Daniel Kraus

  • "Blood, guts, death, mayhem and nudity"

    Eli Roth on the atrocious state of horror movies, actresses who won't get naked, his pal David Lynch, and the flesh-eating inspiration of his new film, "Cabin Fever."
  • A Greek tragedy starring the Osbournes

    Director Andrew Jarecki talks about his explosive documentary "Capturing the Friedmans," in which a family's home videos follow its own destruction in a bizarre child-abuse case.
  • "The Phantom Edit"

    How one "Star Wars" fan nearly fixed the "Episode 1" disaster, and why George Lucas is indirectly stoking another kind of digital revolution.
  • Have a very Wookie Christmas

    The dark, ugly secret of "Star Wars" is a "Holiday Special" banned from TV forever.
  • Roo the day

    Presidential candidate John Hagelin and I come from different sides of the tracks in Fairfield, Iowa. And finally, I'm OK with that.
  • It's good to be the queen

    For the belles of North Carolina's Azalea Festival, there's nothing like learning to graciously accept appreciative gawking.
  • Spicy Firebites, with a jumbo movie deal on the side

    Rob McKittrick was a waiter at T.G.I. Friday's. Then he sold his screenplay. Now he has a six-figure bank account, a classic car and a house in the Hollywood hills.
  • Letters to the editor

    Bob Jones U. stunt isn't journalism . Plus: A U.S.-Canadian war, eh? Oscar doesn't curse careers.
  • Makin' out at Bob Jones U.

    I lied so I could sin. But I need to thaw in hell after Bob Jones' deepfreeze.
  • Show me your indies

    Think it's hard getting into Sundance? Try getting into Lapdance. A report from the Indiewood trenches.
  • Porn for thought

    The 20th-anniversary edition of "Caligula" may be digitally remastered and enhanced with Dolby stereo sound, but its core is as raw as ever.
  • Night of the Living DVD

    Another classic gets killed by its own "anniversary edition."

From Salon's blogs