Interview: Spouses and Creative Collaborators Dave Franco and Alison Brie on Somebody I Used to Know, Coming-of-Age Films and the Freedom in Streaking
I have a long history with Dave Franco that goes back to a time when I was invited to visit…
Review: Actors Sam Riley and Haley Bennett Take a Risk that Nearly Pays Off in Improvising She Is Love
Not being entirely familiar with the films of writer/director Jamie Adams (Bittersweet Symphony, Venice at Dawn), I don’t know exactly…
Review: With the Franchise Return, V/H/S/94 Brings Back the Scares with a Few New Filmmakers in the Mix
In the early part of the 2010s, the world was treated to a trio of horror anthology films under the…
Interview: Chicagoan Jake Johnson on Making Ride the Eagle During the Pandemic, Without Making it Feel Like the Pandemic
One of my favorite Chicagoans is actor, writer and overall truly nice guy Jake Johnson, who I first met in…
Interview: Aya Cash on Playing “a Crazy Bunch of Characters” in Scare Me, Rabid “You’re the Worst” Fans, and Waiting to Get Back to Work
After years of smaller supporting roles in such films as The Wolf of Wall Street and Sleepwalk with Me and…
Interview: Filmmaker Amy Seimetz on the Absurdity of Life, the Appeal of the Unknown and Kate Lyn Sheil’s Performance in She Dies Tomorrow
Filmmaker Amy Seimetz is perhaps best know for being one of the few actors to walk comfortably on both sides…
Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 4/6 – 4/9
The beginning of this month has been a little rainy and overcast, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying…
Netflix’s Easy is Joe Swanberg’s Visual Love Letter to Chicago
You’re probably aware by now that Netflix recently released Easy, filmmaker Joe Swanberg’s latest project. The gist of it is…
