The ending of “Born to Be Blue” will break your heart. In one sense, it’s a happy ending. A triumph. The world is better off for what happens. In another, it’s a terrible personal tragedy. That’s why ...

You don't want to be near Ethan Hawke when he's learning to play trumpet. Filming Born to Be Blue, in which he portrays jazz icon Chet Baker, "the challenge was largely for my co-star, Carmen Ejogo, ...

Chet Baker developed his gift for self-destruction at an early age. As a 12-year-old Oklahoma farm kid, he threw a rock at a stop sign. It ricocheted back and hit him in the face, knocking out a front ...

LONDON — Ethan Hawke has taken the role of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker in “Born to Be Blue,” which has just started lensing. Pic also stars Carmen Ejogo, who appeared in “The Purge: Anarchy,” and will ...

Every once in a while I come across an artist with whom I am not as familiar as I end up wishing that I had been and wonder to myself, “What took you so long?” Recently I came across a movie about ...

The cinematic stories of heroin-addicted musicians tend to fall into two categories. There’s the recovery narrative, in which someone like Ray Charles hits bottom, cleans up and enters a new phase of ...