Posts by Sean Fennessey
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The Third Revelation of Father John Misty
Josh Tillman has lived many lives. The singer-songwriter has been a defiant child of God, a broke dishwasher, a successful drummer, a Dionysian shaman, a failed poet, a drug-hoovering spiritualist, and a gleeful prankster. Now, he’s a man with one of the year’s best, most bracing albums. And all it took was the love of a good woman.
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A Civilian’s Story: How J.C. Chandor Inverted the American Crime Saga With ‘A Most Violent Year’
Not every gangster picture has to be about gangsters.
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There Will Be Pod: A Conversation About the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson
Chris Ryan and Sean Fennessey talk to Chuck Klosterman, Molly Lambert, and Alex Pappademas about the films of Paul Thomas Anderson.
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Blondes Have More Fun: Iggy Azalea and Rap’s Reversal of Fortune
Understanding the rise of Iggy Azalea, the first white female rap superstar.
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Watch This Guy: The Simmering Rise of David Oyelowo, Hollywood’s Counterpoint Character Actor and Future MLK
David Oyelowo has been a first-rate responder. The 38-year-old English actor has spent the better part of his career — opposite stars and icons, heroes and villains — in beta. That is about to change.
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Star Track: What Do You Think of Chris Pine Now?
The birth of a beautiful new character actor, or just a very strange year for Captain Kirk?
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I Do F--- With You? Learning to Like Big Sean
Big Sean is a rapper from Detroit who is also a buffoon. Or, at least, was.
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Hollywood Prospectus Special: The Gone Bros Podcast
Chris Ryan and Sean Fennessey talk about the films of David Fincher.
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David Fincher’s Misdirections: The Movies Inside His Movies
Everyone thinks director David Fincher is a ghoulish control freak. But we know there’s more than meets the eye.
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Hype Going Up (on a Tuesday): ILoveMakonnen and the Power of the Drake Career Boost
Just how valuable is a guest appearance from Drake? Is it worth a hit single? A tour? A career? For ILoveMakonnen, a rapturously crooning L.A. transplant making desperate, dazed R&B-rap in Atlanta, the surprise addition of a Drake verse to his ‘Club Going Up on a Tuesday’ two weeks ago sped up what had been a slow but promising rise.
