Interview: Darcy Staniforth in Conversation with Matt Murphy About The Book of Murder
By Darcy Staniforth |
Former Orange County District Attorney Matt Murphy spent 17 years serving the people of Orange County in the Homicide unit ...
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Interview with Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black on The Spiderwick Chronicles
By David Wangberg |
From 2003 through 2004, Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black released a series of five children's fantasy books called The Spiderwick ...
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Interview with James Cosmo on My Sailor, My Love
By David Wangberg |
The name James Cosmo may not be one many recognize right away, but there’s a high likelihood you’ve watched him ...
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Tribeca 2023 Interview: Filmmaker Rod Blackhurst on Blood for Dust
By David Wangberg |
This isn’t the first time that filmmaker Rod Blackhurst has attended the Tribeca Film Festival. Back in 2016, his feature ...
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Tribeca 2023 Interview: Filmmaker Irene Lusztig Discusses Her New Documentary, Richland
By David Wangberg |
While the summer movie season will feature a lot of discussion about Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which tells the true story ...
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Interview with Actor Cary Elwes on His New Film, Sweetwater, and His Performance as Ned Irish
By David Wangberg |
While most people know Cary Elwes for his work as the dashing Westley in Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride, the ...
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Interview with Terrence Martin and Dominique Braun about Get Away If You Can
By David Wangberg |
It’s a daunting task to direct your first feature film in Hollywood. It’s even more daunting when you also commit ...
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Tribeca 2022 Interview: Producer Annalise Davis Talks Fireworks
By David Wangberg |
Producer Annalise Davis has been in the film industry for nearly 20 years, having worked on films such as The ...
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Interview with Filmmaker Naveen Chathapuram about The Last Victim
By David Wangberg |
After nearly 20 years in the film industry as a producer, Naveen Chathapuram has made his directorial debut with the ...
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Interview with Leonard Maltin about His Memoir, Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood
By David Wangberg |
Photo by Jessie Maltin “Is this about you or me?” That one question changed how then 13-year-old Leonard Maltin conducted ...
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TCM Classic Film Festival 2020 Special Home Edition Preview
By Gordon S. Miller |
If not for the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the world, the TCM Classic Film Festival would have been held this week. ...
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Interview with Brian Volk-Weiss: Comedy Producer and Creator of Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Michael Frank Brian Volk-Weiss is most likely a name you've never heard before. He isn't center stage, nor ...
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The Uncertainty of Indie Filmmaking: An Honest Interview with Harpoon Director Rob Grant
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Michael Frank Most profile pieces begin with a description of what the celebrity was wearing when they were ...
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Interview with Jerry G. Angelo, Scott Engrotti, and Christine Maag about Warfighter
By David Wangberg |
During the inaugural Fandemic Tour Sacramento weekend, I found myself coming across a variety of things. At nearly every vendor, ...
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Director Christian Papierniak on His Feature Film Debut, Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
By Matthew St.Clair |
In Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town, perennial scene-stealer Mackenzie Davis gets a rare opportunity to carry a film on ...
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Interview with Jason David Frank about Fandemic Tour Sacramento and the Power Rangers
By David Wangberg |
This weekend marks the start of a new type of comic convention hitting the national market. Fandemic Tour, which was ...
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Tribeca 2018: Naomi Ko and Andrew Ahn Discuss Their TV Pilot “Nice”
By Matthew St.Clair |
While the Tribeca Film Festival may primarily be focused on film, it has also become a hub for television recently. ...
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Director Leena Pendharkar on Her Latest Film “20 Weeks”
By Matthew St.Clair |
Abortion is a topic that feels as if it is rarely discussed on film. We've seen films about failing marriages ...
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Director Brian Crano Talks Fantasy, Romance, and His New Film “Permission”
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez With the sheer number of romance driven films it's always refreshing to find one unique in ...
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Director Alexandra Dean Discusses Bombshell Hedy Lamarr
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Between the rise of the #metoo movement and Time Magazine naming "the Silence Breakers" as their ...
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Director Mickey Lemle on His New Film, The Last Dalai Lama?
By Darcy Staniforth |
While serving in the Peace Corps in Nepal, writer, director, and producer Mickey Lemle began engaging with the Tibetan people ...
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Hailing Frequencies Open with Dennis Hanon, IKV Stranglehold
By Gordon S. Miller |
Stranglehold is a not-for-profit, San-Diego-based fan group that not only puts on the long running Klingon Lifestyles panel at San ...
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Actor Kevin Sorbo Talks Hercules and More at Wizard World Sacramento Comic Con
By David Wangberg |
I first interviewed Kevin Sorbo back in 2013, when he was doing a promotion for a little film called Storm ...
