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You’ve heard about Damien Chazelle’s much-praised movie—now here’s the backlash. For Fletcher, jazz is a duel to the death, and he encourages a cutthroat environment. When he recruits Andrew, the ...

What drives J.K. Simmons’ imperious, enigmatic music teacher in “Whiplash”? Viewers are given scant insight into Fletcher, his personal life and what motivates him to take promising young dummer ...

To perfect the appropriate verbal vitriol for Hollywood's newest tyrannical taskmaster, all J.K. Simmons had to do was stand across from his drumming Whiplash co-star Miles Teller. "I just look at ...

Director Damien Chazelle's second film centers on the agony of a drummer in a high-powered music school. The movie ties you into knots: The fear of failure is omnipresent. So is the jazz vibe. This is ...

Music instruction and combat are rarely linked in movies, and particularly not in the singularly riveting way they come together in Whiplash (**** out four; rated R; opening Friday nationwide). The ...