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Sebastian Stan, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of an audience at the Miami Film Festival Gems event last week, is one of the top young actors in Hollywood. Though he’s only 42, he has been acting on screens big and small for more than 20 years. He has been a part of giant blockbusters (he plays Bucky Barnes in Marvel’s superhero movies) and prestige projects (I, Tonya on film and Pam & Tommy on TV). And he has received Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award noms. But he has never had a year as big as his 2024.

This year, Stan is in the running for a best actor Oscar nomination for not one but two performances: as Edward, an aspiring actor afflicted with the craniofacial condition neurofibromatosis who undergoes groundbreaking facial reconstructive surgery, in Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man,...

In the 1980s, you would have been hard-pressed to find anybody who had access to cocaine not on cocaine. And that especially went for those in the world of entertainment. As such, it was only a matter of time before a movie would give it the spotlight…and that movie was 1983’s Scarface. Appropriately enough, Oliver Stone — then a serious lover of booger sugar — was tasked to write Scarface. All he needed to do was kick his habit…

In an excerpt from the new book “The World Is Yours: The Story of Scarface”, Oliver Stone remembered being in serious need of a hit, having just helmed flop The Hand. At the time, he admitted, “I was on cocaine. I was doing cocaine, and I was really an addict, without knowing it.” He added, “I did all the research for Scarface on cocaine, in and out of the country. It was...

Peter Schickele, whose comedic parodies of classical music overshadowed his own strengths as a serious composer, died Tuesday at his home in Bearsville, N.Y. at 88. His daughter confirmed the death and attributed it to a series of infections that damaged his health.

Schickele won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album four years in a row from 1990-1994. He also won in 2000 for Best Classical Crossover album.

The composer aimed at breaking down the stuffiness of classical music in the grand tradition of Victor Borge, His compositions included the No-No Nonette, the cantata Iphigenia in Brooklyn, the Unbegun Symphony, and Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons, among other titles.

Schickele claimed to be the discoverer of 18th-century composer P.D.Q. Bach, the son of Johann Sebastian Bach, “the last and by far the least” of his 20 children. Schickele claimed to have made several unusual discoveries of P.D.Q. Bach works,...

The original Sailor Moon anime has several filler episodes. The first few seasons especially have many scenes and plot arcs that aren't present in the manga, which is markedly more streamlined in plot. The original Sailor Moon also has a few movies and some draw from short stories in the manga, but most have plots that act as interludes and don't really affect the main story lines.

Just because these episodes and story arcs don't progress the main story lines doesn't mean they aren't compelling stories on their own. Some filler arcs are great opportunities to deep dive into side characters' personalities, like Sailor Venus and Tuxedo Mask. Others, like the haunted house and winter arcs, are great for seasonal watching. There are several reasons why Sailor Moon fillers are worth the watch, and the best ones will have fans watching them over and over again.

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Rockets Redglare, known for his work in the New York art scene, gained wider attention through character roles in Hollywood movies, like "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "After Hours." Redglare frequently appeared in Jim Jarmusch films, showcasing his unique personality and strengths as a performer in movies like "Down By Law" and "Mystery Train." Rockets Redglare was connected to controversial punk bassist Sid Vicious and was present at the Chelsea Hotel on the night of Nancy Spungen's murder, although his involvement is still disputed. The facts surrounding the case remain unclear since Redglare passed away in 2001.

Rockets Redglare was a unique fixture of New York's art scene in the '70s and '80s, and he actually appeared in several major motion pictures. Sometimes referred to as an outsider celebrity, Rockets Redglare, born Michael Morra, was a truly 20th-century figure who rubbed shoulders with important artists, and even became intricately involved in their lives,...

David Brenner's editing skills were highly regarded and contributed to the success of many acclaimed films throughout his career. Brenner excelled at subtly enhancing films without drawing attention to his work, allowing audiences to fully immerse themselves in the storytelling. From fantasy to action to historical epics, Brenner's editing prowess was evident in a wide range of genres, showcasing his versatility and mastery of the craft.

