HERE AFTER (At Last)
Click here to listen to the interview. The world premiere of writer/director Harry Greenberger’s second feature film, FARAWAY EYES, happened on March 7, 2020, just before the festival in which … Continue reading
Frameline 41, The Pop Quiz: Part 1
FRAMELINE 41 initiated a pair of press days for those of us covering the festival, and it offered me a rare opportunity to talk to many of the participating filmmakers … Continue reading
A Voice in the Night 2/1/16
Ushering in both February and the Year of the Monkey, I joined KGO Radio‘s divine Maureen Langan to talk film, film festivals, questionable casting decisions, and Susan Sarandon’s secondary sexual characteristics. That … Continue reading
What I Learned at the 2015 San Francisco Silent Film Festival
It is only a week since the 2015 Silent Film Festival wrapped with a screening of BEN-HUR that included its 10 Technicolor™ sequences? Garbo, Gilbert, the silent version of ALL … Continue reading
A Pale Shadow of A POLTERGEIST
The original POLTERGEIST was said to have a curse attached to it. Perhaps because the producers opted to use real skeletons rather than models because they were cheaper. Perhaps because … Continue reading
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
George Miller first sent Mad Max blazing across the sere post-apocalyptic landscape in 1979 and thence onto cinematic legend. Sequels followed. Mel Gibson in the eponymous role rose to international … Continue reading
What You Should Be Watching Now
Sure, there’s that big-budget, special effect extravaganza opening on Friday (sneak previews Thursday night), but let’s take a moment to appreciate those films that don’t have a huge budget for … Continue reading
The Week in Interviews 4/28/15
Sometimes I do an interview for a film that will be opening almost immediately, sometimes it’s for a film that won’t be in released for several weeks or even months. … Continue reading
A Voice in the Night 5/23
Longtime listeners to KGO Radio’s divine Maureen Langan will already know of her abiding crush on Liam Neeson. When I joined her this week, we were able to explore those … Continue reading
A Choppy CHAPPIE
CHAPPIE is a cross between Pinicchio and ROBOCOP with a dash of DISTRICT 9. That last is unsurprising because CHAPPIE is the brainchild of Niell Blomkamp, and many of the … Continue reading
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