Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of journalism's most outspoken voices for nearly 40 years. However, Mumia's greatest fame has come not from his written work, but from the fact that he is one of the most famous state "employees" in the country: he has been in state prison since 1982,...

In 2005, I had the good fortune to interview former Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern for Venice Magazine, in conjunction with the release of Stephen Vittoria's documentary "One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern," which looked at McGovern's ill-fated 1972 bid for the White House. During our...

Over her more than 50 years on the screen and in the public eye, Jane Fonda has worn more hats than any performer of her generation: daughter of Hollywood royalty (Henry Fonda), Oscar-winning actress,...

When you see the opening moments of Debbie Goodstein's writing/directing debut Mighty Fine and catch your first glimpse of newcomer Rainey Qualley playing Andie MacDowell's daughter, your first thoughts will most likely be...

Chazz Palminteri's life is one of those classic show biz stories that, dare we say it, is the stuff from which movies are made. Born and raised in...

Born in Singapore and raised in Midland, Tex., actor Jackson Rathbone became a household name after landing the role of Jasper Hale in the Twilight films, playing a brooding vampire who seems to be undergoing a constant crisis of conscience. Having just wrapped the...

Actress, hoofer, singer, activist, author and New Age practitioner/philosopher, Shirley MacLaine has worn many hats during a remarkably rich and varied life. Her thirteenth book, I'm Over All That and Other Confessions, was published by Atria Books in April of 2011. Currently working on...

Director Andrew Davis made his name with hard-hitting action blockbusters like The Fugitive, Under Siege and The Guardian, but like most filmmakers, his first effort was a small film with a modest budget and a lot of heart. Davis' directing debut Stony Island was...

This is the second of a two-part interview with filmmakers Stephen Vittoria and Noelle Hanrahan about their new documentary Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey With Mumuia Abu-Jamal. Go here for Part I.

Since being incarcerated, Mumia has almost developed a...

"Wrapped in the sweet, false escape of dreams, I hear the unmistakable sounds of meat being beaten by blackjack, of bootfalls, yells, curses; and it merges into the mind's movie-making machine, evoking distant memories of some of the Philadelphia Police Department's...

We're sad to report that actor Ben Gazzara died on February 3rd at age 81, succumbing to pancreatic cancer. Over his nearly-sixty year career, Gazzara specialized in portraying tough guys with an intellect, usually undergoing a crisis of conscience. Most cinefiles and scholars agree that the best work...

For those of us who grew up in the suburbs in the pre-home video, pre-Internet and pre-cable TV 1970s and early '80s, there were few dangerous pleasures as heady as sneaking into an R-rated movie at the local multiplex. The multiplex cinema was a...

Nearly a quarter century after his 1988 documentary The Thin Blue Line reinvented the genre, Errol Morris' latest effort doesn't disappoint. Tabloid tells the amazing, but true, story of Joyce McKinney, a former small town beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose obsessive love for a Mormon missionary stationed...

In addition to sharing his father's legendary name, Robert Kennedy, Jr. has carved out a legacy of his own as one of the nation's, and the world's, leading environmental activists and advocates. Born the third of Robert Sr. and Ethel Kennedy's eleven children, Bobby Jr., as he became known, had...