INTERVIEW

Timothée Chalamet talks about sex, pronouncing his name and savouring the moment

The "Dune" star's skyrocket launched with "Call Me By Your Name."

The Velvet Underground on pink bananas, Jimi Hendrix and denying the influence

Taking the temperature of the coolest band ever.

Jessica Chastain on playing Tammy Faye Bakker: "She just sounds like such a kick"

It's OK to stare, but there's more going on behind the painted face.

“It's just a deep, pure dive. I know how to do it." — Denis Villeneuve on making "Dune"

Canadian filmmaker talks about his approach to adapting Frank Herbert's sci-fi classic.

Charlie Watts on jazz, work ethic, music mystery ... and a group called the Rolling Stones

"The real mystery of music is how it feels,” said the man who was the rock to the Stones’ roll.

When ZZ Top met Elvis on the 3 a.m. streets of Memphis

RIP Dusty Hill, bassist/vocalist for “that little ol’ band from Texas.”

Kevin Smith lets it all hang out in "Clerk," a SXSW doc about his turbulent career

Malcolm Ingram's unflinching doc about his pal Kevin Smith gets a belated SXSW premiere.

Sundancing through the pandemic

Tabitha Jackson, new director of the Sundance Film Festival, wants a "festival of discovery."

Movies I can't live without

Toronto Star movie critic Peter Howell has written a book about his 25 favourite movies, with highly personal reviews from Apocalypse Now to The Wizard of Oz.

Here's a sample of his review of 2001: A Space Odyssey, his all-time favourite film:

"It was billed as The Ultimate Trip and the hyperbole was justified, then as now.

Stanley Kubrick's space opus still seems like the future, 52 years after its release and 19 years after its significant title year. It never gets old and I never tire of seeing it, even after 50-plus viewings..."