"Laurel Canyon" director Lisa Cholodenko on casting the "awesome" Frances McDormand, the influence of D.H. Lawrence (whom she hasn't read) and the sexuality of her interviewer.

It's no surprise that John McCain doesn't care about women's health. The shocking part is that he doesn't even know he's supposed to.

Robert Downey Jr. is funny and moving, and Ben Kingsley makes a delicious techno-Osama, in summer's first big hit

He also doesn't watch TV and has no idea what a streaming service is

Now fan-boys can prattle on about "Spider-Man" and "Mulholland Drive" on their own DVD commentary tracks. Will anybody listen?

At the end of a season directed by the star, "Barry" highlights a cinematic reality that TV fiction can't match

Pick of the week: "The Cabin in the Woods" gives the tired teen-splatter formula an ingenious post-"Scream" twist

Javier Bardem on how his buzzy new role differs from his Oscar-winning turn in "No Country," and more

Jennifer Lawrence is spectacular in the spring's biggest movie -- but its vision of the future is addled and dumb

The pop-star-turned-actor and "Gatsby" co-star discuss their folk-singing couple in the new Coen brothers film

Salon exclusive: Wes Anderson defends his distinctive visual look and remembers the intensity of childhood emotions

"Daddy, I'm a ballerina!" she says, while I think about how quickly these stops can go wrong for Black drivers

Today's catch: SpongeBob makes an enemy of Fox News, Spielberg's movie list in doubt, and a post-Baldwin "30 Rock"

Salon's TV critic and his ninth-grader discuss the cross-generational magic of Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker

Donald Trump keeps writing to me. Yelling at the keyboard is unproductive, so I'm writing back