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The Time John Waters’s Girls Escaped a Kidnapping
In this excerpt of Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller, two men abduct three actresses who have starred in several of John Waters's classic movies.
Electric Boogaloo: Destroying Film Academia
Funny, informative, and balls-out crazy, Mark Hartley’s new documentary on Cannon Films—the guys behind the 'Breakin' movies and Chuck Norris, is exactly what film history should be like.
John Waters's Cavalcade of Perversions
In recognition of how thoroughly Waters has gotten under the world’s skin, Lincoln Center hosted Fifty Years Of John Waters: How Much Can You Take?, a 12-film retrospective of his life’s work. We managed to speak to him while we were there.
John Waters Still Loves Justin Bieber
John Waters has been offending audiences for 50 years, but he doesn’t plan to stop shocking the world anytime soon, so I called him to talk about his new book, Grindr, and everyone's favorite bad boy pop star.
Double Trouble: Brice Dellsperger on His Subversive 'Body Double' Series
Brice Dellsperger’s extensive series uses cinema as found material, which can be manipulated, perverted, and subverted. We talked to the French video artist about his provocative use of camp and drag.
I Attended the Ninth Annual Feminist Porn Awards
The event featured Zahra Stardust, Madison Young, and other feminist porn stars.
Nieratko Vs. Cheazy-E, Round II
In the late 90s, while writing for the skateboarding magazine Big Brother, I thoroughly enjoyed fucking with my interview subjects. One of those subjects, a rapper named Cheazy-E, claimed my interview made him look like a "gott-damn retard."
This Guy Made a Documentary About Alternative Christmas Music
And more film stuff from the Grolsch Film Works blog.
Divine Was the Judi Dench of Drag Queens
When the drag queen Divine ate dog shit at the end of John Waters’s Pink Flamingos, he knew he was participating in a great publicity stunt. What he didn’t know was he was about to become an icon of American culture.
From Milan to New York, the Art World Is Celebrating Mike Kelley
Since the artist Mike Kelly died last year, a flurry of retrospectives have opened. An epic show co-curated by Emi Fontana currently runs at the HangarBicocca. In between summer travels, Emi took some time to talk about the late artist.
John Waters Is Doing a Live Christmas Show and I Interviewed Him
John Waters is one of my favorite filmmakers, writers, and speakers. Every time he says or does anything I think, "Wow, you are so smart and fun and I agree with everything you say. I love you."
Photos from Parties You Weren't Invited to
David Armstrong used to hang out with New York's downtown famous before AIDS came and ruined everything.