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Interview: Cinema/Chicago Artistic Director Mimi Plauché on the 61st Film Fest, Hidden Gems and Unexpected Themes in a Diverse Program

When we spoke with Cinema/Chicago Artistic Director Mimi Plauché a year ago, she was on the verge of launching the landmark 60th Chicago International Film Festival at various venues across […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance on the Wild True Story of Roofman, Fact-Checking the Details and Building a Toys “R” Us

    Editor’s Note: the following may contain small spoilers for the film Roofman. Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance is best known for a string of very serious, very grown-up films that explore the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 13, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Bing Liu on Preparation for the Next Life, Casting a Uyghur Lead Actor, and Telling Immigration Stories

    Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Bing Liu’s (Minding the Gap) latest film, Preparation for the Next Life, is about Uyghur migrant Aishe (newcomer Sebiye Behtiyar) living in New York City and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 8, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Macon Blair on Remaking Toxic Avenger for a New Era, Casting Peter Dinklage and a Possible Sequel

    It’s been nearly two years to the day when I first saw the extremely fun and excessively gory remake of arguably the most famous of all of Troma Entertainment’s cinematic […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 5, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Splitsville Filmmakers Discuss Their Unique Take on Marriage, Fight Scenes and Filming Without Pants

    On the eve of chatting with Splitsville co-writers Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino (Covino also directed the film), it occurred to me that my last sit-down with them was […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 29, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Eva Victor on Making Their Filmmaking Debut with Sorry, Baby, Humor for Healing, and Being a Cat Person

    Eva Victor (they/them) has made a career—and a helluva feature film debut with Sorry, Baby—by never doing what’s expected. After working for the feminist satire website Reductress and MTV’s Decoded […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 4, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmakers Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza on Using Memory, Sound and the Bond of Brotherhood to Make Warfare

    In 2006 Ramadi, Iraq, Navy SEAL team Alpha One took control of a multi-story residence, from which communications officer Ray Mendoza (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) used air support to monitor their position […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 15, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker and Writers/Stars of The Ballad of Wallis Island Discuss Expanding the Original Short Film, Dialogue with Musicality and Casting Carey Mulligan

    Based on the exceptionally funny 2007 short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, The Ballad of Wallis Island reunites the short’s director, James Griffiths (a prolific […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 9, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Mark Anthony Green on Writing What You Know, Creating a Movie Cult and Underestimating Black Women to Our Peril

    Opus is the story of a young writer named Ariel (Ayo Edebiri), who works at a music publication but is largely considered the most junior staffer at the magazine. She […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 20, 2025
    • Comedy , Film & TV , Interview , Review , Stages , Talk show

    Dialogs: Paul Reiser Reflects on His Career —“I Didn’t Plan Any of This Shit”—at Chicago Humanities Event

    “I didn’t plan any of this shit.” That was Paul Reiser’s hilarious and refreshingly honest assessment of the long—and still ongoing—list of accomplishments in a career spanning over four decades. […]

  • Anthony Cusumano
  • March 15, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Interview

    Interview: Chicago-Made Filmspotting to Fulfill a 20-Year Dream With This Weekend’s Filmspotting Fest

    “A force for good in the universe.” This was filmmaker Rian Johnson’s decree on Filmspotting, Chicago’s premier movie talk show of the century. Born as Cinecast in 2005, just months […]

  • Anthony Miglieri
  • February 26, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: The Gorge Filmmaker Goes Long on Creating Monsters, What he Learned from James Cameron and Teases The Black Phone 2

    Filmmaker Scott Derrickson is something of a oddity in the movie-making world. He doesn’t seem to make movies with the intent of earning loads of money from them. I’m sure […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 21, 2025
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