Whiplash is a 2014
Best Picture nominee with a performance by the Best Supporting Actor winner of
2014, J.K. Simmons. The film is directed by Damien Chazelle and, in light of
the upcoming release of his wildly critically exalted film La La Land, I will be taking a look back at this other directorial
effort. The film stars Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, and Mellissa Benoist. It
follows the story of a young drummer who gets an opportunity and endures a
punishing music instructor dead set on making him one of the greats.
