JT LeRoy was a real-life Cinderella: an androgynous boy with a truck stop prostitute for a mother who lived a life of drug addiction and sexual abuse before becoming a literary phenomenon when his first autobiographical book, Sarah, was published in 1999. JT LeRoy was also a fraud: an identity manufactured by writer Laura Albert […]
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Bring On The Drugs, Money With ‘The Infiltrator’
For fans of “Breaking Bad” who are itching to see Walter White in action again, well, he isn’t in The Infiltrator. There is hope though for fans of Bryan Cranston, whose superb acting made White an iconic character. Cranston is Robert Mazur in The Infiltrator, and he’s got his hands dirty once again with drugs […]
For Hardcore Fans Only, ‘De Palma’ Is An Insightful Look Into The Mind Of A Hollywood Auteur
Whether one considers him one of the freshest voices in modern cinema or just a hack Hitchcock imitator, there’s no doubt that Brian De Palma has made some of the most important movies of the last half century. Now, fellow directors Noah Baumbach (Mistress America) and Jake Paltrow (“NYPD Blue”) turn the camera around on […]
‘Dark Horse’ Is The Safe And Sterile Story Of An Unlikely Racehorse
In the sports world, the Green Bay Packers get a lot of attention for being fan-owned, as the NFL team has been possessed by shareholders for nearly an entire century. The Packers may be the only community owned organization in American professional sports, but worldwide, the practice is fairly common, especially among football clubs (the […]
James Jay Edwards’ Top Ten Movies of 2015
Top ten time! These are my, James Jay Edwards’, top ten favorite movies of the year. I speak for no one else. 10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens I have seen every episode in the Star Wars saga in a theater, starting with the original 1977 run of Episode IV. The […]