By Drew Grant 11/30/11 4:32pm

Film

Daniel Radcliffe vs James Franco in a Ginsberg-off? Its possible. (Via Harry Potter and Howl)

Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg? A History of ‘Howl’-ing Portrayals (Video)

James Franco (and David Cross, John Turturro, et al) have reason to be worried: Harry Potter is about to smash your portrayal of New York beat poet Allen Ginsberg into dust. Daniel Radcliffe, fresh from filming the Victorian horror flick The Woman In Black has reportedly joined the cast of Kill Your Darlings (not to be confused with the 2006 flick with the same name) as the famous (and infamous) part of Jack Kerouac/Ginsberg/Lucien Carr trio. Read More

By Rex Reed 9/22/10 1:47am

Need a Franco Fix? Skip Howl and Wait for His Next Movie

Howl is a quasi-documentary with an impressive group of actors centering on Allen Ginsberg and the four-part poem of social protest the Beat Generation guru published in 1955, which led to a celebrated obscenity trial in 1957. Now there’s a subject destined to draw millions to the cineplex. I wanted to see it for all Read More

By Christopher Rosen 12/03/09 4:36pm

The Three Sundance Films You Can’t Miss

While the success of films like Little Miss Sunshine, Once and Precious prove that the Sundance Film Festival still holds some pretty serious weight in Hollywood, something about the grandaddy of them all has—shall we say—dulled. Perhaps Sundance lost some edge around the same time it featured heavily in a plotline on Entourage. Sensing this, Read More