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David Cross Takes the HITS

February 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment

David Cross Takes the HITS

David Cross was off coffee because of a stomach ailment when I talked to him on February 5, 2015 just before his film, HITS, kicked of SFIndieFest. Opting for tea, and overcoming his distaste for the bergamot in his Earl Gray, he was a lively conversationalist as we discussed his maiden effort writing and directing a feature film.… Read More »

Tagged With: bergamot, BitTorrent, cinema, cryogenically frozen, David Cross, debut film, director, distribution, Earl Gray tea, fame, fame whores, film, interview, Matt Walsh, media, movie, politics, Portlandia, protest, satire, screenwriter, Sundance, Sundance London, tea

GARDEN STATE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Only rarely does a film as profound, as rich, and as deeply affecting as GARDEN STATE come along. Even more rarely is it the handiwork of a first-time filmmaker. That would be Zack Braff, known for his role as the philosophically harried intern on the subversively wicked comedy, “Scrubs”. Braff is Andrew Largeman, a struggling… Read More »

Tagged With: actor, debut film, director, funeral, gravedigger, mental illness, narrative, prescripton drugs, waiter, writer, Zack Braff

Larysa Kondracki Reveals THE WHISTLEBLOWER

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Larysa Kondracki Reveals THE WHISTLEBLOWER

For her first film, Laryisa Kondracki went with her gut and chose a topic that she felt passionately about. THE WHISTLEBLOWER is based on the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a police officer taking a lucrative contract to be a peacekeeper in Bosnia who discovered unsettling corruption and refused to be scared into silence. The… Read More »

Tagged With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Bosnia, corruption, David Strathairn, debut film, director co-writer, Eilis Kerwin, Kathryn Bolkovac, Larysa Kondracki, Rachel Weisz, Serbia, sex trafficking, UN Peacekeepers, Yugoslava

Andrew Jarecki on CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Andrew Jarecki on CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS

For a debut film, Andrew Jarecki couldn’t have picked a more controversial or attention-grabbing subject that child sexual abuse. Yet his film dealing with the emotional impact on the family of the accused father and son transcends sensationalism and becomes a consideration on the nature of truth and universality of family life. When I spoke to… Read More »

Tagged With: Arnold Friedman, child abuse, David Friedman, debut film, director, documentary, family life, film distribution, Jesse Friedman, pedophilia, true crime, truth

Zach Braff Visits GARDEN STATE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Zach Braff Visits GARDEN STATE

GARDEN STATE was that most welcome of surprises, an accomplished film whose quirkiness delivered a thoughtful look at modern alienation without glorifying it. Its writer/director/star, Zach Braff, proved to be as thoughtful as his film. Our conversation on July 1, 2004, covered the importance of visual images in conveying a story, the lessons of working with… Read More »

Tagged With: actor, debut film, director, narrative, prescripton drugs, waiter, writer, Zack Braff

Charles Ferguson, Charles Sees NO END IN SIGHT

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Charles Ferguson, Charles Sees NO END IN SIGHT

Charles Ferguson brought an acadamicians sensibility to NO END IN SIGHT, his film debut, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance this year. This is hardly a surprise and neither is his bookish demeanor, considering his degree in political science from MIT, the three books on techonology to his credit, and his time with the… Read More »

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