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THE LAST WORD — Mark Pellington Interview

March 2, 2017 By Leave a Comment

THE LAST WORD — Mark Pellington Interview

Mark Pellington is firmly in touch with his feminine side. It was one of the first thing he talked about when I interviewed him on February 27, 2017. We went on riff on the psychology of the characters in THE LAST WORD, muse on making an entertaining film with substance, and the legacy of the… Read More »

Tagged With: Amanda Seyfried, at-risk child, catharsis, dementia, Feminism, grief, Jenny Holzer, legacy, MTV, nostalgia, Obituary, power of words, Shirley MacLaine, United States of Poetry, William Burroughs

MIDSUMMER IN NEWTOWN

January 31, 2017 By Leave a Comment

MIDSUMMER IN NEWTOWN

The word “safe” comes up over and over again in MIDSUMMER IN NEWTOWN, Lloyd Kramer’s elegiac yet emotionally gripping documentary about the aftereffects of the Sandy Hook Massacre on the survivors. As in, the sense of being safe has been taken from everyone involved forever. The question becomes how to deal with it. Kramer’s film… Read More »

Tagged With: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Anna Grace Project, catharsis, Connecticut, musical, outreach, PTSD, Sandy Hook Massacre, theater, therapy, Trauma

I SAW THE LIGHT — Tom Hiddleston & Marc Abraham Interview

April 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment

I SAW THE LIGHT — Tom Hiddleston & Marc Abraham Interview

When I spoke with Tom Hiddleston and Marc Abraham on April 1, 2016, I was less interested in how Hiddleston pared even more weight from his already slender frame to better approximate Hank Williams skeletal build, or the five weeks he spent with a country music artist Rodney Crowell in order to absorb the atmosphere of… Read More »

Tagged With: Aristotelian tragedy, back pain, based on a true story, book to screen, catharsis, Country Music, Grand Ole Opry, grits, Hank Williams, music, opening night, Rodney Crowell

Paul Weitz Lives AMERICAN DREAMZ

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Paul Weitz Lives AMERICAN DREAMZ

Paul Weitz has gone from teen farce with AMERICAN PIE to sophisticated and thoughtful slices of social commentary with ABOUT A BOY and IN GOOD COMPANY.  With AMERICAN DREAMZ, though, he’s created a tidy synthesis, combining inspired silliness with a satire that cuts to the bone of American culture. When I talked to him on… Read More »

Tagged With: ABOUT A BOY, American culture, AMERICAN PIE, catharsis, director, film, Hugh Grant, media, narrative, Paul Weitz, satire, wardrobe, writer

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