Interview articles from April 2005

Interview archives from April 2005

The state of church.(Letters)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Everyone I know claims to have found Sideways the most entertaining thing they saw all year, and while I am not in agreement (I liked the film, but only), the one standout feature of the movie for me was the terrifically...

Divine intervention.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Reading the letters page in your December/January 2005 issue brought back vivid memories I'd like to share. First of all, I've been a faithful Interview reader for more years than I'd like to admit, but one issue (February...

Like bees to honey.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Congratulations for featuring the models of Bel Ami in your publication [February 2005]. That must be a first for the mainstream media. PHILIP KHO Via the Internet Dear Interview, Bravo! Your casting of the...

Supreme-ly enlightening.(Letters)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Dear Interview, One thing I love about your magazine is that it consistently challenges the assumptions I have about people in the worlds of film, music, art, etc. I was reminded of that again as I read the terrific interview between...

Wave of the future?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Dear Interview, Elton's Tip Sheet in your February issue certainly had some compelling things to say about the current state of radio. There's no question that it has to dramatically change, and few would argue that most stations have...

Color me happy: spring is a great time to take a trip.(April's Bright Idea)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Like good cooks, the fashion world's fiercest players know when a squeeze of lemon, a squirt of hot sauce, or in this case, a splash of acid bright enough to send the Grateful Dead clutching for sunglasses is just what's needed to kick-start...

Melissa George: she may have hung up her skates, but with star turns in two big films, this former queen of the rink is on a major roll.(This Month's One To Watch)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... There are myriad ways a young actress might learn to properly imitate an accent not her own. She might, for example, work for hours, days at a time, with a dialect coach, or travel indefatigably, acquiring other vocal tics while smoothing out...

Kaiser chiefs: the next "it" band prepares to step into the limelight.(What To Listen Out For This Month)
April 1, 2005... Having recently bashed through radio with their raucously melodic breakout single, "I Predict A Riot," the Kaiser Chiefs are plotting to (politely) bring America to its knees. Their master takeover plan rests on the release of their...

Kate Earl: she dropped out of bible college to make music--and hallelujah, here she comes!(Interview: showcase)(Biography)
April 1, 2005... It's been a decade since a pretty, young singer-songwriter from Alaska burst onto the music scene. But while it would be easy to label Kate Earl the next Jewel, the 23-year-old songstress has other ideas. Her self-titled debut, Kate Earl...

Brendan Benson: a singer-songwriter finds his moment.(Music News)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... "I feel embarrassed because I don't know," says singer Brendan Benson about the title of his new album, The Alternative to Love (V2), and what such an alternative might be. Fortunately, Benson's tunes speak for themselves. The 31-year-old...

Miri Ben-Ari: she grew up along the Middle East's great divide. Now she's building bridges across musical boundaries.(Music Up-And-Comer)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... As a teenager, Miri Ben-Ari didn't have Def Loppard or Public Enemy posters on her bedroom walls--or those of any band for that matter. "I grew up in a classical bubble," says the 26-year-old violinist. "We never had any other type of music in...

Shooter Jennings: an heir to the honky-tonk throne resurrects country music's outlaw spirit.(Music Profile)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... With a country legend like Waylon Jennings for a father, it's no surprise that Shooter Jennings is a natural-born rabble-rouser. This month the 30-year-old singer-songwriter releases his rattling debut album, Put the O Back in Country...

R. Crumb: the celebrated antihero of underground comics--still cranky and controversial after all these years.(Comics Trailblazer)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... It's difficult to imagine a greater oxymoron than "celebrity comic-book artist," but that's exactly what Robert Crumb is. Even if you don't follow comics, you're likely to have heard of him, and there's little doubt that you've seen his work....

Leo Gregory: some people get into acting as a way to explore other worlds. He did it to make sense of his own.(Movie Heat)(Biography)
April 1, 2005... How does it feel to be a Rolling Stone? For his latest role in Wild & Wycked: The World of Brian Jones, Stephen Woolley's controversial new film about the Stones' enigmatic founding guitarist, Leo Gregory got a taste that he won't soon forget....

Nora Zehetner: How does a former math nerd make it as a big-screen femme fatale?(Movie Scoop)(Biography)
April 1, 2005... Nora Zehetner's looks make her a natural femme fatale. The sloe-eyed 24-year-old actress's lithe neck, winsome lips, and ski-jump nose seem ready-made for film noir, even if she's best known for her role as Laynie Hart, the sweet-natured love...

Jesse Eisenberg: an actor going through changes that would make kafka proud.(Movie Breakout)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... Every werewolf movie worth its wild howl at the full moon has a metamorphosis sequence. And Jesse Eisenberg admits to enduring quite a few while shooting Wes Craven's Cursed, in which he stars alongside Christina Ricci and Joshua Jackson. "I...