Oscar-winning film editor David Brenner left behind a legacy of amazing films that were elevated by his deft cutting, and he made an indelible mark on Hollywood. Working his way up through the editorial department throughout the 1980s on films like Platoon and Wall Street, Brenner was eventually tapped to be a lead editor by the end of the decade and his career soared. A frequent collaborator with filmmaker Oliver Stone, David Brenner's unique editing skills helped to make many of Stone's movies bona fide award-winning blockbusters.

Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber will return to Broadway this winter in a revival of John Patrick Stanley’s play Doubt: A Parable.

The play, directed by Scott Ellis, is scheduled to begin performances in February 2024 at the American Airlines Theatre. Exact dates and additional castmembers will be announced at a later date.

This is the first Broadway revival of Stanley’s 2004 play, which was adapted into the 2008 film starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The story follows Sister Aloysius (Daly), a principal of an all-boys Catholic school in the Bronx, who suspects a relationship between Father Flynn (Schreiber) and a student. Aloysius must then figure out how to verify whether something has occurred, whether to confront either party about it and how she can reconcile that with her religious beliefs.

Daly, a multiple Emmy Award winner for her role in the television show Cagney & Lacey, won a...

Twenty-five years after the international premiere of his graduation work “Banquet of The Beasts” in the Panorama section, and twenty-two after “Hole in the Sky”, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri is back in Berlin with the thriller “#Manhole” which celebrates its international premiere in the Berlinale Special program. In this one-man suspense drama, a relatively simple story of an unfortunate incident evolves into a film rich with unexpected twists.

“#Manhole” is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival Spring Showcase

On the evening before his wedding day, Shunsuke (Yuto Nakajima) walks into into his own stag party he was unaware of. The mood is excellent: as congratulations pour in, so do drinks. A bit wobbly after a drink too many in a pub in Shibuya district, Shunsuke falls inside a manhole, and wakes up injured and unable to climb back to the street. To make things worse, his cellphone Gps stops working and...

Eric Bogosian has been making the rounds in Hollywood for a very long time. His appearance in Succession since 2018 as cutthroat populist politician Gil Eavis over the first three seasons is just the most recent entry into a career that has spanned close to 40 years in the business. The 69-year-old Armenian American actor/playwright/novelist/historian was born in Boston and is a man of many talents. The unmistakable dark curly locks that have taken on a little more salt with the pepper over the years and his deep, throaty voice make him hard to forget on both the small screen and in movies. He has been in blockbusters like 1995's Under Siege: Dark Territory as ruthless cyberterrorist Travis Dane, in the Steven Segal sequel to the action blockbuster Under Siege earlier in the decade. Dark Territory made over $100 million on a budget of $50 million and is the most commercially...

Indie filmmaker Onur Tukel has a lot to say in his latest, Poundcake, a horror satire that mixes slasher with political discourse.

Fans of Tukel know that his films have always been heavy on commentary, and this one is sure to get a rise out of people.

In the slasher satire, a hulking beast preys on straight, white men in New York City.

“No one seems too concerned about the victims, because, you know, they’re straight, white men. But if everyone can drop the hate and embrace their differences, they might find a way to ‘kill the beast!'”

Tukel stars alongside Ron Brice, Eva Dorrepaal, Pia Paez, Zarius LeGrand, and others.

Poundcake is inspired by slashers of the 80s and icons like Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Leatherface, Tukel previously told us. “In a slasher movie, the villain murders someone every eight or nine minutes and there’s...

Twenty-five years after the international premiere of his graduation work “Banquet of The Beasts” in the Panorama section, and twenty-two after “Hole in the Sky”, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri is back in Berlin with the thriller “#Manhole” which celebrates its international premiere in the Berlinale Special program. In this one-man suspense drama, a relatively simple story of an unfortunate incident evolves into a film rich with unexpected twists.

