Top of the Stack
Jeff Bridges: Class Act
After years of great performances, Jeff Bridges lands his defining role.
The Front Page
In the Bloom of Life
A Profile of Lady Bird Johnson.
Creem Magazine is Having a Moment
Boy Howdy.
Soul Mates
One day, we’re riding along on the highway; the next, we plunge out of sight.
Prince of the City
Goodnight, Pete.
Terry Cannon: The Great Enthusiast
The work was what mattered, enjoying it and doing it well, then sharing it with kindred spirits or making believers of those who had yet to commit to the things that provided his psychic income.
I’ve Got the South in My Mouth
You will find it true, I think, that many of our greatest female spellbinders are Southern or of Southern stock.
Melancholy Baby
For you blue.
The Stacks Illustrated
Another dose of Jeffrey Smith, this time his work for GQ.
The Cop Who Came in From the Heat
How the City lost one tough cop.
Persia: Ancient Souls of Iran
You can’t separate out Iranian identity as one thing or another. It’s part Persian, part Islamic, and part Western, and the paradoxes all exist together.
A Hollow Venue
Can a city too busy to hate be too busy to be great?
Unrampling Charlotte
“To me life is just a rehearsal, and I’m bumbling through making a lot of mistakes, like everyone, but films are the moment when I can live out the pressures I feel.”