Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process,” E.B. White once wrote. His words apply to The Room, an inept drama from writer-director-producer-star Tommy Wiseau that found ...

If you haven’t heard of “The Room,” you should acquaint yourself with it before you see “The Disaster Artist.” In fact, you probably should see “The Room” before you see the newer film. Here’s the ...

In 2003, a mysterious billboard popped up in Los Angeles, with a sinister headshot and a phone number, advertising a movie called “The Room.” Playing in one theater, the romantic melodrama written, ...

Being in a bad movie is generally not a defining moment in an actor’s life. They might get bad reviews or, better yet, ignored completely. Most of the time, people simply forget and move on. The Room ...

Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) wants to be an actor, but he has a lot of work to do. As he performs a scene from “Waiting for Godot” in acting class, his face suggests not existential angst but sheer ...

Tommy Wiseau: I think maybe people like because the truth prevails, you know. Working intensively, my skill as an actor at the same time. At the same time, Greg is my best friend, and I think that the ...

How much background you have with the 2003 feature film “The Room” (not to be confused with the 2015 Brie Larson film) will make the difference in watching “The Disaster Artist” and thinking James ...

Pop Art long ago established that high art can be made out of low art, but can good art be made out of bad? Most definitely, and “The Disaster Artist” is the proof. James Franco directs and stars in ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When film producing partners Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero released "The Room" in 2003, the drama was laughed off as a dreadful comedy that several critics called one of the ...

The most unexpectedly poignant scene of 2017 comes near the end of “The Disaster Artist,” an uproarious and genuinely insightful creation. It is the premiere night for “The Room,” a film written, ...

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It’s been more than two decades since The Room made its auspicious debut, which marked the emergence of the most significant cult classic in American cinema since The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Wiseau ...