Larry Clark: a big-box look back at the revered--and reviled--chronicler of the underbelly of adolescence.(Legendary Button Pusher)(Interview)
April 1, 2005... For more than four decades, Larry Clark has recorded the seismic landscape of an America growing up under the influence of sex, drugs, hormones, and guns. While his films such as Kids (1995), Bully (2001), and the as-yet-unreleased Ken Park...

Supersize me! Big accessories are a big deal for the season ahead.(Fashion's Big Thing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Like fast food, the Incredible Hulk, and the national debt, accessories just keep getting bigger and bigger. A trend attributed to the diminutive Olsen twins and their affinity for blanketlike layers and oversized sunglasses (not to mention...

Shore thing: this beach-inspired look is a long, long way from Baywatch.(Look Of The Month)
April 1, 2005... Evoking the photographs of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, who famously captured the exuberance of the Cote d'Azur of the 1920s, the makeup look for summer is dressed-up seaside glamour. Makeup artist Gucci Westman has collaborated with Lancome on a...

Keith McDermott: the onetime wunderkind of the New York stage debuts his second act.(Book Notes)(Biography)
April 1, 2005... The actor's life was the one for Keith McDermott. Having starred by his early twenties in Broadway's Equus opposite Richard Burton, he was unquestionably of the moment. "I was very ambitious. I had to be, to get the kind of roles I got,"...

Camille Paglia: the always provocative cultural critic explodes the poetry canon.(Book Notes)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
April 1, 2005... When not leading the charge in America's ongoing culture wars, Interview contributing editor Camille Paglia channels her significant energy into the classroom, teaching at the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia. Her new book may be the...

The Bravery: the Bravery (Island).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... THE BRAVERY The Bravery (Island) After hair metal reached its zenith, a plethora of mediocre bands, like Trixter, followed the formula to momentary fame and fortune. They were young, photogenic, and capable of writing memorable hooks....

Martha Wainwright: Martha Wainwright (Zoe/Rounder).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... MARTHA WAINWRIGHT Martha Wainwright (Zoe/Rounder) Did Martha Wainwright give the most vulnerable song on her debut such a lurid title to lend it some protection? If so, her defenses are futile: "BMFA" (Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole), a...

The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute (GSL/Strummer/Universal).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... THE MARS VOLTA Frances the Mute (GSL/Strummer/Universal) This is the second rock opera from the Mars Volta, the supergroup formed from the ashes of arty punk heroes At the Drive-In. Comprising three sprawling suites, the narrative is...

Various Artists: Run the Road (Vice).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... VARIOUS ARTISTS Run the Road (Vice) First there was grunge. Now there is grime: that peculiar amalgam of danceable U.K. garage, nuclear early-'80s post-punk, and swaggering gangsta rap that is bubbling out of East London. This...

Prefuse 73: Surrounded by Silence (Warp).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... PREFUSE 73 Surrounded by Silence (Warp) As usual, vanguard experimental beatsmith Prefuse 73--a.k.a Scott Herren--layers hip-hop beats with digital glitch until they explode with diffuse beauty. More than anything, however, this is an...

Moby: Hotel (V2).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... MOBY Hotel (V2) Hotel is a strange concoction of sonic legerdemain and drowsy love songs, full of big-room epics and unpretentious instrumentals. Moby's latest offering blends all his various guises--Metallica pimp, pop maven,...

Long-View: Mercury (Columbia).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... LONG-VIEW Mercury (Columbia) "Further," the first song off this Manchester quartet's debut album, is a giant confection of swirling, distorted guitars. And just when you think it can't get any sweeter, there's a cascading gospel-pop...

Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze (Interscope).(Sound advice: psychedelic rockers, carousing crooners, and a downpour of radical rappers)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
April 1, 2005... QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Lullabies to Paralyze (Interscope) Queens of the Stone Age have always been loud, dirty, and more fun than a gang of drunken bikers racing through the desert. But while they're still thrashing, joyful, and...

Fever Pitch.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
April 1, 2005... PREVIEW: FEVER PITCH (20th Century Fox) Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly In this romantic comedy, an Americanized adaptation of Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby's 1994 novel about an overzealous soccer fan, Jimmy Fallon stars as a...

Sahara.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
April 1, 2005... PREVIEW: SAHARA (Paramount) Directed by Breck Eisner In the aftermath of recent flops like Hidalgo and 0berflops like Alexander, the romance between Hollywood and the desert has gone a bit dry. Now comes Sahara, which follows heroic...

Lipstick & Dynamite.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
April 1, 2005... REVIEW: LIPSTICK & DYNAMITE (Koch Lorber Films) Directed by Ruth Leitman They are the grandmothers of the WWF, literally, this league of lady wrestlers who fought to legalize their sport in areas where ordinances kept them from the...

