Click here to listen to the interview. Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave have made wonderful documentaries over the years, but not one that they could share with kids. GOODNIGHT, OPPY changed that and it’s something White talked about when the three of us spoke on November 2, 2022. What comes across so clearly in this… Read More »
OPERATION AVALANCHE — Matt Johnson & Matt Miller Interview
After seeing OPERATION AVALANCHE, a whipsmart found-footage faux-documentary about how we didn’t land on the moon in 1969, it came as no surprise that its director/co-star/co-writer Matt Johnson and producer Matt Miller were so erudite and so witty. When we spoke on September 19, 2016, my first question was about why we love conspiracy theories so… Read More »
OPERATION AVALANCHE
There is something irresistible about a well-constructed conspiracy theory. The juxtaposition between the secret hands behind the scenes pulling the strings that control our destiny, and the peculiar sense of security that the world is not just a series of random events, that there is an order to it even if he have no collective… Read More »
THE MARTIAN
THE MARTIAN asks some tough metaphysical questions as it answers some thorny scientific problems with nifty solutions. What’s worth living for? What’s worth dying for? And why should giving up never be an option? The premise is daunting. Mark Watney (Matt Damon), ace botanist and member of the Ares 3 exploratory expedition to Mars in… Read More »