Alan Siegel
Staff Writer
Alan covers a mix of movies, music, TV, and general nostalgia. He grew up near Boston and now lives in Los Angeles. He tweets @AlanSiegelLA.
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The Heat Is On, Again: The Oral History of Axel Foley
With the ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ reboot hitting Netflix, Eddie Murphy and friends dive deep into the backstory of the comedy star’s most iconic character
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Creature Feature: The Oral History of ‘Gremlins’
Don’t feed them after midnight. Don’t get them wet. But do read this deep dive into Gizmo and the nasty Gremlins, featuring words from director Joe Dante, actors Phoebe Cates and Zach Galligan, and many more.
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How “Born in the U.S.A.” Became an Anthem for Everything That It Wasn’t
On the deep, rich history and many misinterpretations (accidental or otherwise) of the Bruce Springsteen classic, which turns 40 on Tuesday
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How They Made the Most Thrilling ‘Mad Max’ Chase Scene Yet
With help from Tom Burke and George Miller, we break down the most brutally exhilarating scene in the latest installment of the ‘Mad Max’ series
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Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’
Thirty years after the release of the band’s pop-punk opus, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and many more look back on the making of—and fallout from—their explosively successful major-label debut
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Larry David’s Last Stand
As the series finale of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ approaches, everything, it seems, has been building toward one of David’s most strongly held beliefs: that, actually, the ‘Seinfeld’ finale was pretty, pretty good
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The Oral History of “I’m the Juggernaut, Bitch!”
As ‘X-Men ’97’ hits Disney+, it’s time to look back on a different time of the internet, when two friends from Chicago made a dub of the original ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ and created something deeply funny, crass, and unforgettable
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Remembering Richard Lewis, Comedy’s Proud Prince of Pain
The stand-up icon, who passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday, was perhaps better than anyone else at mining personal torment for laughs
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How ‘True Detective’ Became an Alaskan Horror Story
Taking over HBO’s ‘True Detective’ series for ‘Night Country,’ showrunner Issa López relied on the classics, from John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ to David Fincher’s ‘Se7en’
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Hang On … I Have to Have Peacock to Watch Chiefs-Dolphins?!
As Kansas City and Miami’s wild-card playoff game on Saturday approaches, fans of both teams are finding out that they’re casualties to the NFL’s expanding footprint in streaming TV