News
Blade Runner 2049, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, and More
Jan 23, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This morning the nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards were announced. Jonny Greenwood was nominated for Best Original Score for Phantom Thread and Sufjan Stevens was nominated for Best Original Song for “Mystery of Love” from Call Me By Your Name. More
Due Out December 1, 2017 via A24
Sep 12, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
The Disaster Artist tells the true story of the making of The Room, the 2003 movie that became a cult classic and a midnight movie favorite because of how bad it is. James Franco directs and stars as Tommy Wiseau, who directed and starred in The Room. More
Song Sums Up 2016, Colbert Also Interviews Stipe
Dec 16, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Last night R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Not only was he interviewed by Colbert, a very bearded Stipe joined the host for a funny parody of the R.E.M. hit “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” More
Let Me Get What I Want Inspired by The Smiths and Due Out in the Spring
Dec 16, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Actor/director/writer/artist James Franco and his former art school classmate Tim O’Keefe have teamed up as Daddy. The duo is putting out a film and album, Let Me Get What I Want, inspired by The Smiths (it’s due out in the spring via Kobalt/We Are Daddy). More
Issue 52 Also Includes Interviews with Jenny Lewis, The War on Drugs, James Franco, Ariel Pink vs. Panda Bear, Jason Schwartzman vs. Real Estate, the Cast of The Walking Dead, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Flaming Lips, Sharon Van Etten, and More.
Dec 19, 2014
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the Best of 2014 Issue, which is about to hit newsstands and will be out all of January and February. It features St. Vincent on the cover and interviews with some of the artists behind 2014’s best albums. More
Interviews
The producer and director discuss their new film
Aug 27, 2014
By Austin Trunick
While filming 2012’s About Cherry, actor James Franco had the opportunity to explore the former San Francisco Armory. The massive, castle-like building now serves as headquarters for Peter Acworth’s Kink.com, the Internet’s largest producer of BDSM pornography. The facility is operated not unlike an old Hollywood studio lot, with multiple productions occurring simultaneously across the building’s many sets and soundstages, generating a steady stream of content for Kink.com’s various websites. More
Palo Alto opens in theaters May 9th
May 09, 2014
By Austin Trunick
James Franco put his writing aspirations on hold when he dropped out of the English program at UCLA to become an actor. The gamble paid off when Franco was cast in the sitcom Freaks and Geeks; from there, it didn’t take long for the actor to cross over into film. Unsatisfied with the direction his career was taking, he re-enrolled at UCLA in 2006. It was there he first had the idea for a series of short stories based on his memories of growing up in Palo Alto, California. More
Reviews
Dec 23, 2016
By Austin Trunick
A marathon in paternal terror. More
Directed by Pamela Romanowsky
Apr 13, 2016
By Zach Hollwedel
James Franco plays Stephen Elliot, a contemporary writer on the upswing of his career, who has built his success (mostly) upon true stories of abuse he suffered from his father. More
Apr 15, 2015
By Austin Trunick
Rupert Goold’s cinematic retelling of Mike Finkel’s famous ordeal casts Jonah Hill as the tarnished reporter and James Franco as his dangerous interview subject. More
Dec 11, 2014
By Sarah Winshall
The Color of Time seamlessly weaves together the work of 12 different writer/directors, all NYU film students. More
Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz
Sep 26, 2014
By Zach Hollwedel
Tom and Anna Wright (James Franco and Kate Hudson) are down-on-their-luck Americans living in London. More
