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BETWEEN THE TEMPLES — Nathan Silver Interview

August 19, 2024 By Leave a Comment

BETWEEN THE TEMPLES — Nathan Silver Interview

Click PRX Piece: BETWEEN THE TEMPLES — NATHAN SILVER Interview to listen. Nathan Silver’s BETWEEN THE TEMPLES is comedy about faith, loss, and the results of having too many mudslides on a very bad night. Jason Schwartzman plays Ben Gottlieb, a recently widowered cantor who has lost his voice, his bearings, and his faith. A… Read More »

Tagged With: bat mitzvah, C. Mason Wells, cantor, Carol Kane, Caroline Aaron, community, David Berman, Dolly De Leon, Hebrew school, improvisation, Jason Schwartzman, Madeline Weinstein, mother-son, Robert Smigel, Shofar, socialist, synagogue, Talmud, Talmudic questioning, temple, The Silver Jews

WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD

January 26, 2023 By Leave a Comment

WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD

WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD is a melancholy comedy about blindness and boundaries.  Grounded by performances by Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard that are wonders of anger and pain and absurdity, it examines the volatile emotions lurking beneath a family’s thin veneer of civility as it reaches a breaking point when reality intrudes on… Read More »

Tagged With: high school crush, internet fame, mother-son, social work

FRENCH EXIT

April 12, 2021 By Leave a Comment

FRENCH EXIT

FRENCH EXIT is a deft comedy that is low key but also pointed and deeply affecting, despite concerning itself with the trials and tribulations of a woman who has raised superficiality and self-absorption to a high art.

Tagged With: bankruptcy, mother-son, Paris, widow

THE HOLLARS — Margo Martindale & John Krasinski Interview

August 24, 2016 By Leave a Comment

THE HOLLARS — Margo Martindale & John Krasinski Interview

The problem I run into when writing introductions is deciding what to include and what to leave out when listing the interviewee’s previous credits. In the case of John Krasinski and Margo Martindale, there wasn’t much I wanted to leave out (the woman has won THREE Emmys after all), leading me to crack a joke… Read More »

Tagged With: brain tumor, CARNAL KNOWLEDGE, director, dysfunctional, Family, mother-son, seizure

PALI ROAD

May 3, 2016 By Leave a Comment

PALI ROAD

The challenge when talking with director Jonathan Lim and co-producer Daxing Zhang about PALI ROAD is making sure that we don’t reveal any of the wonderful twists and turns this psychological thriller takes. The story of a woman who wakes up from a coma to a life she doesn’t recognize, but peopled with familiar faces… Read More »

Tagged With: alternate reality, amnesia, car accident, hallucination, Hawaii, kahuna, mother-daughter, mother-son, mystery, naupaka flower legend, Pali Road, romance, tough love. coma, Xi Shi Legend

Josh Mond and Christopher Abbott Introduce Us to JAMES WHITE

November 13, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Josh Mond and Christopher Abbott Introduce Us to JAMES WHITE

Josh Mond believes in the collective approach to filmmaking. As co-founder of Borderline Films, he and partners Antonio Campos and Sean Durkin produce each other’s films, which include Campos’ SIMON KILLER andDurkin’s MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. With JAMES WHITE, Mond takes his turn behind the camera, and, when I spoke with him and WHITE’s co-star,… Read More »

Tagged With: Borderline Films, cancer, collaboration, Cynthia Nixon, Kid Kudi, male bonding, Mátyás Erdély, mother-son, Scott Mescudi, tight close up, tracking shots

PRIME

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

PRIME

It is a testament to Meryl Streep’s stellar acting skills that she had kept her role in PRIME from devolving into a shrill caricature of a Jewish mother. And this is especially important given that hers is the only fully realized character to be found in this otherwise dreary excuse for a romantic comedy. The… Read More »

Tagged With: economic parity, Jewish mother, May-December romance, mother-son, therapist, trust issues

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