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  • BuzzFeed
  • The Daily Beast

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boy me / girl me: james franco in conversation with his feminine side

Actor, filmmaker, writer, teacher and man, James Franco, goes in conversation with actor, filmmaker, writer, teacher and woman, James Franco. → Read More

​Turning Music into Poems into Music into Art

This week, VICE premiered "This Charming Man," a meta music video from James Franco's band, Daddy, which is based off of a poem cycle inspired by the Smiths. Here are a few words about the project from James, as well as a few original poems. → Read More

James Franco Loves Jake Gyllenhaal's Performance in 'Nightcrawler'

He thinks Gyllenhaal's role as a creepy Los Angeles crime videographer signals a career revival. → Read More

James Franco Loves the Whiplash of 'Whiplash'

Damien Chazelle’s film about a young jazz drummer and his teacher is the most tension-packed movie of the season. → Read More

James Franco's Favorite Books That Defy the White Straight Male Tradition

It includes everyone from Flannery O'Connor to Tony Kushner to Lorrie Moore. → Read More

Here's What James Franco Has Been Reading

Every free moment of his last year has been filled with books. → Read More

James Franco on Stephen King, J.J. Abrams, and Being a 'Pop Culture Hog'

"I’ve been accused of being ubiquitous, of occupying too much cultural ground." → Read More

Jimi Hendrix, Behind the Music

The new Jimi Hendrix biopic starring André 3000 in the lead role succeeds despite the potentially fatal flaw of failing to secure the rights to the rock legend's music. → Read More

James Franco on Famed Serial Killer Richard Ramirez

An essay and four stories explore the infamous "Night Stalker" killings. → Read More

Watch James Franco's Short Film, 'Goat Boy'

Goat Boy is the cobbled-together remains of a student film I made based on Frank Bidart's poem, “Herbert White.” These are the bits of backstory provided by Frank to fill out the title characte… → Read More

"Zelda's Dreams," By James Franco

Read an exclusive excerpt from James Franco's new book, Hollywood Dreaming: Stories, Pictures, and Poems . → Read More

Watch James Franco's Test for a Short Film Based on Faulkner's 'Red Leaves'

In honor of the premiere of his film The Sound and the Fury at Venice and Toronto, here's a test Franco shot for a short film that was to be based on a Faulkner story. It's set during the early… → Read More

The Origin of JANE, the Hollywood Cowboy

James Franco wrote us a short story inspired by his upcoming film with Gia Coppola that explores the genesis of JANE, the Hollywood Cowboy—a Ziggy Stardust–style rock 'n' roll Jesus who embodies the b… → Read More

James Franco's Take on 'Romeo and Juliet'

Here’s a little video based on Romeo and Juliet that I directed. It was shot by my main man, Bruce Thierry Cheung, who is still at NYU after six years—someone tell that boy to graduate… → Read More

Cowboy Film Stills

So we did this series of photos and poems based on Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills. It was JANE’s concept, but I actually shot the pictures. He got all the credit, and they ended up sell… → Read More

Catfishing with Nev Schulman and His New Book, 'In Real Life'

Where does reality end and begin? If our bodies and physical circumstances are only half of what we are, when we take on another layer of personality, what does it matter that it is digitally altered… → Read More

James Franco: How Cormac McCarthy Changed My Life

‘It felt like Faulkner and Melville but with grisly scenes of murder and atrocity that gave a contemporary and strangely authentic feel, as if McCarthy had actually been there.’ → Read More

Watch James Franco's Short Film, 'The Clerk's Tale,' Based on a Poem by Spencer Reece

Watch my short film The Clerk's Tale, which is based on a Spencer Reece poem about working at a Brooks Brothers in the Mall of America, exclusively on VICE. → Read More

James Franco’s ‘Blood Meridian’ Test

In honor of 'Child of God’s' release on August 1st, I’m posting a 25-minute test I did for the film version of 'Blood Meridian,' starring Scott Glen, Luke Perry, Mark Pellegrino (Lost), and my brother… → Read More

Watch Michael Shannon Fuck a Corpse in James Franco's Short Film 'Herbert White'

Watch my short film, "Herbert White," which is based on a Frank Bidart poem and stars Michael Shannon as a necrophiliac, exclusively on VICE. → Read More