Critics be damned, John Waters is not afraid to drop a cinematic hot take. The legendary cult filmmaker and ‘King of Filth’ defended critically-panned DC sequel Joker: Folie à Deux as a “well directed” followup and praised Lady Gaga‘s performance while ranking his favorite films of the…

From ‘Good Morning Baltimore’ to ‘good night Los Angeles,’ Ricki Lake is paying tribute to her beloved longtime collaborator John Waters. The Hairspray star will host ‘Let’s Talk w/ Ricki Lake‘ along with the curators of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures‘ ‘John Waters: Pope of Trash‘ to close out…

John Waters is still stirring things up at 78. A frequent Real Time guest of Bill Maher, the writer, actor, and filmmaker of such cult classics as Pink Flamingos and Cry-Baby can still zing with the best. He started off with a brief discussion of this week’s biggest news, the Trump trial results in…

Two weeks from today, finally, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open its new permanent exhibition, Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital. For many, it amounts to an act of completion. A Hollywood film museum without a special tribute to Jewish roots has felt for the…

Is it too early for a New Year's wish? Well, I'm going to make one anyway. I wish the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures would hurry up its long-promised Hollywoodland exhibition. Officially titled Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital, the exhibit is intended, finally…

Most filmmakers who list proud accomplishments in Miramax Presents The Film That Lit My Fuse would not include this favorite review of their work: "Like a septic tank explosion, it needs to be seen to be believed." But few directors possess the subversive humor of John Waters, the Baltimore-based…

Cult director John Waters has produced some of the most shocking and outrageous scenes in film history that have delighted fans for over 60 years of pure filth. He began his career with low-budget indie films and then later proceeded to push the boundaries of taste when he released Pink Flamingos in 1972 to outraged…

EXCLUSIVE: In what marks a high-profile return to filmmaking for John Waters, Village Roadshow Pictures has optioned his new novel Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance. Waters will write the script and direct. It will be Waters’ first time behind the camera since 2004's A Dirty Shame. Steve Rabineau will…

Those who accuse Bill Maher of drifting too far from his liberal roots must have been happy with the lineup for Friday’s Real Time on HBO. From film director and author John Waters to Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar to director/actor and extreme liberal activist Rob Reiner, it was clearly a group that leans to the…

Mark Tarlov, who produced such films as Copycat and Serial Mom, passed away on July 31st after a battle with cancer. His family made the announcement. Tarlov was 69. Tarlov landed his first entertainment job in Business Affairs at Warner Bros. in 1979. Four years later, he EP’d his first feature, Christine, based on…

Filmmaker and Baltimore’s favorite son John Waters has never had a movie of his shown at the New York Film Festival, but his non-film contribution to this year’s fest might just outshine some of the actual entrants: The Hairspray creator designed the official poster for the 58th annual event. (See it below.) Paying…

It has been a terrible year for graduating classes all over the country. To pick up the spirits of grads everywhere, here is a speech that director John Waters gives today in virtual fashion to the graduating class of the School of Visual Arts. The irreverent Baltimore-based director of films from Hairspray to Pink Fla…