Rob Reiner
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Perfect Eleven: Harry Shearer Remembers Rob Reiner
I first became aware of Rob Reiner as a member of The Committee, an improv group that began in the early 1960s in San Francisco and then, as some members moved south where the showbiz work was, opened a branch in Los Angeles. Of course, I became more aware of him, like most of America did, as a character derisively known as “Meathead” in the ground-breaking sitcom All in the Family. But he started making an impact on me personally when he’d show up to see his friend David L. Lander (later TV’s Squiggy) as part of the comedy group I […]
by Harry Shearer on Mar 31, 2026 -
Drugstore Cowboy, Straight Time and Misery: Jim Hemphill’s Home Video Recommendations
Gus Van Sant’s 1989 masterpiece Drugstore Cowboy is one of the seminal films of its era, a movie both timeless and completely of its time; like the 1940s noir pictures it echoes and expands upon, it’s a weary reaction to its moment (in this case the age of Reagan and the first Bush) that taps into enduring truths about marginalized and desperate people yet does so with surprising humor and vitality. Matt Dillon gives one of the best performances of his career as the title character, an addict who feeds his habit not by buying or stealing drugs on the […]
by Jim Hemphill on Oct 8, 2021
