Dennis Hopper

SOCAL PIONEERS

How L.A.’s art scene blew up

Karen Black Film Retrospective, Sanctioned By Her

Lovable kook and daring actress Karen Black is ill, which makes Nitehawk Cinema's series homaging her even more eye-crossingly special.

Bruno Dumont and Others Revel Where Art Meets Life

The Vanguard

HOOKED

John Lurie discusses his cult-classic show

The Victim

Free Will Astrology: April 18-24, 2012

The Kardashian Marriage Was Far From The Shortest In Showbiz History

​As I pointed out the other day, the unlikely duo of Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman topped Kim and the ex Mr. Kim's 72-day marriage by splitting after only 32 days. But there are some that croaked even faster! (1) Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker, 1919 Only six hours! And they were pr ... More >>

Kid Blue

RED, WHITE, & YOU

More things to do on your day off!

Not a Picnic: Dennis Hopper's Family Drama Out of the Blue

Calling Linda Manz

Summer Guide: Bellflower's Muscle-Car Mayhem Shifts the Summer Into High Gear

Director Evan Glodell talks breakups and homemade bombs. Plus, summer film picks.

Out of the Blue

Peter Bogdanovich Entitled to Gloat for 'The Last Picture Show'

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 14, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 41 films in focus By Andrew Sarris Who would have thought a few years back that in 1971 Peter Bogdanovich would be traveling first-class on the express train of film history while Dennis Hopper was bummi ... More >>

River's Edge

2010's Celeb Deaths: Which One Upset You The Most?

Jean Simmons​And there were a lot of them, all with a legacy of astounding achievements well worth reflecting on! Rue McClanahan? Elizabeth Edwards? Teena Marie?

Andrew Sarris Picks the Best Films of 1969

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 15, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 3 Films in Focus by Andrew Sarris Every year about this time a large number of critics make up 10 best lists, an a smaller number write boring articles attacking 10 best lists. You do or you don't, I supp ... More >>

Week in Review: Jugga-luh-oh

Run Tila, run! Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith.​In the week one of us went to the Gathering of the Juggalos and came back with what is increasingly looking like Stockholm Syndrome, we witnessed Tila Tequila (and Method Man) battle a pack of angry ICP fans and--shortly after she took her top off--lo ... More >>

Interview: Dean Wareham on Warhol, Dennis Hopper, And Revisiting Galaxie 500

​Three years ago, I spoke with ex-Galaxie 500/Luna principle Dean Wareham about jumping into a full-time band with his wife (and Luna bassist) Britta Phillips and releasing their sultry, French-pop inspired Back Numbers, which was Wareham's first major post-Luna effort. Since then he's release ... More >>

Out of the Blue

SEX, DRUGS & FILM

Rock 'n' roll legends caught on camera

Week in Review: He Did? I Love It!

Happy birthday, clowns. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week James Murphy finally squashed his beef with our own Michael Musto, we watched as another journalist-on-artist feud--M.I.A. vs. Lynn Hirschberg, who else?--heated up, adding an album cover, a response to a response to a response to a r ... More >>

Previously Unseen Andy Warhol Images Debut in East Hampton This Weekend

Photo by Dennis Hopper, Courtesy of Eric Firestone Gallery.Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, David Hockney, and Jeff Goodman in 1963.​Warhol fans won't want to miss the largest ever collection of Andy images -- including 100 previously unseen photos of one of our favorite quintessential New Yorke ... More >>

Dennis Hopper, Soundtrack Savant: The Unacknowledged Music Savvy Behind Easy Rider, Out of the Blue, and Colors

​In the aftermath of Dennis Hopper's death this past Saturday (J. Hoberman's obit is here), tributes to the actor didn't even try to construct an easy narrative out of his chaotic life. How could they? Hopper was many things at once: the actor who pushed the "method" style way past its breakin ... More >>

Dennis Hopper, Lone Horseman of the Apocalypse

​As an actor-director-lone horseman of the apocalypse, Dennis Hopper's career suggests some druggy Dylan ballad with Marcel Duchamp and James Dean riding their motorcycles up Boot Hill to steal the carnations off John Wayne's grave. Hopper was born, in Dodge City no less, to be wild; he lived ... More >>

Dennis Hopper, Actor, 1936-2010

​Easy, rider: Dennis Hopper -- the prolific, iconic American actor whose work in front of and behind cameras around the world broke new boundaries and set new standards for art -- died today at his home in Venice from complications related to prostate cancer.

The Retro Rebellion of She & Him

Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward offer more sweet optimism—and why not?

Dennis Hopper Gets Restraining Order Against Soon-To-Be-Ex-Wife

​We were concerned when 73-year-old Dennis Hopper was briefly hospitalized for flu-like symptoms back in October, and when it was revealed soon after that he has prostate cancer. So's his attorney, and apparently he thinks it's best for Hopper's health that Victoria Duffy, Hopper's fifth and c ... More >>

Dennis Hopper Out of New York Hospital After Flu Scare

​You may have heard that Dennis Hopper was hospitalized in New York yesterday for "flu-like symptoms." Since Hopper is 73, came in via ambulance and emergency room, and some flu strains have been killing people, that may have been cause for concern. But Hopper has been discharged from the hosp ... More >>

Factory Whirl

The same ingénues, one new soundtrack

Andy Warhol's Other Coast at MOMA

Easy Rider

Rip Torn, Roaring, at Anthology

Making bizarre look easy (and bizarre)

Rebel Without a Cause

A conversation with a Hollywood icon

McCain Loses Karl Rove, Dennis Hopper

Hell Ride: A Vulgar Homage to Cheapie Biker Movies

The Trip

Remembering Terry Southern

Wide World of Warhol

Plus: Silence at BAM and Rogosin at Anthology

Take 'Em to Church

'10th & Wolf'

Drugstore Cowboy

A rare revival for Dennis Hopper's megalomaniacal, tripped-out western

Dead Again

The flesh is willing but the politics are weak

Brando Flicks From Pre-Reagan Salad Days

Sunset Blvd. to Mulholland Dr.: Los Angeles Films Itself

The Big Chill

Brats and Boomers Dominate Sundance Docs

Beyond Belief

Ryan Gosling's Leaps of Faith

Digital Love

The Whitney Stirs a Melting Pot

Eyes Wide Open