Film, Film & TV, Interview

Interview: Filmmaker Amy Seimetz on the Absurdity of Life, the Appeal of the Unknown and Kate Lyn Sheil’s Performance in She Dies Tomorrow

She Dies Tomorrow

Filmmaker Amy Seimetz is perhaps best know for being one of the few actors to walk comfortably on both sides of the line that separates micro-budget indie works and bigger-budget […]

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Film, Film & TV, Interview

Interview: Stars of If Beale Street Could Talk On Getting the Part and Finding Love in Every Scene

If Beale Street Could Talk

The lead actors in If Beale Street Could Talk, the latest work from Moonlight filmmaker Barry Jenkins, had two very different paths that brought them to this extraordinary movie, adapted […]

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Interview: Filmmaker Barry Jenkins on Adapting the “Unfilmable,” and Sneaking into Screenings of If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Writer/director Barry Jenkins has made something bold and beautiful in his third feature, If Beale Street Could Talk, based on a book by James Baldwin that has long been labeled […]

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Review: Barry Jenkins Creates a Masterpiece in Adapting James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

To those with just a passing awareness of such things, Moonlight may only be known as that film at the center of Envelopegate at the 2017 Academy Awards; the cast […]

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Screens Monthly: From Movieoke to Future Oscar Winners, End the Year at the Movies

Inquiring Nuns

As 2018 comes to an end, it’s probably possible to spend just about every waking moment in a movie theater. From holiday specials to year-end series and more, there are […]

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Dispatch: Oscar Buzz Abounds at Toronto International Film Festival

If Beale Street Could Talk

In my first dispatch from Toronto International Film Festival, a selection of six films offered a diverse taste of the hundreds of films screened at the 2018 edition (which officially […]

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