#Manhole is screening at Berlinale

On the evening before his wedding day, Shunsuke (Yuto Nakajima) walks into into his own stag party he was unaware of. The mood is excellent: as congratulations pour in, so do drinks. A bit wobbly after a drink too many in a pub in Shibuya district, Shunsuke falls inside a manhole, and wakes up injured and unable to climb back to the street. To make things worse, his cellphone Gps stops working and a heavy rain starts falling making his situation more insufferable.

Ed Pressman was cool. And he had taste. He didn’t care what other people thought of a given project. If he thought it was cool, that was enough. He kept his own counsel; he was quiet. But if he wanted something, he let you know. He was not one to take no for an answer.

This helps to explain how he came to produce some 80 films over the decades. And he had not slowed down in recent years. When Ed and his son Sam came to IndieWire’s Cannes party two years ago, Ed found a quiet corner and worked his phone. Pressman died January 17 of respiratory failure, at age 79.

Look at the friends who showed up to speak at his Memorial at the Paris Theatre in New York last Thursday: Mary Harron, David Byrne, and Eric Bogosian, among others, plus video tributes from David Hare, David Gordon Green,...

Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult are teaming up for director Justin Kurzel’s “The Order.” The Zach Baylin-penned film will detail the true story of the crime syndicate known as The Silent Brotherhood. It is based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s book “The Silent Brotherhood and will detail an early-80s crime spree, including bank robberies, armored car heists and counterfeiting committed by a white supremacist terrorist group across the Pacific Northwest.

The AGC Studios-financed feature, along with Chasing Epic Pictures and Riff Raff Entertainment, will star Law as an FBI agent hot on the case. Hoult will play the terrorist leader plotting a war against the federal government. Kurzel has previously directed the likes of “Macbeth” and “Assassin’s Creed,” while Baylin wrote “King Richard” and co-wrote the upcoming “Creed III.”

At the time, the so-called Silent Order was among the scariest and most dangerous racist,...

Edward R. Pressman, the prolific Hollywood indie producer behind Wall Street, Badlands, American Psycho, Das Boot and The Crow, among dozens of others, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 79.

His death was confirmed to Deadline his company, Pressman Films.

With dozens of acclaimed and impactful films and TV movies stretching back to the late 1960s and including now-classics like Conan the Barbarian, Talk Radio, Bad Lieutenant and Brian De Palma’s 1972 Sisters, Pressman was noted for discovering talented directors early in their careers. In addition to Sisters he produced De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise, and, with the acclaimed 1973 TV-movie Badlands, Terrence Malick. Jason Reitman made his directing debut in Pressman’s 2005 Aaron Eckhart starrer Thank You for Smoking.

An early collaboration with Oliver Stone on the 1981 drama The Hand paved the way for Talk Radio (1988) and the 1987 Oscar-winning Wall Street. He and Stone produced Kathryn Bigelow’s early film Blue Steel (1990).

Among the other directors with whom Pressman would forge early bonds were Alex Proyas (The Crow), Sylvester Stallone (Paradise Alley) and Sam Raimi (Crimewave).

Among his many other credits both domestic and international, either as producer or executive producer, are Fred Schepisi’s Plenty, starring Meryl Streep; Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot; Mary Harron’s American Psycho, with Christian Bale; James Toback’s Two Girls and a Guy; Harold Becker’s City Hall, starring Al Pacino; Danny DeVito’s Hoffa, starring Jack Nicholson; Charles Burnett’s To Sleep With Anger, starring Danny Glover; Barbet Schroeder’s Reversal of Fortune, starring Jeremy Irons in an Oscar-winning performance as Claus von Bülow; and John Frankenheimer’s The Island of Dr. Moreau, with Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer.

Pressman also earned Emmy and PGA Award nom as an executive producer of the 2018 HBO telefilm Paterno, and former longtime Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. The producer also was nominated for back-to-back Indie Spirit Awards in 1992 and ’93 for Homicide and Bad Lieutenant, respectively, and received Film Independent’s John Cassavetes Award in 1991. He also received a Tribute Award from the Gothams in 2003.

