Film, Film & TV, Interview

Interview: Father and Son Sebastian and Salvo Maniscalco on Making About My Father, Meeting “Bob” De Niro and the Chicago Work Ethic

Sometime during 2006, I was asked to moderate a couple Q&A screenings of the documentary Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland, a […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Family Comedy About My Father Works Best When It Doesn’t Try Quite So Hard to Be Funny

While the new film starring and co-written by stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, About My Father, is a decidedly average autobiographical comedy, as a story of the unbreakable bond between a […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Somewhere in Queens Offers a Heartfelt Glimpse into Tight Family Life

Profiling a familiar family dynamic, but with unexpectedly heartfelt and emotional results, director/co-writer/star Ray Romano makes his feature directing debut with Somewhere in Queens, the story of lovable loser Leo […]

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Review: Martin Scorsese Mines Familiar Mafia Ground for a New Gem in The Irishman

The Irishman

Part reunion, part continuation, and part something new and unexpected from arguably the greatest American filmmaker working today, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is a sprawling, decades-spanning, true-life tale of organized […]

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