out
Elvis Mitchell talks to Vanity Fair cultural critic James Wolcott about his new memoir, Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York.
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Elvis Mitchell talks to Vanity Fair cultural critic James Wolcott about his new memoir, Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York.
Elvis Mitchell talks to actor, director, and playwright Alan Alda about his new play, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, now at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Is punk rock conducive to fatherhood? Andrea Blaugrund Nevins discusses punk's industrialization, its violent romanticism and its continually regenerating audience.
Sean Durkin talks about growing up in Hampstead Heath, what movies really scare him, and how he came up with one of the most tongue-twisting movie titles of the year...
Writer and director J.C. Chandor's first film, Margin Call, was a hit at Sundance....
Josh Radnor talks with Elvis Mitchell about his hit TV show, How I Met Your Mother . He also wrote and directed Happythankyoumoreplease .
Margaret Whitton's first film as a director is A Bird of the Air . She talks with Elvis Mitchell about being behind the camera and working with a parrot.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Actor Jason Statham talks with Elvis Mitchell about his new film, Killer Elite, co-starring Robert De Niro.
New Girl executive producer/director Jake Kasdan talks with Elvis Mitchell about working on a sit-com versus directing a feature film.
Elvis Mitchell talks with Mark Landsman who directed Thunder Soul, about the Kashmere High School Stage Band from Houston.
Director Nicolas Winding Refn talks with host Elvis Mitchell about his new film, Drive, starring Ryan Gosling.
Elvis Mitchell talks to writer/director Gavin O'Connor about his new film, Warrior.
The owner and editor-in-chief of Wax Poetics talks with Elvis Mitchell about the magazine's beginnings and what he hopes to achieve in each issue...
J. Clay Tweel's documentary, Make Believe, takes us inside the quirky world of teen magicians....
Author Mark Waid reveals the origins of Irredeemable, his comic book series featuring the superhero turned supervillain, The Plutonian.
Elvis Mitchell talks with Doug Ellin, creator and executive producer of Entourage, which is currently in its eighth season on HBO.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Errol Morris' latest film, Tabloid, explores the complicated story of Joyce McKinney with LA Film Festival Artistic Director, David Ansen.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Hadrian Belove of LA's Cinefamily talks with acclaimed writer/actor/director Miranda July about her new film The Future.
In 1991, Laurence Fishburne starred as the hard-nosed Furious Styles in Boyz 'n the Hood. The film was acclaimed for it's compelling portrayal of life in South Central LA..
Director Seth Gordon moves from documentary work to comedy, with his latest film, Horrible Bosses...
Author James Miller puts ESPN under the microscope in his book Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN .
Actor Michael Rapaport directs his first documentary film about the influential hip-hop group, A Tribe Called Quest...
Writer Harvey Pekar was Cleveland's favorite dark, dysfunctional and curmudgeonly son. On the first anniversary of his death, we re-broadcast his 2003 interview with Elvis Mitchell.
Chris Weitz is a writer and director, but most of his directing efforts are films he didn't write. A Better Life , is a personal story he didn't write...
When Mike Mills turns to filmmaking, he turns to drama in a search for ownership of self. As in his first film, Thumbsuckers, and his newest, Beginners, identity is key.
Jennifer Yuh Nelson has worked in animation with big emotional surprises hidden in action stories. She brings that interest to bear as director of Kung Fu Panda 2 .
Elvis hosts Rebecca Yeldham, Director of the Los Angeles Film Festival, David Ansen, Artistic Director for the festival, to talk about this year's event.
Writer-director Todd Phillips brings a transgressive element to studio comedy. From Road Trip to Due Date , his newest addition to the canon is The Hangover, Part 2 .
Paul Feig ( Freaks & Geeks, Knocked Up, Nurse Jackie ) directed the 'Farewell to Steve Carrell' episode of The Office , and his new film is the comedy, Bridesmaids ...
With a few short films, director Spenser Susser deals with violent emotional impacts that summon physical violence as well. His first feature film, Hesher...