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Interview: Cast of Sing Sing Recounts Vulnerability On Set, Learning from Colman Domingo and Restoring Humanity Post-Incarceration

There are few films released in the last few years whose authenticity is a priority as much as director Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing, starring Colman Domingo (Rustin) as John “Divine […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 1, 2024
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    Interview: Filmmakers Behind Sing Sing Discuss Casting Prison Theater Program Alumni, Filming in Prison and Fine-Tuning a Script Based on True Events

    Examining both the dehumanizing experience of being in prison and the healing power of the creative arts, writer/director Greg Kwedar’s deeply moving drama Sing Sing is based on the real-life […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 29, 2024
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    Review: The Nature of Love Offers an Age-Old Question About Romance, With Oversimplified Answers

    This article was written by Nick Glover. A sensual Quebecois romance, The Nature of Love is full of comments on high society, snobbery and love. The two leads are complex […]

  • Nick Glover
  • July 26, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Chicago-Based Ghostlight Filmmakers on Casting a Real-Life Family, Theater as Therapy and More

    In the current film industry landscape, Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson are two of the highest-profile, Chicago-based filmmakers working today. That’s due in large part to their latest work, Ghostlight, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 26, 2024
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    Interview: Filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan on the Influences, Themes and Intentions of Self-Reflective Thriller The Watchers

    Although filmmaker Ishana Night Shyamalan’s The Watchers is technically her feature filmmaking debut, she’s actually been working in the film industry since 19 (she’s about 24 or 25 presently), when […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 13, 2024
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    Interview: Wayfarer Theaters’ Clayton Stamper Talks Highland Park’s Newest Community—and Cinema—Hub

    Main street movie theaters have defined small downtown areas since the 1920s, but independent theaters across the country have been shutting their doors at alarming rates. Thankfully, Wayfarer Theaters is […]

  • Row Light
  • June 11, 2024
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    Interview: Jane Schoenbrun Discusses a ’90s-Fueled I Saw the TV Glow, “Painting” with Analog Film, and Seeing the World Through a Trans Lens

    Certainly one of the most talked about films out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, writer/director Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow (their follow-up to the indie hit We’re […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 16, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: The Greatest Hits Filmmaker and Stars Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min Discuss the Film’s Ties to Music, Memory and a Unique Love Triangle

    Ten years ago, writer/director Ned Benson made a film—actually three films—called The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, that attempted to explore the inner workings of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 16, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Christina Jackson Talks About Shirley, Working With Regina King and John Ridley, and Why She’s Never Watched a Certain Film

    Like many, I first remember taking notice of actor Christina Jackson on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire as Maybelle, the daughter of Chalky White (the late Michael K. Williams). She has starred in other […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 2, 2024
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    Interview: In Late Night With the Devil, David Dastmalchain Steps Into a Leading Role, Bringing His Chicago Acting Chops With Him

    David Dastmalchian is a journeyman actor whose visibility and popularity have been on the rise since his role as Thomas Schiff in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (which made his […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 19, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Emerald Fennell Discusses Finding the Titular Estate for Saltburn, Exploring Power through Gothic Romance, and “Funeral Giggles”

    Emerald Fennell first gained attention in Hollywood as an actor, for roles in period drama films, such as Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012) and The Danish Girl (2015), as […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 25, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Dream Scenario Filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli on Filming Dreams, Casting Nicolas Cage and That One Fart Joke

    Norwegian-born writer/director Kristoffer Borgli is having a a hell of a year. Earlier in the year, his 2022 feature, Sick of Myself, finally made it stateside to great reviews, and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • November 15, 2023
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