A native New Yorker and Stanford University graduate who also studied at the London School of Economics, Pressman has been honored by the French Cinematheque, The National Film Theatre in London, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Pacific Film Archives and the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Cinematék, among others.

Pressman is survived by his wife of 39 years, Annie McEnroe Pressman, and son Sam Pressman, who has worked for Edward R. Pressman Productions for the past decade and says he will continue producing films for the company in honor of his father.

Alec Baldwin just sort of happened all at once. For a long time, there were movies without Baldwin, and then suddenly, in 1988, there were five. He was an unfaithful slime of a husband in Jonathan Demme's "Married to the Mob," an unfaithful slime of a boyfriend in Mike Nichols "Working Girl," a creepy slime of a best friend in John Hughes' "She's Having a Baby," an ambitious slime of a radio executive in Oliver Stone's "Talk Radio" and an absolute gem of a dead man in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Baldwin was immediately pegged as a character actor with leading man potential, and got his chance to prove his worth in 1990 as Jack Ryan in John McTiernan's adaptation of Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October." Ryan is a brilliant CIA analyst who correctly deduces that legendary Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) has absconded...

Los Angeles, Aug 14 (Ians) The FBI has concluded their investigation saying that Alec Baldwin must have fired the gun normally on the set of the Spaghetti Western movie ‘Rust’, fatally wounding Halyna Hutchins in the ghost town of Bonanza City, New Mexico.

Contradicting Alec Baldwin’s prior claims, the FBI forensic report on the ‘Rust’ fatal shooting case claims that the gun used in the accident could not have been fired without pulling the trigger, reports Deadline.

Baldwin had earlier claimed in a December interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, saying that he didn’t pull the trigger on the gun. “The trigger wasn’t pulled,” he said. “I didn’t pull the trigger.”

Baldwin, the film’s producer and lead actor, shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set last year. He said he believed he was handling a “cold gun” without live ammunition. However, when the gun fired, a live bullet struck Hutchins,...

The FBI has concluded their investigation saying that Alec Baldwin must have fired the gun normally on the set of the Spaghetti Western movie ‘Rust’, fatally wounding Halyna Hutchins in the ghost town of Bonanza City, New Mexico.

Contradicting Alec Baldwin’s prior claims, the FBI forensic report on the ‘Rust’ fatal shooting case claims that the gun used in the accident could not have been fired without pulling the trigger, reports Deadline.

Baldwin had earlier claimed in a December interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, saying that he didn’t pull the trigger on the gun. “The trigger wasn’t pulled,” he said. “I didn’t pull the trigger.”

Baldwin, the film’s producer and lead actor, shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set last year. He said he believed he was handling a “cold gun” without live ammunition. However, when the gun fired, a live bullet struck Hutchins,...

Jeremy Kyle is to deputize for Piers Morgan on Morgan’s Talk TV show Uncensored over the summer.

Kyle’s Talk Radio show is simulcast on Talk TV during the days and he also hosts opinion show The Talk with Sharon Osbourne, meaning his face will dominate much of the Rupert Murdoch-backed network’s summer coverage.

Kyle will take over from Morgan on flagship Uncensored for a five-week period up to September 5 while Morgan films a new series of his true crime documentary and “takes a well-earned vacation,” according to Talk TV.

Kyle is now a major presence on Talk TV, three years on from a Jeremy Kyle Show contestant committing suicide, leading to the cancellation of that show and an enormous reckoning regarding the British TV industry’s treatment of contestants and duty of care measures.

“I can imagine no finer broadcaster to keep my seat warm. Well,...

