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This week, the editors celebrate filmmaker, author, artist—and sometime Artforum contributor—John Waters, featuring his conversation with film scholar Scott MacDonald from the January 1982 issue. Waters’s Top Ten films of 2021 is one of the many highlights in the magazine’s December issue, on newsstands now. And look out for A John Waters Christmas, which he’s performing live this month at various venues across the country.Who else but John Waters could sport monikers like “Master of...

Waters, 75, has made a good reputation for pushing the limits of bad taste over the decades.

California’s ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines is upheld by a federal appeals court.

A descendant of Jim Hawkins visits Treasure Island with a priceless map.

Because i wanted to be an actor. i passionately wanted to be an actor. when i was a teenager, my heart—throb was a handsome, young blonde actor named tab hunter. he was starring in almost every warner... he had a warner bros contract, every movie coming from the warner bros studio — battle cry, damn yankees. i went and saw every one of them until he was exposed, by one of our scandal sheets as being gay, and suddenly he disappeared. it was forcefully made... it forcefully made me understand ...

"Lust in the Dust" would have worked better with Divine in the Tab Hunter role. Divine was born to play Tab Hunter, a statement Hunter himself has not been able to make for several years. And Divine wouldn't have made the mistake Hunter makes, of playing, his Western gunslinger as a Clint Eastwood type. Divine would have chewed the scenery before shooting at it, and "Lust in the Dust" might have been funny all the way through, instead of just for the first 20 minutes.

There’s nothing like a good movie musical number. The combination of music, dance, and narrative thrust build something vibrant and alive in a way that, when done well, reflects cinematic storytelling in its purest form. Characters are given permission to express their emotions in ways that they are frequently unable to do: song frees them […]

In song oracles were given, and the way of life was shown; the favour of kings was sought in Pierian strains, and mirth was found to close toil's long spell. So you need not blush for the Muse sk

Director Jeffrey Schwarz has made an entertaining, fast-paced and informative film.