Halsey, the singer, is an astute visual storyteller. Her biggest influence is cinema and she adores the work of Quentin Tarrantino, Harmony Korine, and Larry Clark. That’s quite a list of beautifully disturbed filmmakers. She explains, “There’s plenty of musicians … Continued

Like a fine wine, British actor Helen Mirren has only gotten better with age. She’s been performing most of her life, landing the lead, her first time out, in her grade school’s production of Hansel and Gretel. So it’s no … Continued

Considering how much we know about the actor Joaquin Phoenix, he’s a remarkably private person. The child of hippies who worked and lived in an international communal cult—the same one that Rose McGowan was raised in—Joaquin started his career with … Continued

Casey Affleck has always been overshadowed by his older brother, Ben. Too bad, because Casey, seductive in subtler and edgier ways, has had several great performances onscreen to recommend him—Ocean’s Eleven and its sequels, the brilliant but little-seen The Assassination … Continued