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Chad Derdowski Chooses to Answer Questions about ‘Fortune Favors the Bold’
By Gordon S. Miller |
The youngest of seven children, Cinema Sentries contributor Chad Derdowski survived the harsh Michigan winters by pretending he was on ...
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Director Matthew Ross Talks Low Budgets and Big Stars with “Frank & Lola”
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Director Matt Ross is a lucky guy. It isn't often that you make your feature-film debut ...
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Actress Sarah Baker on Christopher Guest’s Mascots
By Darcy Staniforth |
In case you missed it, Christopher Guest has given the world a new movie, Mascots. I had the chance to ...
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Actress Susan Yeagley on Christopher Guest’s Mascots
By Darcy Staniforth |
It has been 10 years since Christopher Guest has treated the world to a film. It is not that Guest ...
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Illeana Douglas Talks About Blazing Her Own Trail for TCM’s Trailblazing Women
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez It's hard for me to pinpoint the first film I saw actress Illeana Douglas in, but ...
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Michael Fiore and Eric Sharkey Talk Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Floyd Norman is an animator with a big heart, and that's evident from hearing Michael Fiore ...
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Ryan Hurst and Kyle Gallner Discuss Their Characters from WGN’s Outsiders
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kim Wilson I had the opportunity to listen in on a conference-call interview featuring Ryan Hurst and Kyle ...
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Call Me Lucky Director Bobcat Goldthwait Talks about Barry Crimmins, the Loss of His Best Friend, and the State of Comedy Today
By Darcy Staniforth |
Call Me Lucky is Bobcat Goldthwait's funny and powerful documentary about comedian, political satirist, and activist Barry Crimmins. The film ...
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Alexander Skarsgard Talks About The Diary of a Teenage Girl
By Darcy Staniforth |
The Diary of a Teenage Girl opened this past Friday in select theaters. It is the directorial debut for Marielle ...
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Rifftrax Co-Host Bill Corbett Talks Bad Taste and Entering Tommy Wiseau’s The Room
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez The Rifftrax gang, consisting of hosts Bill Corbett, Mike Nelson, and Kevin Murphy, are ready to ...
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Director Jason Priestley on His Feature-film Debut, Cas & Dylan
By Darcy Staniforth |
Cas & Dylan is a film about two people at the opposite ends of life who are thrown together on ...
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Meryl Streep Talks About Going Into the Woods
By Cinema Sentries |
With director Rob Marshall's Into the Woods available Tuesday March 24 on Blu-ray, Disney Movies Anywhere, and Digital HD, Meryl ...
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D.W. Smith Has ‘A Whole Nuther Kind of Spy Novel’ for Ya
By Gordon S. Miller |
D.W. Smith is a screenwriter, novelist, and podcaster living in Orange County, California with his wife and two little girls. ...
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Todd Ford Wants to ‘See You in the Dark’
By Gordon S. Miller |
Todd Ford is a web developer by day and a film fanatic by night. He has been writing film reviews ...
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Rifftrax Host Mike Nelson Talks Anaconda, Michael Bay, and More
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez If I interview Bill Corbett, I'll have talked to all three members of the Rifftrax crew! ...
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To Be Takei Director Jennifer Kroot: The Past and Present of a Cheerful Bulldozer
By Adam Blair |
The new documentary To Be Takei looks at the fascinating past and exciting present of the one and only Mr. ...
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Boyhood’s 12 Years in the Making: Jumping into the Void
By Adam Blair |
That Boyhood, Richard Linklater's “epic of minutia,” had an unconventional production schedule is something of an understatement. For an even ...
Read More Interview: Caroll Spinney and Dave LaMattina Talk Big Bird and ‘Wow’ Moments
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story sits comfortably at number one on my Best ...
Read More Bullets Over Broadway Panel Discussion: How Woody Allen Burst into Song
By Adam Blair |
If your memories of the 1994 Woody Allen film Bullets Over Broadway are a bit hazy, there's a reason: a ...
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Interview: CinemAbility Director Jenni Gold Discusses Movies, Wheelchairs, and Grassroots Campaigns
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez After watching the phenomenal documentary, CinemAbility, I was excited to sit down and talk to the ...
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Interview: Rifftrax Lives’ Kevin Murphy Talks Night of the Living Dead and MST3K
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Audiences may be unfamiliar with actor Kevin Murphy's face, but if you're a fan of Mystery ...
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Interview with John Kenneth Muir, Author of An Askew View 2: The Films of Kevin Smith
By Darcy Staniforth |
In 1997, Chasing Amy, the third film from writer-director Kevin Smith hit theaters. I had seen his first film Clerks and liked it, ...
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New York Film Festival 2011: Melancholia Cast Comments About Lars von Trier
By Will McKinley |
If, like me, you think of getting married as something akin to the fiery destruction of Earth, you'll love Melancholia, ...
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