Ever since he wrote and directed 2014’s Whiplash, filmmaker Damian Chazelle has been enjoying a great deal of acclaim and attention. Whiplash, which featured Miles Teller as a relentless jazz drummer under the thumb of a tyrannical instructor (J.K. Simmons) at a prestigious New York music conservatory, was a huge hit that raked in 3 Oscars – one of which went to Simmons for best supporting actor. Now less than three years later, Chazelle is back with his follow up to Whiplash, an old-Hollywood style musical called La La Land.
Since the first trailer arrived this past summer, La La Land has been bursting with positive buzz and has picked up award after award on the ...
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