Top of the Stack
![A Conversation with Mel Brooks](http://www.thestacksreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Anne-Bancroft-and-Mel-Brooks.jpeg)
A Conversation with Mel Brooks
“I’m not in the movie business to make movies,” says Brooks. “I want it to be an experience, I want it to be did-you-see-that?”
The Front Page
The Marlboro Man
Robert Altman turns Raymond Chandler’s hero upside down.
The Say Hey Kid
The greatest of them all.
Remembering Mike Downey
The sound you hear is cheering in the press box.
Hepburn Reconsidered
Icon? Yes. Actress? No.
Jann Wenner is (Gulp!) 40
Forget what you’ve heard about Rolling Stone’s erstwhile enfant. Can a man who goes home to lunch with his infant son be so bad?
The Lust Boys
Longing and lust, lost in My Own Private Idaho
False Messiah
Declaring war on the pleasure of the flesh, Jimmy Swaggart built an empire. But the real inspiration for his spectacular rages was his losing batting to save his own soul.
Come Out Swinging
In 1995, the question was this: Now that the ex-champ is an ex-con, can he save boxing—and himself?
The Troubling Truth About Joan Crawford
A Life More Bizarre Than Any Secret
Smart Patrol on Market Street
Stepping out to see the Mother of Invention.
The Leader of the Lost Boys: A Success Story
Guess what they call the man behind Saturday Night Live? A Success story.
The Oldest Hackies Tell It Like It Was—And Is
There are five durable professionals who have driven a total of 5.5 million miles in New York City traffic for a collective 222 years.