Eric Bogosian has been cast in the upcoming series Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire, AMC announced March 17. The Succession and Talk Radio actor will play Daniel Molloy, “an investigative journalist nearing the end of his career who’s given a second chance at the interview of a lifetime.” According to AMC, the series based on Anne Rice’s iconic and bestselling novel “follows Louis de Pointe, Lestat De Lioncourt, and Claudia’s epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality.” Bogosian joins the previously announced Sam Reid (The Newsreader) as Lestat, Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones) as Louis, Bailey Bass (Avatar 2) as Claudia, and Assad Zaman (Hotel Portofino) as Rashid. Interview With the Vampire Season 1 will consist of seven episodes and debut later this year on AMC and AMC+. “In 1988, I hit my mom up for money three times to see Talk Radio in the movie theaters,...

The “Interview with the Vampire” series at AMC has cast Eric Bogosian in the role of Daniel Molloy.

The series, which is currently in production, is based on the Anne Rice book of the same name and follows follows Louis de Pointe, Lestat De Lioncourt and Claudia’s epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality. Bogosian joins previously announced cast members such as Sam Reid as Lestat, Jacob Anderson as Louis, and Bailey Bass as Claudia.

Molloy is described as an investigative journalist nearing the end of his career who’s given a second chance at the interview of a lifetime. The character was portrayed by Christian Slater in the film version of “Interview with the Vampire.”

Bogosian is known for writing and starring in the play “Talk Radio,” later starring in the film version directed by Oliver Stone. For the play, he earned both a Tony and Pulitzer Prize nomination.

Somebody get Eric Bogosian a fedora: The Talk Radio alum has been cast in the upcoming series Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire as an investigative journalist.

Bogosian will play Daniel Molloy, a reporter who snags the interview of a lifetime with a charismatic bloodsucker. The series from Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad), Rolin Jones and Christopher Rice is based on Anne Rice’s bestselling novel of the same name.

The author died in December.

“In 1988, I hit my mom up for money three times to see Talk Radio in the movie theaters,” said Jones, who will serve as showrunner and executive producer, in a statement. “I count Eric Bogosian as one of the half dozen artists who made me want to do this for a career. He is, for me, the dented car fender of the American Soul and I can think of no...

David Brenner, an Oscar-winning film editor who worked on dozens of films including “Justice League,” “Independence Day” and “Born on the Fourth of July,” died on Thursday, Variety has confirmed. He was 59.

“He was an extraordinary editor and a loving, compassionate family man,” the American Cinema Editors, of which Brenner was a member, said in a statement. “In an effort to support David’s family during this terrible time, Lightstorm Entertainment has created this GoFundMe account. More important than any financial assistance this may provide, it’s an opportunity to let his wife Amber and his children Annie, Haider, and Sasha know how many other lives David touched.”

In 1990, Brenner won the Academy Award for film editing with director Oliver Stone’s “Born on the Fourth of July,” starring Tom Cruise. He shared the award with editor John Hutshing. Stone recruited Brenner to edit nine of his films, including “Platoon,...

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Stephanie March has joined Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship’s DC superhero drama “Naomi” for the CW.

“Naomi” is based on the comic series of the same name and centers on a teenage superhero whose life is upended when supernatural events occur in her hometown. March will be in six-episode recurring role. The cast includes Kaci Walfall in the title role, along with an ensemble that boasts Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson, Claire Lanay and Camila Moreno. The series is written and executive produced by DuVernay and Blankenship, and executive produced by Paul Garnes of Array Filmworks. The series is from Array Filmworks in association with Warner Bros. Television.

March plays Akira, who is originally from a planet far away, but is now hiding on Earth. Naomi seeks her out, looking for answers.

In addition to her multi-season run as Ada Alexandra Cabot on...

Exclusive: Stephanie March has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for management in all areas.

The actor-producer is best known for her turn as New York Assistant Da Alexandra Cabot on NBC’s long-running procedural, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

She most recently starred alongside Shaun Benson in the Lifetime TV movie A House on Fire, playing a wife and mother struggling with mental illness and substance abuse problems. She also portrayed Ivanka Trump in Comedy Central special A President Show Documentary and starred in Adult Swim’s Neon Joe.

