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Film

James Franco’s The Disaster Artist Insists Upon the Deep Americanness of Tommy Wiseau

Bilge EbiriDecember 8, 2017July 20, 2018

Franco portrays Wiseau as a haughty but charismatic weirdo, someone who isn’t well-liked but who definitely gets noticed

Music

The Long Trails and Tall Tales of Matt Pless

Jesse Sendejas Jr.May 19, 2017May 19, 2017

Arts & Pop Culture

National Theatre of London on the Big Screen: Of Mice and Men

Olivia Flores AlvarezNovember 6, 2014April 14, 2015

Film

What Young Feels Like

Stephanie ZacharekMay 22, 2014April 14, 2015

Film

Movies 2014: Why You Should Be Excited for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Cory GarciaJanuary 1, 2014April 14, 2015

Film

Stallone Tries to Make a Star out of Statham in Homefront

Amy NicholsonNovember 27, 2013April 14, 2015

Film

Venice Update: Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves, James Franco’s Child of God, and More

Stephanie ZacharekSeptember 5, 2013April 14, 2015

Film

This Is the End: Joke Book of Revelation

Alan ScherstuhlJune 13, 2013April 14, 2015

Film

Harmony Korine Explains the “Beauty in Horror” of Spring Break

Bein, KatMarch 20, 2013April 14, 2015

Film

Spring Breakers: Girls Gone Godard

Scott FoundasMarch 20, 2013April 14, 2015

Film

Oz the Great and Powerful

Scott FoundasMarch 6, 2013April 14, 2015

Arts & Pop Culture

Threesomes at the Toronto Film Festival: James Franco + Vanessa Hudgens + Ashley Benson vs. Asia Argento + Charlotte Gainsbourg + François Cluzet

Karina LongworthSeptember 10, 2012April 13, 2015

Arts & Pop Culture

Sam Raimi and James Franco Take On Baum in Oz: The Great and Powerful

Craig HlavatyJuly 13, 2012January 17, 2019

Arts & Pop Culture

Will You Be Watching the New James Franco Movie The Broken Tower?

Nikki MetzgarJanuary 12, 2012April 13, 2015

Arts & Pop Culture

Houston Film Critics Society: Best of 2011

Bob RuggieroJanuary 5, 2012April 14, 2015

Film

Simian Disobedience

Nick PinkertonAugust 10, 2011April 14, 2015

Arts & Pop Culture

Reviews for the Easily Distracted: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Pete Vonder HaarAugust 5, 2011January 17, 2019

News

James Franco Enrolling in UH’s Creative Writing Program? (UPDATED with UH Confirmation)

Richard ConnellyApril 20, 2011May 22, 2025

Arts & Pop Culture

New On DVD: 127 Hours, Burlesque, Love & Other Drugs

Houston PressMarch 1, 2011April 13, 2015

Arts & Pop Culture

Cults and the Uncertain Future Dominate Sundance

Karina LongworthJanuary 31, 2011April 13, 2015