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Tag: role models

How Prince and Under the Cherry Moon Changed My Life

Film
By Jeanie Finlay | April 25, 2016
By Jeanie Finlay | April 25, 2016

How Prince and Under the Cherry Moon Changed My Life

Doc filmmaker Jeanie Finlay on how Prince's music – and his gloriously camp, indulgent directorial debut – brought glamour to her teenage existence.

Jeffrey Lewis Talks His 19 Years of Yo La Tengo Fandom

Music
By Jeffrey Lewis | January 2, 2016
By Jeffrey Lewis | January 2, 2016

Jeffrey Lewis Talks His 19 Years of Yo La Tengo Fandom

Our cartoonist recounts how his obsession with the band started — and the greatest advice he never gave.

Adam Green (Hatchet) Talks J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Film
By Adam Green | December 21, 2015
By Adam Green | December 21, 2015

Adam Green (Hatchet) Talks J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens

A lifelong fan of George Lucas' galaxy far, far away says a wholehearted "YES" to J.J. Abrams' new addition to the saga.

Dale Eisinger (YVETTE) Talk’s Travis Barker’s Can I Say

Music
By Dale W. Eisinger | December 19, 2015
By Dale W. Eisinger | December 19, 2015

Dale Eisinger (YVETTE) Talk’s Travis Barker’s Can I Say

Our writer feels kinship with Blink-182’s drummer, but the themes of desire, guilt and redemption in Travis Barker’s memoir will resonate with anyone.

Screenwriter and Producer Erik Crary (Uncle John) Talks Working for David Lynch

Film
By Erik Crary | September 19, 2015
By Erik Crary | September 19, 2015

Screenwriter and Producer Erik Crary (Uncle John) Talks Working for David Lynch

As his first feature comes out, a filmmaker looks back on what he learned from the iconoclast director.

Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs) Talks Being Mentored by Wes Craven

Film
By Nick Simon | September 12, 2015
By Nick Simon | September 12, 2015

Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs) Talks Being Mentored by Wes Craven

An emerging writer-director recalls being taken under the wing of the late master of horror.

Chad Hartigan (This is Martin Bonner) Talks Discovering His True Self Through Jim Carrey and Meet Joe Black

Film
By Chad Hartigan | September 5, 2015
By Chad Hartigan | September 5, 2015

Chad Hartigan (This is Martin Bonner) Talks Discovering His True Self Through Jim Carrey and Meet Joe Black

How Martin Brest's misunderstood masterpiece helped a goofball teenager find love, and his identity.

Aaron Stewart-Ahn Talks His 25-Year Relationship with Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World

Film
By Aaron Stewart-Ahn | August 15, 2015
By Aaron Stewart-Ahn | August 15, 2015

Aaron Stewart-Ahn Talks His 25-Year Relationship with Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World

A personal journey through life, cinema, and time.

Actor Sam Jaeger (Parenthood) Talks the Enduring, Evolving Influence of Dead Poets Society

Film
By Sam Jaeger | June 6, 2015
By Sam Jaeger | June 6, 2015

Actor Sam Jaeger (Parenthood) Talks the Enduring, Evolving Influence of Dead Poets Society

26 years after it inspired him to seize the day and follow his dream, the actor-director reflects on the impact Peter Weir's film has had on his life.

Elizabeth Morris (Allo Darlin’) Talks Female Erasure and Reclaiming Alanis Morissette

Music
By Elizabeth Morris | May 30, 2015
By Elizabeth Morris | May 30, 2015

Elizabeth Morris (Allo Darlin’) Talks Female Erasure and Reclaiming Alanis Morissette

The earnest singer-songwriters of the '90s might be deeply uncool now, but they were also massively important.

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