John Cusack

Al Johnson is Decent: A Conversation with the Host of This Weekend's Skin Graft Records Homecoming

Skin Graft Records emerged in the early '90s amidst the rise of music cross-genres noise-rock and math-rock. Being an early proponent of such salty sounds, label owner Mark Fischer saw fit to combine records and comics in an unholy union of visual and audio debauchery. Early art featured Rob Syers, ... More >>

The Mayan Apocalypse Plans of Eight St. Louis Musicians

The Mayan Calendar says 2012 is the end: This Friday, December 21, specifically. and John Cusack likely won't be around to save our sorry asses. While some folks may be hoarding dish soap and cashing in on fear of the Mayan apocalypse, St. Louis musicians are having none of that. We asked local pe ... More >>

John Cusack Should NOT Play Rush Limbaugh in Upcoming Biopic

John Cusack's production company, New Crimes, has announced it's going to make a biographical film based on the life of conservative radio firebrand (and Cape Girardeau native) Rush Limbaugh. Sounds like a fruitful idea, for Cusack is a died-in-the-wool loony liberal, while Rush is a paranoid reacti ... More >>

How to Avoid Becoming a Walking Country Song in Five Easy Steps

Like many people, I had a brief but intense relationship with country music in the mid-1990s. College couldn't come quickly enough, and, with it, an appreciation for music that delved a little deeper than, "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee/It gets hotter than a hoochie cootchie." Of course, tha ... More >>

Films, stars and Cannes itself combat easy categorization

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2012: Music

Five Places We Wish Earl Sweatshirt Was

Image via ​At this point, the story of Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt's disappearance seems to have lasted almost as long as his early career. The 17-year-old is known almost as much for his brash, aggressive and strictly NSFW lyrics as he is for the fact that almost no one knows exactly wh ... More >>

Rare Beauties

Last Collector Standing: Carlos Ruiz Isn't a Pretentious Record Store Guy -- He Just Draws a Comic About One

Jon Scorfina​The "pretentious record store guy" has long been the bane of the record shop. Despite their wealth of archaic knowledge, music lovers were never sure whether these pompous clerks were an asset or a plague to their shopping experience. Local comic artist and graphic designer Carlos ... More >>

Homespun: Tilts

Cassingle EP
(self-released)

The DeLorean's a Jacuzzi and the '80s are back in Hot Tub Time Machine

The End Is Near: But did the Mayans happen to say if Palin will survive?

Turn It Up

New Line rocks out

Lloyd Dobler Effect

9 p.m. Monday, January 14. Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Alien 2007: The Fatherhood

Schmaltzy Martian Child attacks John Cusack, all dads.

Fist Things First

Caligula: Imperial Edition

With Hitchcock in its rear window, a bland voyeur thriller does its best not to perturb(ia).

Disturbia

The Kids Are Not Alright

From Dakota Fanning's rape to John Cusack's daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about the kiddie porn.

Anchor Man?

Playing against type, Will Ferrell can't quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy.

Some Strings Attached

The Starting Line

Saturday, April, 1 at 6:30 p.m. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Common Cold

Harold Ramis' Ice Harvest is just a reheated Christmas caper

Ozark Orgy

The naked truth about Missouri's backwater Sodom and Gomorrah

Breaking the Waves (1996)

A searing indictment of every bedrock world institution imaginable

Puppy Love

John Cusack's another endearing mutt in Must Love Dogs

The Devil & Mr. Zombie

The rocker's second directorial stab yields a true gorefest

Film Openings

Week of July 20, 2005

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, 05 may be a pleasant surprise.

Dogtown, Begorra!

The Irish County Fair returns

Summer Film Previews

Our critics enter the summer-movie fray

Letters

Week of October 15, 2003

Film Openings

Week of October 15, 2003

It's a Black Thing

The teacher, not the teaching, makes this School of Rock

Identity Crisis

James Mangold's latest looks scary, plays funny and might be genius for it

Max Factors

Writer/director Menno Meyjes asks: Would Jew help Hitler?

Blood Money

Why John Cusack wouldn't do anything till he made this Hitler movie

Fight Club

When it comes to producing movies, it's a fine art (or Art Linson)

Series/Festivals

Week of June 19, 2002

Hugh Fidelity

Grant grows from a badly drawn Boy to a man in charming fashion

Nothing Hill

It's hard to fall in love with America's Sweethearts

Girl, Afraid

Renée Zellweger nervously Joneses for romance

Imperfect 10s

Picking the best of a bad movie year

A Fan's Notes

After Jerry Maguire, Cameron Crowe comes of age...finally

High Fidelity

Directed by Stephen Frears

CRADLE WILL ROCK

Written and directed by Tim Robbins

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

Directed by Spike Jonze

Boy Wonder

It's All in the Game

The Art of War