Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo Going Down on Their Criminal Record by Jay S. Jacobs In a world where life gets increasingly dark and where truth feels more and more negotiable, Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo dive into Criminal Record’s second season with characters who deal with moral gray zones as they try to keep … Continue reading
Barry Keoghan Irish Actor Plays With the Sinister Intent of Being a Crime Boss by Brad Balfour Attending an early screening of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man recently at Netflix’s Paris Theater also gave me the opportunity to see and hear actor Barry Keoghan discuss his role as Duke Shelby, the son of master gangster/entrepreneur … Continue reading
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Noah Jupe and Chloé Zhao A Re-imagined William Shakespeare is Brought to Life by Coping with Son Hamnet’s Death by Brad Balfour Ever since director Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet was screened, there’s been lots of hype over the film. This has been happening particularly because of the performances … Continue reading
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 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 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 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
Blaine Lotz Answering the Cattle Call By Ronald Sklar Blaine Lotz doesn’t just sell cattle – he conducts them. Listening to him talk about auctioneering is like hearing a jazz musician explain improvisation: part discipline, part instinct, part invisible rhythm that lives in the body. A Kansas native born into a multigenerational auction family, Blaine … Continue reading
Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau & Scott Cooper Rocker Joins Producer and Director At a Screening of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere in MoMA by Brad Balfour Through his film, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, veteran director Scott Cooper chronicled rock superstar Bruce Springsteen’s personal and professional struggles during the conception of his 1982 album Nebraska. … Continue reading
AJR, Myles Smith & Monsta X – 2025 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Red Carpet Interviews It’s the most wonderful time of the year — Jingle Ball season! We were lucky enough to chat with some of this year’s artists on the annual holiday tour’s stop in Philly: Monsta X, Myles Smith, and AJR! Continue reading
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