Damien Chazelle, who wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated film "Whiplash," always loved music, but his first love was film, his mother said. Chazelle, who spent most of his childhood in Princeton, brought his two passions together in the film. The
The Academy Awards are just days away—which means it's time to buckle down and really get to know this year's Best Picture contenders. Today's deep-dive takes a look at Whiplash, Damien Chazelle's film about music, ambition, and the particular power
Carried by two electric performances, the tightest editing in a film this year and a daring screenplay that writes itself into a corner and then somehow finds an unexpected way out, "Whiplash" is one of this year's best films.
Carried by two electric performances, the tightest editing in a film this year and a daring screenplay that writes itself into a corner and then somehow finds an unexpected way out, "Whiplash" is one of this year's best films.
In every Oscar season since 2009 or so (that being the year The Dark Knight nabbed a posthumous win for Heath Ledger), there have been geek pundits who demand the Academy Awards recognize a superhero movie or two. There's a degree of sound logic