By the time "Interview With the Vampire" hit theaters in 1994, the film had been in development for almost 20 years, seemingly with an obstacle or controversy for almost every one of them. Aided by ...

In the spring and summer, he always tore a leaf off the vine of hops that grew around the banister at the end of our alley, handed it to me, and I chewed it, a little ritual we thought was funny and ...