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 … Read more
"Whiplash" is, at its core, about jazz — that smoothest, mellowest of American art forms. But don't let that fool you. Writer-director Damien Chazelle's impressive sophomore effort is about as rock 'n' roll as a movie about jazz That ends with “Whiplash.” In the movie, J.K. Simmons plays Terrence Fletcher, a college music professor so … Read more
"Whiplash" is, at its core, about jazz — that smoothest, mellowest of American art forms. But don't let that fool you. Writer-director Damien Chazelle's impressive sophomore effort is about as rock 'n' roll as a movie about jazz In every Oscar season since 2009 or so (that being the year The Dark Knight nabbed a … Read more