To celebrate the release of the brilliant Whiplash, Gigwise are giving away a Yamaha drum kit (as well as a copy of the film and an original soundtrack) worth over £700 in total. One of the most ...

If you’ve ever sat in a jazz club or concert and thought the band was just riffing the night away with nary a care in the world, “Whiplash” should whip that feeling out of you faster than a really ...

Whiplash is one of the more raved-about art films from 2014. Miles Teller is Andrew Neiman, a drummer with a dream. He wants to play in a swank music program taught by its prestigious leader, J.K.

In the new video (above), we see J.K. Simmons' perfectionist music instructor Mr. Fletcher offering his biting criticisms of Portnoy's technique. "Not quite my tempo," offers Fletcher as Portnoy ...

More Oscar buzz was drummed up for Sony Pictures Classics’ “Whiplash” at this week’s Cinema Society screening at Paley Center. Stars Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons are considered front-runners for ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

PARK CITY, Utah — Provocative and emotionally intense, with surprising relevance for contemporary debates about education, coaching and nurturing excellence, writer-director Damien Chazelle’s ...