Stephen Lemons

  • Peter Bogdanovich

    The director of "The Cat's Meow" discusses the truth about "Citizen Kane," the philanderings of Charlie Chaplin and the lies Hollywood tells us about death and dying.
  • Through clowning

    You can laugh, but the mummified clown at the California Institute of Abnormalarts appears to be serious business.
  • Hitler's clairvoyant

    A new biography tells the bizarre tale of the Jewish psychic who met with the future Führer for private sessions and predicted his rise.
  • Love motel

    Chas Ray Krider's photos unlock the noir sexuality of the quintessential American motor inn.
  • A serial killer analyzes serial killing

    The 1960s "Moors Murderer," Ian Brady, still haunts the British psyche. His recently published book shows why.
  • Aaron McGruder, creator of "The Boondocks"

    The controversial cartoonist calls Bush a moron, says Americans shouldn't worry about bin Laden and says he might leave the country.
  • A smut peddler and a patriot

    Hustler's Larry Flynt asks why a porn mogul and not the New York Times had to sue the government for press access in Afghanistan.
  • The accidental pornographer

    L.A. photographer Carlos Batts doesn't want to be known for taking dirty pictures, but he's so damn good at it.
  • That old black magic called self-love

    Sorcerer of the lens Pierre Molinier's self-portraiture is the stuff nightmares are made of.
  • Shane MacGowan

    The life-embracing, death-defying founder of the Pogues is a king hell drinker, a writer and one of the last of a vanishing breed.
  • Larry Clark

    Hide your children! The director of the controversial new film "Bully" and 1995's "Kids" talks about sex, violence and parenting.
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh

    One of America's best actors discusses her directorial debut, "The Anniversary Party," and the joy of working.
  • The Python returns

    Terry Jones and John Cleese discuss the rerelease of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," ladies' underwear and that bastard Michael Palin.
  • So many women, so little time

    Young and old, fat and thin -- Jan Saudek's camera makes love to them all.
  • Christina Ricci

    Her latest role, in "The Man Who Cried," casts her as a Jewish refugee during World War II who has a hot thing with Johnny Depp.
  • Scary cherubs and bloody wall flowers

    Artist Becca Midwood, painter of haunting outdoor portraits, is getting a reputation as the "female Basquiat."
  • Snoop Dogg

    A North Carolina cracker proclaims the reign of rap's highest hound a triumph of decadence over the numbing boredom of the status quo, in the tradition of the Marquis de Sade and Arthur Rimbaud.
  • Neve Campbell

    The star of "Party of Five," "Scream" and "Wild Things" talks about making out with strangers, taking risks and the pitfalls of being beautiful.
  • John Boorman

    The director of "The Tailor of Panama" talks about his movie, James Dickey, John le Carri, J.R.R. Tolkien and brothel etiquette.
  • Jean-Jacques Annaud

    The renowned French director of "Quest for Fire," "The Lover" and "Seven Years in Tibet" provokes a firestorm over his breathtaking new war film, "Enemy at the Gates."
  • Steve Martin

    The one-time madcap comic deity has become the distinguished elder statesman of humor. Hey, that's not funny!
  • Roland Joffé

    The creator of "The Mission" and "The Killing Fields" describes his latest cinematic feast, "Vatel," and explains why a cook and a director have more in common than you'd think.
  • In the realm of the senses

    Toshio Saeki, Japan's master of erotic illustration, devours the world with his demented images of outré sex.
  • Swingin' chicks

    Michelle Phillips and Mamie Van Doren talk about being decade-defining dames.
  • Jan Gabrial

    The one-time wife of brilliant, tortured novelist Malcolm Lowry discusses her controversial new memoir about their tempestuous relationship
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