As MacKay explains The End is a nod to the golden age of American musicals made in the 1950s, during the Cold War, their unremitting cheeriness at odds with the looming threat of global nuclear ...

Joshua Oppenheimer made his name directing two disturbing documentaries, The Act of Killing (2012) and The Look of Silence ...

Actor Michael Shannon wants to make sense of our current time. His first (and perhaps last) outing as a director is Eric LaRue. The film explores the aftermath of a school shooting, primarily through ...

Kim Masters and Matt Belloni investigate. Plus, Masters speaks to Michael Shannon about his directorial debut, Eric LaRue. The actor tells us how the film's producers managed to quickly pack up and ...

Michael and I think about this a lot. Director Michael Shannon, here with Judy Greer on the set of the Brett Neveu-scripted drama “Eric LaRue.” (Dana Hawley/Magnolia Pictures) Q: Michael ...

If there's ever going to be a Michael Stipe biopic, Michael Shannon has aced the unofficial audition. Since last year, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor has taken on an interesting new ...

It sounds like “Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy & Friends Perform R.E.M.” is going to be an annual tour. Having toured Murmur in 2024 and Fables of the Reconstruction this year, they will hit ...

Some of the sold-out crowd at Metro Friday night may have been there to see Michael Shannon, the actor, but most were there to hear R.E.M. — how else do you explain hundreds of people singing ...

Michael Shannon’s directorial debut, “Eric LaRue,” is now playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. The film, based on a 2002 play by the same name, follows a mother numbly ...

If there's ever going to be a Michael Stipe biopic, Michael Shannon has aced the unofficial audition. Since last year, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor has taken on an interesting new role: ...