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A MOST VIOLENT YEAR for Oscar Isaac

January 14, 2015 By Leave a Comment

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR for Oscar Isaac

Sometimes in an interview there’s a defining line. And in talking to Oscar Isaac about JC Chandor’s A MOST VIOLENT YEAR on December 5, 2014, it came towards the end our conversation, when I had asked what I called the “obligatory Star Wars question”.  As Isaac was describing his method for getting into character as an… Read More »

Tagged With: Catalina Sandino Moreno, cinema, drama, film, Grace Frick, interviews, JC Chandor, Jessica Chastain, Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian, movie, Movies and tagged and t-bone burnett, mystery, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars, thriller, X-wing fighter.

Timothy Spall is MR. TURNER

January 8, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Timothy Spall is MR. TURNER

There is a wonderful juxtaposition in the modesty Timothy Spall evinces about his work, and the enormous talent he brings to it. When I mentioned his winning the best actor award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, he said with a half-laugh that no one was more surprised about it that he was. He must… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, cinema, film, interviews, JMW Turner, Mike Leigh, movie and tagged art, narrative, painting, Timothy Spall, Wormtail.

Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari – Rosewater

October 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari – Rosewater

As God is my witness, I thought that Jon Stewart knew that Aryan had more than one definition. He didn’t, but it made for a lively way to start my conversation with both him and Maziar Bahari on October 22, 2014. As Bahari pointed out, Iranians are the original Aryans, and he went on to… Read More »

Tagged With: aryan, based on a true story, books to film, cinema, Dr. Strangelove, film, film director, interviews, jon stewart, Maziar Bahari, movie, movies, narrative and tagged 2009 Iranian election, ROSEWATER, Shoreh Agdashloo, Then They Came For Me

Theodore Bikel Walks IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM

October 22, 2014 By 1 Comment

Theodore Bikel Walks IN THE SHOES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM

Where to begin when talking to the wonder that is Theodore Bikel?  In his 90 years (and counting), he’s been arrested protesting the treatment of Soviet Jewery, and protesting for civil rights in the American south. He originated the role of Captain Von Trapp on Broadway, recorded the best-selling Yiddish folk albums of all time,… Read More »

Tagged With: Austria, Belle Kaufman, Captain Von Trapp, cinema, documentary, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Fiddler on the Roof, film, folk singer, interviews, John Lollos, Kibbutz, Kristalnacht, movies, MY FAIR LADY, Partners for Progressive Israel, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Sholom Aleichem, stage to screen. Theodore Bikel, Tevye, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING

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