Brendan Leonard, Author at The New School Free Press

These “Horns” Need To Be Removed

Daniel Radcliffe heats up as Ig Perrish in “Horns.”

Novelist Joe Hill is perhaps one of the best practitioners of horror fiction working today. In books like “Horns,” recently adapted a film starring Daniel Radcliffe, he combines…

Whiplash

Left to right: J.K. Simmons as Fletcher and Miles Teller as Andrew Photo by Daniel McFadden, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

The creation myth of Charlie Parker recurs in Damien Chazelle’s furious film Whiplash, about the tense relationship between a young jazz drummer (Miles Teller) and his domineering, abusive…

Nick (Ben Affleck, left) is questioned about the disappearance of his wife Amy, by Detectives Boney (Kim Dickens, far right) and Gilpin (Patrick Fugit, in dark shirt), as Nick’s in-laws Marybeth and Rand Elliott (Lisa Barnes, David Clennon) look on. Photo credit: Merrick Morton.

It’s been a long time since we had a movie quite like David Fincher’s new pop masterwork Gone Girl. Designed with precision to appeal to both fans of…