I first met Taraji P. Henson a little more than 10 years ago when she was promoting one of the most important roles of her career, that of Queenie in The Curious […]
Interview: Taraji P. Henson on Comedy, Keeping Busy and Being Ahead of the Curve
Interview: Joel Edgerton and Garrard Conley on Adapting and Casting Boy Erased To Reach the Biggest Audience Possible
Following his critically acclaimed directorial debut The Gift, writer/director/star Joel Edgerton was searching for a story that was far removed from his own experience when he was given a copy of Boy Erased, a […]
Interview: Jimmy Chin and Alex Honnold on the Risks, Planning and Emotional Investment of Climbing in Free Solo
One of the many success stories in the field of documentary films released in 2018 is the mountain-climbing thrill ride Free Solo. For those fortunate enough to see 2015’s Meru, you witnessed […]
Interview: Filmmaker Gabe Polsky Explores What Makes Athletes Exceptional in In Search of Greatness
Filmmaker Gabe Polsky is someone who crosses my path every few years, and I’m always excited to see him and what ideas for future projects he’s got cooking. Raised in Chicago, Gabe […]
Interview: Searching Filmmakers on How FaceTime, Angelina Jolie and Saying No Made The Film Possible
I’ll admit, I did this interview so long ago, I almost forgot I’d done it. But when reviews began to pop up for the exciting screen-centric, missing-person thriller Searching, I remembered that […]
Interview: Most Likely to Murder Duo Talk Hitchcock, Ace Ventura and the Freedom in Digital Distribution
Not arriving in theaters, but instead now on digital, DVD and On Demand is the comedy/murder-mystery Most Likely To Murder from director/co-writer Dan Gregor. Gregor is probably best known for his writing […]
Interview: Third Coast Talks Secret Chicago with Jessica Mlinaric
From the moment I saw the bright pink cover of Secret Chicago by Jessica Mlinaric I was excited. Visions of the kinds of things I loved to see so much on WTTW’s “Wild […]
Interview: Bill Pullman and Jared Moshe on Western The Ballad of Lefty Brown
There have been almost as many Western sidekick characters as there are Western films, with the late, great Walter Brennan being chief among them. But with the new film The Ballad of Lefty […]
Video Premiere + Interview: Sarah Q of Desert Liminal
As half of the dream-pop duo Desert Liminal and a few other music and non-music related projects, one wonders how Sarah Q has the time to write songs, record, and play shows […]
Interview: Octavia Spencer and John Hawkes Talk Westerns and Making Small Town Crime
One of the most intriguing and captivating films to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival last year was a little crime drama called Small Town Crime, from the writing-directing brothers Eshom and […]
Interview: Prolific Actor Michael Stuhlbarg Talks Chicago, Sam Shepard and Call Me By Your Name
Michael Stuhlbarg is the classic definition of a successful working actor, but almost more than that, he’s pure chameleon. You’ve likely seen him in quite a few movies by an impressive line-up […]
Interview: Sexual Assault Real Talk in Female-Centric The Light of the Moon
One of the standout films at this year’s SXSW Film Festival was from first-time writer-director Jessica M. Thompson, an Australian-born filmmaker who has spent most of her career as a documentary editor. […]
