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Tag: role models

Talkhouse Music Contributors Remember Leonard Cohen

Music
November 11, 2016
November 11, 2016

Talkhouse Music Contributors Remember Leonard Cohen

Robyn Hitchcock, David J. (Bauhaus), Domenic Palermo (Nothing) and more reflect on a legend.

Green Gatorade, Answering Machines and Gratitude: My Memories of Leonard Cohen

Music
By Craig Zobel | November 11, 2016
By Craig Zobel | November 11, 2016

Green Gatorade, Answering Machines and Gratitude: My Memories of Leonard Cohen

Film director Craig Zobel pays tribute to Leonard Cohen by sharing stories of his encounters with the era-defining singer-songwriter.

Captain Fantastic and the Question of Role Models

Film
By Megan Griffiths | July 18, 2016
By Megan Griffiths | July 18, 2016

Captain Fantastic and the Question of Role Models

Writer-director Megan Griffiths on Matt Ross' family drama Captain Fantastic, how to raise kids right, and her late mother.

Colin Meloy (the Decemberists) Shares a Snapshot Memory in Honor of The Queen is Dead

Music
By Colin Meloy | June 16, 2016
By Colin Meloy | June 16, 2016

Colin Meloy (the Decemberists) Shares a Snapshot Memory in Honor of The Queen is Dead

The Smiths record turned thirty today, and got Meloy thinking.

How Prince and Under the Cherry Moon Changed My Life

Film
By Jeanie Finlay | April 25, 2016
By Jeanie Finlay | April 25, 2016

How Prince and Under the Cherry Moon Changed My Life

Doc filmmaker Jeanie Finlay on how Prince's music – and his gloriously camp, indulgent directorial debut – brought glamour to her teenage existence.

Jeffrey Lewis Talks His 19 Years of Yo La Tengo Fandom

Music
By Jeffrey Lewis | January 2, 2016
By Jeffrey Lewis | January 2, 2016

Jeffrey Lewis Talks His 19 Years of Yo La Tengo Fandom

Our cartoonist recounts how his obsession with the band started — and the greatest advice he never gave.

Adam Green (Hatchet) Talks J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Film
By Adam Green | December 21, 2015
By Adam Green | December 21, 2015

Adam Green (Hatchet) Talks J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens

A lifelong fan of George Lucas' galaxy far, far away says a wholehearted "YES" to J.J. Abrams' new addition to the saga.

Dale Eisinger (YVETTE) Talk’s Travis Barker’s Can I Say

Music
By Dale W. Eisinger | December 19, 2015
By Dale W. Eisinger | December 19, 2015

Dale Eisinger (YVETTE) Talk’s Travis Barker’s Can I Say

Our writer feels kinship with Blink-182’s drummer, but the themes of desire, guilt and redemption in Travis Barker’s memoir will resonate with anyone.

Screenwriter and Producer Erik Crary (Uncle John) Talks Working for David Lynch

Film
By Erik Crary | September 19, 2015
By Erik Crary | September 19, 2015

Screenwriter and Producer Erik Crary (Uncle John) Talks Working for David Lynch

As his first feature comes out, a filmmaker looks back on what he learned from the iconoclast director.

Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs) Talks Being Mentored by Wes Craven

Film
By Nick Simon | September 12, 2015
By Nick Simon | September 12, 2015

Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs) Talks Being Mentored by Wes Craven

An emerging writer-director recalls being taken under the wing of the late master of horror.

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