Interview

Photographer Lauren Dukoff was Devendra Banhart's first friend when he moved to the United States; she's made him his muse in her first book.  BLOG POSTED: 06/17/09

When you're lost in your rock-star idol's performance, you may be captivating Poppy de Villeneuve.  BLOG POSTED: 04/21/09

Roman Polanski may soon be permitted back into the U.S., but he’s made some of his most compelling films while in exile from the Hollywood machine. As he collaborates with artist Francesco Vezzoli on a commercial for a fictional perfume starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams, the director talks about the Perils of the movie world and the pleasures of skiing drunk at night.

   ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 01/15/09

So the world economy is in a spiral. So every creative industry is in financial freefall. So looking forward to anything at all might seem  BLOG POSTED: 12/23/08

Writer and actor Taylor Mead's turns in Ron Rice's seminal experimental film classic, The Flower Thief (1960), and, later, as Tarzan in Andy Warhol's Tarzan and Jane Regained . . . Sort of (1964) went a long way toward etching out his place as America's first underground matinee idol.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/30/08

Although he acted in only two Warhol films, Rene Ricard was one of Andy's most brilliant superstars.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/30/08

Billy Name, né William Linich, was one of Andy Warhol's most crucial co-conspirators. He painted the first Factory silver, helped name it "the Factory," introduced Andy to many of his superstars, assisted on the films and the art and took many of the most famous Factory photos.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/30/08