House of D.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
April 1, 2005... REVIEW: HOUSE OF D (Lions Gate) Directed by David Duchovny In his directorial debut, David Duchovny stars as Tom, an American artist living in Paris, who is forced to come to terms with the buried, traumatic events of his childhood....

Layer Cake.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
April 1, 2005... REVIEW: LAYER CAKE (Sony Pictures Classics) Directed by Matthew Vaughn From first-time director Matthew Vaughn, the producer of Guy Ritchie's hits (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) and misses (Swept Away), comes a slick,...

Palindromes:.(Movie Review)
April 1, 2005... REVIEW: PALINDROMES (Wellspring) Directed by Todd Solondz This fourth film from writer-director Todd Solondz tackles the issue of abortion through the story of Aviva, an adolescent girl on a hell-bent mission to be a mother. Our...

The Weather Man.(Movie Review)(Brief Review)
April 1, 2005... REVIEW: THE WEATHER MAN (Paramount) Directed by Gore Verbinski Fresh off the heels of his blockbuster The Pirates of the Caribbean (2003), director Gore Verbinski delivers this small, intimate tale of a Chicago TV meteorologist...

Shots in the dark: a handful of films take an old theme in new directions.(The Holy Girl)(Movie Review)
April 1, 2005... A cluster of Catholic schoolgirls stare sullenly at their beautiful young teacher as she leads them in choir practice. "What is it, Lord, you want of me?" she sings. It's a question that might be posed rhetorically by one of those gawky...

All the dish: how New York City restaurateurs are raising the bar and grill.(Food Column)
April 1, 2005... Long associated with the sort of cooking that's an afterthought to the frosty mug it accompanies, "pub grub" has recently been seized by a handful of enterprising restaurateurs who have awoken to its possibilities. Whether you choose to call...

Letter from the editor April 2005.(view)
April 1, 2005... Without Andy Warhol--the magazine's original visionary--there would be no Interview. He is the man who said: "Every minute is like the first minute of my life. I try to remember, but I can't. That's why I got married--to my tape recorder." Of...

Ashton Kutcher: he may appear to be Hollywood's answer to the merry prankster, but never underestimate the power of the joker.(Interview)(Cover Story)
April 1, 2005... BRAD PITT: Sexy! ASHTON KUTCHER: Hey-hey. What's happening? BP: How you doin', man? AK: Good. How are you? You're a little busy, huh? BP: A little busy duckin' and weavin', that kind of thing. AK :I understand. BP:...

Fashion's feathered friends.
April 1, 2005... BIRDS TOOK FLIGHT THIS SEASON IN THE SOARING IMAGINATIONS OF FASHION DESIGNERS AND ON THE CLOTHES THEY SENT SWOOPING DOWN THE RUNWAYS Model: ANNA O/Next Model Management. Hair: MARCO SANTINI/Art Department. Makeup: RIE OMOTO/See Management....

Amy Adams: after six years, 10 movies, and a history of critical praise, Amy Adams has finally earned the title "overnight sensation." Selma Blair checks in the morning after.(Interview)
April 1, 2005... Until now, actress Amy Adams has been most recognizable as the naive, brace-faced fiancee of Leonardo DiCaprio's seductive con man in Catch Me If You Can (2002) as well as for various supporting roles in teen and romantic comedies. But this...

Jamie Cullum: so who is this showstopping, piano-playing wild man who is making all the noise? The original maverick maestro finds out.(Interview)
April 1, 2005... ELTON JOHN: Hello, darling. JAMIE CULLUM: Hi, Elton. How are you? EJ: Actually, I'm under the weather. I'm sitting in bed in Las Vegas with a cold and feeling sorry for myself. So, how was it being at the Grammys last night? JC:...

Here she is ... Interview presents clothes for life's great pageant.
April 1, 2005... Miss India Miss Mexico Above: MISS MEXICO wears clothes and a hat by MOSCHINO. Shoes by DIOR BY JOHN GALLIANO. Earrings by MIGUEL ASES, Fragrance by I LOVE LOVE BY MOSCHINO CHEAP & CHIC. Opposite: MiSS INDIA wears ETRO. Jewelry by...

Jessica Alba: she's the ball of fire who has seduced, outfoxed, and overpowered a litany of criminals, creeps, and sketchballs on her way to becoming the new face of Hollywood heroines. Just don't call her honey.(Interview)
April 1, 2005... She may have made her mark as a genetically enhanced rogue in James Cameron's cult sci-fi series Dark Angel and as a genetically gifted choreographer-turned-dancer in Honey (2003), but Jessica Alba is more than just a pretty face. This month...

Charge of the night brigade.
April 1, 2005... Zac Posen at NYC's Four Seasons Restaurant for a party celebrating his fall winter 2005 collection, sponsored by M*A*C. WE (Womens Entertainment), and Interview, and hosted by John Demsey, Sandra Brant, and Ingrid Sischy. [ILLUSTRATION...