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Interview: David Cross on Tackling Drama and the Outdoors in ‘The Dark Divide’

David Cross is primarily known as a comedian, beloved for his performances in shows like Arrested Development and Mr. Show. His distinctively low-pitched voice enables him to provide dry, hilarious delivery of lines in live-action and voiceover work alike. He won an Emmy for writing The Ben Stiller Show and has also been nominated for…

Take Out Girl : An Exclusive Interview with Actress/Writer Hedy Wong

Story: Tera Wong(Hedy Wong) delivers Chinese food for her mother’s struggling restaurant located in a territory referred to as the “Low Bottoms” in south central Los Angeles. And everyone around her, including her unpredictable brother Saren(Lorin Alond Ly), are financially trapped in this crime and violence-ridden neighborhood. That is until Tera takes a job from…

Interview: Star Clayne Crawford and Director Robert Machoian on ‘The Killing of Two Lovers’

Actor Clayne Crawford, a familiar face from Rectify and Lethal Weapon, stars in The Killing of Two Lovers, from writer-director Robert Machoian. I was lucky enough to see the film when it made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020, and after a long wait and a release delay earlier this year,…

Interview: Dror Moreh on His New Documentary ‘The Human Factor’

There is no one who will tell you that the situation in the Middle East is not complicated. Numerous parties have tried over the course of seven decades of Israel’s official existence as a country to negotiate some sort of agreement that will ensure safety for Israelis and self-determination for Palestinians. Among the most high-profile…

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…