Gene Barge has done his most influential work as a sideman or producer, but he’s just as important as any of R&B’s marquee stars.
Tag: Martin Scorsese
Hustlers focuses on women doing horrible things for understandable reasons
In Lorene Scafaria’s latest, women take control of their lives by exploiting finance bros who exploit the common man.
Brokedowns drummer Mustafa Daka on the greatest heavy-hitting drummer alive
Current musical obsessions of Brokedowns drummer Mustafa Daka, Rad Payoff guitarist Jason Smith, and Reader music listings coordinator Luca Cimarusti
Jean-Pierre Melville’s brooding cinema surveyed on FilmStruck
FilmStruck presents the films of influential French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville.
Five big-screen movies obsessed with the small screen
Five movies remind us that filmmakers have always been fascinated with the box in the living room
You Were Never Really Here updates Taxi Driver to an even colder urban landscape
In the latest from Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), Joaquin Phoenix plays a hit man who specializes in rescuing child prostitutes.
Blues drummer Sam Lay has made five careers’ worth of music
Sharp-dressed drummer Sam Lay has played with Dylan and Howlin’ Wolf, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
Silence isn’t un-Scorsese—it’s very Scorsese
The director’s latest is cerebral, stoic, and tranquil, but it still shares much in common with his other films.
European Union Film Festival kicks off Friday, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
The director of A Hijacking is back with A War, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Zoolander returns, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Son of Saul opens at Music Box, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Charlotte Rampling stars in 45 Years, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
The Revenant, Seijun Suzuki, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue