J.K. Simmons, thankfully, seems very different from his Whiplash character emotionally, but he does have some other crucial ...

Chandler Bing once imitated the sound of sitting on a couch in the Central Perk cafe: Wah-pah! That is exactly the sound you'll hear in Whiplash, Damien Chazelle's 2014 movie that has acquired the sta ...

In case you need a reminder, Whiplash follows aspiring Jazz drummer Andrew (Teller) as he studies at a prestigious music conservatory with dreams of becoming a legendary drummer. He believes the best ...

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 ...

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He refers to an inexperienced Charlie Parker having a cymbal thrown at him by an angry bandmate, and the first major shock in Whiplash comes when an enraged Fletcher hurls a chair at student drummer ...

Jazz is not dead, and if one person is trying to keep the genre alive in Hollywood, it’s Damien Chazelle. Before the Oscar-winning director made his love letter to jazz and dreamers in La La Land, ...