Additional credits on the TV side include 30 Rock, Happy Endings, Rescue Me, Grey’s Anatomy, Odd Mom Out, Made in Jersey, Nightcap and Conviction. March also has appeared in such films as The Invention of Lying, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Who We Are Now, The Treatment, Falling for Grace and Innocence.

March made her Broadway debut in a 1999 adaptation of Arthur Miller...

Harry Clein, 82, co-founder of Hollywood PR agencies Clein + Feldman and Clein + White, died June 18 in Atlanta. He suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second acting Oscar.

When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer, Dennis Hopper,...

Harry Clein, 82, co-founder of Hollywood PR agencies Clein + Feldman and Clein + White, died June 18 in Atlanta. He suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.

I first met Clein in Manhattan in 1978 when I worked in the United Artists publicity bullpen at 729 Seventh Ave. He represented Alan J. Pakula on the western “Comes a Horseman,” starring James Caan and Jane Fonda. He admired my Annie Hall vests and fedoras; we bonded over his encyclopedic knowledge of film and Broadway musicals, and remained friends as he founded bicoastal press agency Clein + Feldman in 1981 with Bruce Feldman. Their first client, Pakula’s “Sophie’s Choice,” won Meryl Streep her second Best Actress Oscar.

When I first moved to Los Angeles as the West Coast Editor of Film Comment, Clein + Feldman hired me to be the unit publicist on what would turn out to be Sam Peckinpah’s last movie, “The Osterman Weekend” (1983), starring Rutger Hauer,...

Harry Clein, a veteran film publicist who wrote the original press notes for Star Wars and helped develop the innovative internet campaign for The Blair Witch Project, died June 18 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in Atlanta. He was 82.

His death was announced by spokesperson Mark Pogachefsky.

Clein, along with Bruce Feldman, cofounded the Clein + Feldman agency in 1981. Their first client was director Alan J. Pakula and his film Sophie’s Choice.

With offices on both coasts and quickly developing a reputation as an innovative shop for independent distributors, producers and filmmakers, the agency became Clein + White in 1989, with the addition of Cara White as a partner and the departure of Feldman for a studio career. Clein + White closed in 2000, with Clein focusing on producing and marketing consultation. He also taught at the Los Angeles Film School.

Earlier in his career, Clein was a unit publicist on such films as All the President’s Men,...

Kit Williamson, the creator-director-star of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated soap EastSiders, has set up his next project. He has teamed with indie film producer Cold Iron Pictures and indie distributor The Film Arcade along with financier The Money Pool on Unconventional, a dark LGBTQ comedy series that Williamson will write, direct and star in.

Unconventional centers on two eccentric, queer siblings and their significant others trying to start an unconventional family while navigating their 30s, trying to come to terms with their professional limitations in a screwed-up economy, trying to stay sane in a screwed-up world and, most importantly, trying to hold on to the bond they share.

A writers room opens this month on the series, which was developed at Sundance Labs, with the plan to pen nine half-hour episodes.

It marks the first foray into TV for Cold Iron Pictures (Swiss Army Man) and Film Arcade (The Amazing Johnathan...

With readers turning to their home viewing options more than ever, this daily feature provides one new movie each day worth checking out on a major streaming platform.

Long before the immediacy of the internet and its attendant social media platforms, impotent rage and loose-lipped hatred had another home in America: talk radio. While the form itself isn’t dead — look no further than the continued popularity of everyone from Howard Stern to Glenn Beck — the world has many other more enticing outlets for emotional release. But the underlying desire for unfettered, rage-fueled outbursts remains, and Oliver Stone’s searing 1988 drama “Talk Radio” (sandwiched between his better-known hits “Wall Street” and “Born on the Fourth of July”) helps explain the market for unfiltered voices in whatever form they take.

The movie stars Eric Bogosian, who adapted his own stage play of the same name alongside Stone — and that history comes...

