On this day (January 6) in 1958, Jerry Lee Lewis reached the top of the Billboard Country Best Sellers chart with “Great Balls of Fire.” Its placement in a popular film introduced it to a wide ...

There is something perversely admirable about a person who refuses to apologize for talent and looks at the ordinary life laid out before him and recoils as if being asked to settle for a lesser ...

After setting box office records, Marty Supreme lost the top honor at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards to the Leonardo DiCaprio-led One Battle After Another. While star Teyana Taylor yelled, "Let's go," ...

Is the hero of “Marty Supreme” likable? I think he is, and for reasons that include the fact that he’s a scoundrel. (Has there ever been a likable scoundrel in movies? No! Not Once!) The number-one ...

In an effort to build a solid defense, the Dallas Cowboys have invested just over $180 million in their secondary since 2023. They paid Trevon Diggs and DaRon Bland north of $90 million each, but when ...

It’s more than just a cut scene of old-man Chalamet; Josh Safdie breaks down the historical, thematic, narrative, and musical connections to the Reagan era. “When I would talk to these people who were ...

Last year, while accepting a Screen Actors Guild award for A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet told the audience, "I want to be one of the greats; I'm inspired by the greats." Many criticized him ...

As you can see, this viewer was not having it. They left the theater mid-screening to write this, and they made it clear that they were not looking forward to going back in. In their defense, I also ...

Timothée Chalamet’s new ping-pong biopic is already one of A24‘s highest-grossing movies ever, despite it only being in theaters for one full week. At the time of writing, director Josh Safdie's Marty ...

Marty Friedman reflects on his late-’80s Ozzy Osbourne audition, admitting musical perfection wasn’t enough to land the gig over Zakk Wylde. In a recent interview with Argentina’s TCDG Guitar Lessons, ...

Sam Rosenberg’s monthly column CineMusic highlights newly released film scores, soundtracks, and the composers/curators behind them. Despite being set in 1952 New York, Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme isn ...

I don’t know what other people are after when they watch movies and television. Some people use pop culture to escape the narrow confines of their daily life and only want to be entertained. Others ...