Japandroids are two guys who came out of Vancouver and wanted to play rock ‘n’ roll music for people. In pure frankness, they admit the music they played wasn’t even paramount―that it would come second to their live show

The concept is simple: 21 Exposures is Anthem ’s ongoing photography project that documents the lives of some of our select interview subjects as told through the eyes of the subjects themselves. Our participants are handed a disposable camera with a set number of exposures to work with and plainly told that once their photos are developed, every photo will be shared with our readers. An interview can often feel like it’s just skimming the surface of things.

Dustin Lance Black is a screenwriter, producer and director who burst onto the scene in 2009 with Gus Van Sant’s Milk , which garnered him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Additionally, Black wrote Clint Eastwood’s J

It’s strange to think that 2012 marks the 15-year anniversary of Luc Besson’s gargantuan sci-fi tentpole The Fifth Element . When it hit theaters in 1997, it felt almost unbearably stylish, a paradigmatic rethinking of the kind of sweeping Bladerunner fantasy for a contemporary, thrill-seeking audience

Eric Duncan is a man who needs little introduction: The L.A.-bred DJ and producer switched coasts in in the mid 90s to continue working with X-Large, the streetwear company employing him at the time. Over a short span of time, Duncan’s interest in DJing throughout the city became more of a focal point in his life, and he quickly found himself spinning nearly every day of any given month.

One of the reasons we’re so enthused about the new Anthem site is because it affords us the space to publish large-format, full-bleed photos in a fashion we haven’t seen since we ceased printing our physical magazine! However, despite these technological advances, we’ve yet to actually start any sort of regular feature that allows us to flex our muscle.

Considering Georgetown University doesn’t offer a film program, who would’ve thought that they could hatch so much creative talent in our field all at once? Zal Batmanglij, Mike Cahill and Brit Marling—good friends and collaborators—are all Georgetown alumni, and they’re very much at the forefront of the new American New Wave in cinema. The trio made a huge splash at the Sundance Film Festival last year with Another Earth (co-written by Marling and directed by Cahill) and Sound of the My Voice (co-written by Marling and directed by Batmanglij)—both purchased by Fox Searchlight, along with Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene , which made Lizzie Olsen an indisputable star—and for good reason

Brittany Snow is not yet a household name. In Hollywood, it’s easy to get lost in the stable of other blonde, blue-eyed actresses

The name Omar Sy might not ring a bell for most of us outside of France. This year, the 34-year-old picked up the César Award for Best Actor—the French equivalent of the Oscars—beating out fellow countryman Jean Dujardin, who wound up taking home the Best Actor statue for The Artist at the Academy Awards

Our good friends over at VICE magazine recently invited us to a screening of their new video series that harps on the success of Karley Sciortino’s blog, Slutever, featuring Karley herself at the Westway in New York.