From the people that brought you Pandemic Parade chapters 1-8, comes yet another thrilling episode featuring Jesse V. Johnson, Casper Kelly, Fred Dekker, Don Coscarelli, Daniel Noah, Elijah Wood and Blaire Bercy.

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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Wondrous Story of Birth a.k.a. The Birth of Triplets (1950)

Contagion (2011)

The Omega Man (1971)

Panic In The Streets (1950)

The Last Man On Earth (1964)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Innerspace (1987)

The Howling (1981)

The Invisible Man (2020)

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Where Eagles Dare (1969)

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Goldfinger (1964)

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)

Murder On The Orient Express (1974)

Dr. No (1962)

From Russia With Love (1963)

Bellman and True (1987)

Brimstone and Treacle (1982)

Richard III (1995)

Titanic (1997)

Catch 22 (1970)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)

The Graduate (1967)

1941 (1979)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Jaws (1975)

The Fortune (1975)

Carnal Knowledge (1970)

Manhattan...

The many, mercurial moods of New York City and the jarring rhythm of its streets have long been among the greatest fascinations of film. “Serpico” and “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Mean Streets” and “Manhattan” all looked to break the frenetic pace of the city and expose, often as brashly as its subject, the virtuosic and irrepressible characters who walk its streets.

“Uncut Gems,” the newest offering by “Good Time” creators Ben and Joshua Safdie, is an unhinged, frenetic study of a New York diamond jeweler, caught in a maniacal and unendurably suspenseful crescendo of gambling debts, adultery, and a last-ditch scheme to unload a million-dollar Ethiopian diamond.

Adam Sandler stars in the film, channeling the same manic and dramatic energy which Paul Thomas Anderson first drew from the comedian in “Punch-Drunk Love.” On the red carpet of the New York Film Festival, where the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented “Uncut Gems” Thursday night,...

By Fred Blosser

Oliver Stone’s “Talk Radio” (1988) has been released by Twilight Time in a Blu-ray limited edition of 3,000 copies. In a short supplemental feature ported over to the Blu-ray from a previous Universal Home Video DVD edition, Stone comments that he was intrigued by the “new phenomenon” of confrontational call-in programming that began to dominate commercial radio in the late 1980s. Stone’s protagonist, Barry Champlain (Eric Bogosian), hosts a popular late-night talk show in Dallas. From his perch, Barry relentlessly provokes, cajoles, and insults the lonely misfits, troubled neurotics, and dangerous neo-Nazis who compulsively phone in to his telephone feed. When an executive from a big radio network turns up at the station one night, Champlain learns that his manager Dan has brokered a deal for national syndication without his knowledge. (Dan is played by Alec Baldwin. See if your kids or your younger siblings realize...

Exclusive: As his Showtime series Ray Donovan moves to New York for its sixth season, Liev Schreiber has joined up with Matthew Stillman to launch Illuminated Content, a Gotham-based venture to develop, produce and finance TV and movie projects. Former Maven Pictures producer Hardy Justice will head up development and production at the company’s offices in New York. The aim is to generate three to four projects per year across various platforms, with Illuminated Content producing and co-financing.

The company will allow Schreiber and Stillman to accelerate the entrepreneurial ambitions they have built on separate tracks. Operating around his Ray Donovan schedule — where he is producer and has directed several pivotal episodes — Schreiber has methodically been broadening his canvas. Schreiber made his feature directorial debut on an adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer bestseller Everything is Illuminated and most recently starred, co-wrote, and produced Chuck, the indie drama about the life of Chuck Wepner,...

Exclusive: Actor-writer Eric Bogosian is finalizing a deal to join Adam Sandler in the Safdie brothers’ Good Time follow-up Uncut Gems for A24. The Law & Order alum will have a key role opposite Sandler, I understand.

