Category: John Waters

‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage

by The Guardian | Jul 16, 2026 | Culture, Film, John Waters, The Guardian | 0 |

As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why there are no novelty dances any moreJohn Waters still remembers the day his...

‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters

by The Guardian | Jun 22, 2026 | Culture, Film, John Waters, Judi Dench, Nathan Lane, The Babadook, The Guardian | 0 |

From gritty criminals to teens coming to terms with their identity, pride month sees Guardian writers on their most beloved queer charactersForget about dimly lit period dramas where miserable women with no access to electricity...