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Tuesday, May 22 2012

Cannes 2012: Day 5 - ‘Amour’ + ‘In Another Country’ + ‘Like Someone in Love’

Day five witnesses a trio of films from some of the artform's leading lights: Michael Haneke returns with Amour, Hong Sang-soo competes with In Another Country, and the incomparable Abbas Kiarostami produces a new masterwork.


Friday, October 7 2011

One by One, We’re All Becoming Shades: An Interview with Anjelica Huston

In her newest film 50/50, the actress brings everything full circle, combining comedy and high drama with another far less-discussed area of her expertise: the ability to work a good old-fashioned bad wig and turn it into a powerful acting tool.


Wednesday, September 21 2011

Transformer, Singular: ‘Drive’ Sings the Body Electric

Va-va-va-vroooom: Cannes Best Director winner Nicolas Winding Refn talks Drive with PopMatters.


Friday, September 2 2011

Motor City Drum Ensemble: DJ Kicks

Hailing from Germany's Motor City, Danilo Plessow impresses more with his expansive record collection than his ability to create an ear-catching, purposeful mix.


Thursday, September 1 2011

Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn) Red Band Trailer


Thursday, August 25 2011

Believers Keep on Believin’: Vera Farmiga Envisions a Higher Ground

Oscar-nominated actress Vera Farmiga rips a page from the Ida Lupino playbook and directs herself to a funny, moving performance in one of the year's most surprising -- and unmissable -- debut features. Farmiga and co-star Dagmara Domincyzk talk with PopMatters about the experience...


Friday, August 12 2011

The 100 Essential Directors Part 4: Samuel Fuller - John Huston

On our fourth day, this journey through the 100 Essential Film Directors continues to twist and turn in unexpected ways. From bold, opinionated Hollywood voices to those who essentially created the language of cinema, today will shed light on kings of genre like Samuel Fuller, through lions like the legendary John Huston.


Tuesday, June 14 2011

Guano Apes - “Sunday Lover” MP3 (PopMatters Premiere)

Germany’s Guano Apes have reunited and released their first new music since 2003. Bel Air opened at #1 on the German album charts and reaches North America on 21 June.


Wednesday, May 25 2011

Telebossa: Telebossa

Bussmann surrounds Mello's soft voice with the sound of corks popping, and then circles around him in an avant-garde, repetitive way with the cello.


Thursday, April 21 2011

The Thermals Rock Dresden and Chat with PopMatters

Would you believe they were "Greatest Grandpa of the Month"?" The Thermals rock and talk to PopMatters on their European tour.


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