Pic’s script comes from the Safdies — Josh and Ben — and Ronald Bronstein. Producers are Scott Rudin and Eli Bush through Scott Rudin Produtions and Elara Pictures’ Sebastian Bear-McClard and Oscar Boyson. Rudin and Bush team frequently with A24 — most recently on Lady Bird — and the Safdies recently worked with the distributor on Robert Pattinson-starrer Good Time. Martin Scorsese & Emma Tillinger Koskoff are executive producers.

I gather the movie will be set in the diamond district of New York and Sandler will play a jewelry store owner and dealer to the rich and famous whose life becomes complicated when some of his merchandise is stolen.

Bogosian has most recently been seen in HBO...

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Daniel Knauf is one of the most genius minds working in television, and we love every single demented thing he cooks up! That made him a natural selection to appear on Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio. From “Carnivàle” to the current TV hit “The Blacklist,” there’s not much Knauf hasn’t done aside from tangoing with […]

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Daniel Knauf is one of the most genius minds working in television, and we love every single demented thing he cooks up! That makes him a natural selection to appear on Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio. From “Carnivàle” to the current TV hit “The Blacklist,” there’s not much Knauf hasn’t done aside from tangoing with […]

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Daniel Knauf is one of the most genius minds working in television, and we love every single demented thing he cooks up! That makes him a natural selection to appear on Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio. From “Carnivàle” to the current TV hit “The Blacklist,” there’s not much Knauf hasn’t done aside from tangoing with […]

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We’re still stuffed from the Thanksgiving break, but it’s time to get back to business! Joining us for this week’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio Episode 68 is producer Eric Thirteen (Rob Zombie’s 31 and Adam Rifkin’s Director’s Cut, the latter of which happens to be one of the select Dread Central Presents releases […]

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We’re still stuffed from the Thanksgiving break, but it’s time to get back to business! Joining us for this week’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio Episode 68 is producer Eric Thirteen (Rob Zombie’s 31 and Adam Rifkin’s Director’s Cut, the latter of which happens to be one of the select Dread Central Presents releases […]

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We’re still stuffed from the Thanksgiving break, but it’s time to get back to business! Joining us for this week’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio Episode 68 is producer Eric Thirteen (Rob Zombie’s 31 and Adam Rifkin’s Director’s Cut, the latter of which happens to be one of the select Dread Central Presents releases […]

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Strap in because director Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Wrong Turn 2, Everly, “Holliston”) will be joining Knetter, myself, and the whole Brainwaves gang for an evening of weirdness like no other! It’s radio without a safety net, kids. It’s Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio. Support Brainwaves On Patreon! Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is […]

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Paranormal investigators Greg and Dana Newkirk, who first appeared in Episode 33 of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio (listen here), are returning this week for Episode 63 to talk about one of their most haunted objects, the doll known… Continue Reading →

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Shadow people. Hat men. Hagging. Sleep paralysis. What are these things? And why are they ready and waiting to torment us? That’s the question of the day for Episode 62 of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio; and joining us… Continue Reading →

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Shadow people. Hat men. Hagging. Sleep paralysis. What are these things? And why are they ready and waiting to torment us? That’s the question of the day for Episode 62 of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio; and joining us… Continue Reading →

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Bless you, Full Moon! Charles Band stated during his appearance on Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio that cult classic Laserblast is coming to Blu-ray for the very first time, and we are elated! Read on for a few more… Continue Reading →

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Shadow people. Hat men. Hagging. Sleep paralysis. What are these things? And why are they ready and waiting to torment us? That’s the question of the day for Episode 62 of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio; and joining us… Continue Reading →

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The 60th episode of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio is in the books, and this week we had joining us one of the few people who actually may be sexier than either Joe, Creepy, Barkan, or Dark… Tiffany Shepis… Continue Reading →

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The 60th episode of Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio, is upon us and this week we have one of the few people who actually may be sexier than either Joe, Creepy, Barkan, or Dark… Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley, Tales… Continue Reading →

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Last night we had Caroline Williams on Brainwaves: Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio, and she revealed something that will change the face of horror as we know it… the fate of her character Vanita “Stretch” Brock in Tobe Hooper’s 1986… Continue Reading →

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