Baz Luhrmann

outbackstories Nov. 29, 2023

‘Time Has Caught Up With Us’How Baz Luhrmann reengineered 2008’s Australia to bring new perspectives to Faraway Downs.

By Roxana Hadadi

trailer mix Oct. 19, 2023

Crikey! Faraway Downs Is Aussie to the MaxWho among us has not wanted to reimagine Australia? (Ideally with fewer spiders.)

By Jason P. Frank

golden globes 2023 Jan. 10, 2023

Who’s Going to Win at the Comeback Golden Globes?This newly reformed awards show feels harder to predict than ever — not just who’s going to win but who’s going to show up.

By Nate Jones and Jen Chaney

exit interview Nov. 9, 2022

Baz Luhrmann Is the Stanley Kubrick of ConfettiThe Elvis director’s opulent movies aren’t for everyone, and he’s okay with that.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

irony Sept. 14, 2022

Baz Luhrmann Is Too Tired to Release the 4-Hour Cut of ElvisMaybe in a year or two.

By Bethy Squires

season of excess Sept. 13, 2022

I Already Miss the Maximalist MovieThe movies are about to settle down, straighten out, and prepare for the seriousness of fall. But do they have to?

By Alison Willmore

fatsuit follies Sept. 2, 2022

How Not to Make a VillainTom Hanks has never gone bad the way he does in Elvis. He’s also never delivered such a broad, silly performance.

By A.A. Dowd

close reads Sept. 2, 2022

Baz Luhrmann’s Tortured ArtistsElvis makes a point about exploited artists that Luhrmann first approached in Moulin Rouge!

By Roxana Hadadi

switched on pop July 28, 2022

Doja Cat’s ‘Vegas’ Is a ‘Hound Dog’ History LessonHer single borrows from Big Mama Thornton, Elvis, and others who have recorded the classic.

By Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan

so lonesome i could cry July 27, 2022

To Capture the Spirit of Elvis, One Must Bully Austin ButlerLurhmann enlisted hecklers for Butler’s first recording session as the King.

By Bethy Squires

invasion of the role snatchers July 8, 2022

Austin Butler and Miles Teller Were Up for Each Other’s Blockbuster RolesBut was either of them competing with Julia Garner to play Madonna?

By Jason P. Frank

accents July 8, 2022

What Does Tom Hanks’s Elvis Voice Sound Like?It’s like Mike Myers’s Goldmember on a take when Jay Roach told him, “Just let loose on this one.”

By Nate Jones

tv’s nicole kidman June 28, 2022

Nicole Kidman to Make Heartbreak Feel Good in a Place Like Your HomeBaz Luhrmann is reworking his 2008 movie, Australia, into a miniseries.

By Rebecca Alter

the baz of it all June 28, 2022

Counting the Baz-isms in Baz Luhrmann’s ElvisBaz Luhrmann can do many things, but he cannot do less — especially not in Elvis.

By Roxana Hadadi

i spy June 24, 2022

Baz Luhrmann Had 20 Minutes to Memorize Elvis Presley’s BedroomHe’s a visual Luhrner.

By Rebecca Alter

movie review June 24, 2022

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Might Be a Hazard to Your CorneasElvis is bloated, hectic, ridiculous, and utterly shameless in presenting Presley as a talent too beautiful for this earth. I liked it.

By Alison Willmore

profile June 21, 2022

In Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Yola Becomes Her Own HeroWhat would rock and roll — or all of music — be without its architect Sister Rosetta Tharpe? For starters, no Yola.

By Andrea Williams

primers June 21, 2022

Rock and Roll Starts With Sister Rosetta TharpeA new Elvis biopic attempts to show her legacy. Here’s just a fraction of it.

By Craig Jenkins

suspicious minds June 1, 2022

Want an Elvis-Themed Wedding in Las Vegas? It’s Now or NeverWe can’t go on together with suspicious IP.

By Bethy Squires

cannes 2022 May 26, 2022

In Elvis, There’s No Business Like Baz-nessWhy have only one montage when you can edit another montage inside that montage?

By Nate Jones

no thank you May 23, 2022

Riley Keough Says She Didn’t Want to Star in Baz Luhrmann’s ElvisYou know, the biopic about her grandpa.

By Jennifer Zhan

keep that pelvis far from me Feb. 17, 2022

Elvis Trailer: Tom Hanks Got COVID-19 for This?Entering the building (your local movie theater) on June 24.

By Rebecca Alter

first looks Nov. 16, 2021

Here’s the First Footage of Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis BiopicThe film is currently set to release on June 24, 2022.

By Jennifer Zhan

friday night movie club Sept. 9, 2020

Leonardo DiCaprio Won’t Let Himself Be Hot Onscreen Without DyingI am here today to posit a theory about the Romeo + Juliet and Titanic actor’s storied career and his Fibonacci sequence of a face.

By Rachel Handler

coronavirus Mar. 23, 2020

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Are Feeling Better, Thank God“Sheltering in place looks like this.”

By Amanda Gordon

adaptations Nov. 1, 2019

Let’s Set More of Our Literary Idols on FireAlena Smith’s Dickinson blows a mouthful of pot smoke in the face of the biopic genre. More, please!

By Hillary Kelly

biopics July 15, 2019

Austin Butler’s Gyrating Pelvis Will Star in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis BiopicMaybe next time, Miles Teller!

By Hunter Harris

casting July 2, 2019

Whose Gyrating Pelvis Is Worthy Enough to Join Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Biopic?Harry? Ansel? Aaron? Austin? Miles? The sky’s the limit! (But please pick from these five.)

By Halle Kiefer

theater June 27, 2019

Baz Luhrmann and Alex Timbers on Taking Moulin Rouge! From Screen to Stage“Normally such a strong reinterpretation of the work you’ve done happens after you’re dead.”

By Jackson McHenry

chat room Feb. 15, 2018

Baz Luhrmann on Figure Skating’s Love Affair With Moulin Rouge!“They all are very, very natural bedfellows.”

By John Horn

cancellations May 24, 2017

The Get Down Canceled After One SeasonThe super-expensive project will not live to see another day.

By Jordan Crucchiola

Apr. 13, 2017

The Get Down’s Baz Luhrmann on Season Two’s CliffhangerAnd the two songs Sia wrote.

By Josef Adalian

the vulture tv podcast Aug. 18, 2016

Get Down Creator on the Show’s Messy Production“Sometimes I feel like I almost died in this last two-and-a-half years. It’s just been kind of crazy.”

By Gazelle Emami, Jen Chaney, and Matt Zoller Seitz

inevitable comparisons Aug. 12, 2016

How Baz Luhrmann-ish is The Get Down?Relatively Baz-ish.

By Jen Chaney

chat room Aug. 11, 2016

So What Exactly Is ‘the Get Down’? Let Grandmaster Flash Explain“Oh shit, he took my beat and he glued it to this picture.”

By Maria Elena Fernandez

tv review Aug. 11, 2016

Netflix’s The Get Down Is a Spectacular Mixed Bag of a ShowAnyone who watches this expecting it to be about the birth of hip-hop is going to be disappointed.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

Aug. 9, 2016

Why The Get Down Is Only Premiering Half of Its First Season on Friday“Netflix and Sony wanted to get something on the air.”

By Gazelle Emami

tca 2016 July 27, 2016

6 Things We Learned at Netflix’s The Get Down TCA PanelThe idea to explore this cultural and musical period occurred to Baz Luhrmann when he was sitting in a Paris restaurant ten years ago.

By Maria Elena Fernandez

the industry July 26, 2016