On Movie Moguls and Why Hollywood's A**holes Don't Deserve a Comeback
There's a reason Joseph Kahn ain't making movies, and it's not for a lack of douchebags
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Last week The Hollywood Reporter published a piece by director Joseph Kahn. Kahn is best known as a music video director. He helmed Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood," as well as countless others. If you're looking for his feature film credentials that's a smaller list consisting of the 2004 motorcycle film Torque, 2011's Detention, the 2017 feature Bodied and 2024's Ick. Don't worry, I'd never heard of them either.
