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Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater – Blue Moon Documents The Night Lyricist Lorenz Hart Realizes His Partnership with Richard Rodgers is Over
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Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater – Blue Moon Documents The Night Lyricist Lorenz Hart Realizes His Partnership with Richard Rodgers is Over

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Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater Blue Moon Documents The Night Lyricist Lorenz Hart Realizes His Partnership with Richard Rodgers is Over By Brad Balfour Inspired by the letters of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weiland, director Richard Linklater developed the biographical drama Blue Moon with a script written by Robert Kaplow. It stars veteran actor Ethan … Continue reading →

Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleas & Joachim Trier – The Norwegian Feature Sentimental Value Offers A Deep Exploration into Family, Creativity and Reconciliation Through Art
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Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleas & Joachim Trier – The Norwegian Feature Sentimental Value Offers A Deep Exploration into Family, Creativity and Reconciliation Through Art

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Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleas & Joachim TrierThe Norwegian Feature Sentimental Value Offers A Deep Exploration into Family, Creativity and Reconciliation Through Art by Brad Balfour Now that award season is in full swing, certain films have unexpectedly bubbled up as the attention- grabbers. One such film is Norwegian director Joachim … Continue reading →

Eric Lutes – Life is a Roaring Success
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Eric Lutes – Life is a Roaring Success

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Eric Lutes Life is a Roaring Success By Ronald Sklar Eric Lutes has never chased the easy version of a creative life. That instinct – toward challenge rather than comfort – runs straight through his new film project, The Roaring Game. It’s a rare collaboration that pulled him back into the particular alchemy of independent … Continue reading →

Ronald Lee Oliver on Chip Oliver – Those Were the Days
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Ronald Lee Oliver on Chip Oliver – Those Were the Days

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Ronald Lee Oliver on Chip Oliver Those Were the Days By Ronald Sklar The late Chip Oliver’s life reads like a parable of late-1960s America: discipline and rebellion, muscle and mysticism, Hollywood lights and San Francisco communes. Told here through the voice of his younger brother, Ronald Lee Oliver, it’s also a story about family … Continue reading →

John Davidson – From Prime-Time to Club Sandwich: The Reinvention of a Variety Icon
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John Davidson – From Prime-Time to Club Sandwich: The Reinvention of a Variety Icon

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John Davidson From Prime-Time to Club Sandwich – The Reinvention of a Variety Icon By Ronald Sklar For decades, John Davidson was all that and a jar of Miracle Whip – a Broadway lead, a smiling television host, and one of Johnny Carson’s most trusted guest substitutes. Today, at 84, he has reinvented his career … Continue reading →

Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Interview
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Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Interview

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Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Interview By Jay S. Jacobs It’s a tale as old as time. Two guys start a band. They are enthusiastic about the project and sure that stardom lurks ahead. They even set a goal of their ideal venue – the storied Toronto … Continue reading →

Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel and Brad Inglesby – Taken to Task
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Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel and Brad Inglesby – Taken to Task

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Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel and Brad Inglesby Taken to Task By Jay S. Jacobs So how does a TV show come together? “It always starts with characters,” Brad Inglesby explained to me on the red carpet at the Philadelphia Film Festival, where the season finale of his acclaimed TV series Task was going … Continue reading →

Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh & Bill Condon – Dancing With the Spider Woman
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Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh & Bill Condon – Dancing With the Spider Woman

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Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh & Bill Condon Dancing With the Spider Woman By Jay S. Jacobs When Hollywood is adapting a hit Broadway musical (or making an original), chances are the first name on their speed dial is Bill Condon. Condon wrote and/or directed such popular movie musicals as Chicago, DreamGirls, the live-action version … Continue reading →

Tim Daly – Dust in the Wind
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Tim Daly – Dust in the Wind

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Tim Daly Dust in the Wind By Ronald Sklar “It’s essentially a family story — specifically about a father,” says actor Tim Daly of his latest film Dust to Malibu. “It’s an interesting, meandering, sometimes funny, sometimes very moving journey about rebuilding a relationship.” In the film, a father (Daly) and his daughter (Alex Sgambati) drive … Continue reading →

Josh Brolin Goes from Angry Man To Hero In Weapons
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Josh Brolin Goes from Angry Man To Hero In Weapons

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Josh Brolin Goes from Angry Man To Hero In Weapons – Making Such a Turn is a Skill He’s Demonstrated in His Many Movies by Brad Balfour Thanks to the success of director Zach Cregger’s astoundingly weird horror film, Weapons, its male lead, actor Josh Brolin, is getting attention way beyond expectation. Everything about the … Continue reading →