Listening to THE GREEN PRINCE
THE GREEN PRINCE won’t be released in this country until September. Based in part on the book Son of Hamas, by Mossab Hassan Yousef, it is a riveting, illuminating documentary … Continue reading
AND SO IT GOES with Rob Reiner
I’ll admit it. There was something terrific about making Rob Reiner laugh. This is a man who grew up with Carl Reiner as his father, and Mel Brooks, one of … Continue reading
THE FLUFFY MOVIE — Gabriel Iglesias Proves There’s UNITY THOUGH COMEDY with THE FLUFFY MOVIE
Gabriel Iglesias is a funny man on stage, and in person, too, but in an interview he can also be reflective, and downright philosophical. That was the treat in store … Continue reading
TAMMY: Less Than The Sum of Its Parts
There is a reason that the trailers for TAMMY show star/co-writer/co-producer Melissa McCarthy at her manic best. Those are, without doubt, the best moments of the film. It’s not that … Continue reading
BLACKBIRD — Mo’Nique, Patrik-Ian Polk and Julian Walker Interview
One of the best movies you won’t see at the multiplex.
JERSEY BOYS — John Lloyd Young, Michael Lomenda and Erich Bergen Interview
It would, perhaps, be more of a surprise if, in the course of an interview, no one from JERSEY BOYS did an impression of their co-star Christopher Walken. I may … Continue reading
Paul Haggis Embraces Complexity in THIRD PERSON.
Paul Haggis was having a very good day. By a stroke of serendipity, or was it synchronicity?, he had been booked into a hotel that overlooks the location used as … Continue reading
THE ROVER — David Michod Interview
I’d talked to David Michod before, for 2010’s ANIMAL KINGDOM, and was struck then, as now, at the contrast between the man and the filmmaker. Michod himself is a gregarious, upbeat … Continue reading
22 JUMP STREET: Jump for Joy
Schmidt and Jenko are back, and we should all rejoice. 22 JUMP STREET starts out every bit as funny as 21 JUMP STREET was, and then keeps upping its game. … Continue reading
GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA — Nicholas Wrathall Interview
I spoke with Nicholas Wrathall on June 26, 2013, the day that the Supreme Court overturned DOMA and Proposition 8, paving the way for same-sex couples to be legally married. … Continue reading
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