Clark Collis

It was more art commune than hotel: Madonna stayed there, so did Arthur Miller, Dylan Thomas, Janis Joplin, and Patti Smith; we've collected the juiciest tidbits from Sherill Tippins' history ''Inside the Dream Palace''

Writer-director Richard Curtis' new movie, ''About Time,'' is a tender look at family, love, and what's really important in life -- and he says it may be his last; here, the master of the literate romantic comedy talks about his favorite scenes from five of his films

Movie maniac Gunnar Hansen — a.k.a. Leatherface from the original ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' — talks pot, problematic fans, and his newly published memoir, ''Texas Chain Saw Confidential''

''Escape From Tomorrow'' was secretly filmed inside theme parks, but why isn't Disney suing?

Michael C. Hall kills again in ''Cold in July''

With ''The World's End,'' the British movies known as the Cornetto trilogy come to an explosive end; we chatted with director Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost about ice cream, booze, and fat suits