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Citizen Penn : An Exclusive Interview with Director Don Hardy

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti and killed 220,000, injured 310,000; more than 1.5 million were left homeless. From that moment, desperate patients had to endure civil war style medicine, the doctor had to carry out the amputation without anesthesia. In Los Angels, six days after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Sean Penn…

The Marijuana Conspiracy : An Exclusive Interview with Director Craig Pryce

Samuel Goldwyn Films Synopsis  In 1972, five young women looking for a fresh start in life become part of a radical experiment studying the effects of weed on women. Despite the agendas of the government, they use their unique strengths, and friendship to overcome adversity.  The Film is based on this article.   An exclusive interview…

Interview: Director Jeff Rosenberg and Co-writer Laura Jacqmin on New Film ‘We Broke Up’

What happens when a couple that’s been together for ten years decides to break up right before one of their sibling’s weddings? They pretend they didn’t and go celebrate together, a decision that predictably leads to awkwardness and discomfort. Fortunately, that premise is made thoroughly enjoyable by writer-director Jeff Rosenberg and co-writer Laura Jacqmin in…

This Is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist : An Exclusive Interview with Director Colin Barnicle

”This is Robbery” explores who might have pulled off the one of the biggest art heist in the history of U.S, 1990’s robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where thieves made off with $500 million in rare artwork.  Over St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 1990, legendary works by Rembrandt, Vermeer and others…

Leslie Odom Jr. Talks about How He Finds Sam Cooke’s Voice in “One Night in Miami.”

To get to play soul singing legend Sam Cooke would be an achievement enough but to do so in a film as prestigious as One Night In Miami adds the sweet topping to the prize cake. Such a triumph is not the only feather in the cap of 39-year old Leslie Odom Jr. —- he…

Interview: Actor Manny Perez on ‘Night of the Sicario’ and Always Playing Villains

This Friday, Saban Films will release Night of the Sicario, a thriller about cartel hitmen hunting DEA witnesses hiding out at a nursing home, in theaters and on demand. Manny Perez, who has a long list of credits to his name, including TV roles on Third Watch and Homeland, stars as Leon, one of the…

An Exclusive Interview with Jessica Bruder, The Author of “Nomadland,” Takes Us into the World of Nomad Lifestyle

In 2017’s Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, author Jessica Bruder wrote about van-dwelling Americans, mostly older people who, in the wake of the Great Recession, were losing steady jobs, had paltry Social Security payments, and, with ballooning housing costs, found themselves unable to get by.  They hit the road following seasonal gigs across…

Director Ava DuVernay Discusses Her New Online Venture — Array Crew

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Ava DuVernay became the first Black woman creator to get Sundance Film Festival directing award in 2012 for her feature, Middle of Nowhere. Her feature Selma made history in being the first film directed by a black woman director to be nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Picture….

SXSW Interview : Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

The Film Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free Debuts at SXSW 2021 To Acclaim October 2, 2017, it was devastated to hear the announcement of Tom Perry’s untimely death, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers’ 40th Anniversary Tour. At that time in his career, he had sold more than 80 million records worldwide,…

Interview with Director Taylor Morden for “The Last Blockbuster”

In Making “The Last Blockbuster,” Director Taylor Morden Reminds Us of Many Visit to The Video Store That Made the Screen Come Alive  There was a time, going to the video rental store, was an adventure in and of itself. Without laying out a wad of cash, one could take home armfuls of cinematic pleasure…

SXSW Interview : WeWork: Or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn Premieres at SXSW 2021 Reflecting the old chestnut, “truth is stranger than fiction,” the documentary, WeWork: Or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn illustrates that saying perfectly. Director Jed Rothstein’s doc feature tells of the incredibly swift rise of WeWork co-founder…