TV Interview: Composer John Murphy on taking ‘Les Misérables’ back to its roots
“I Dreamed a Dream,” “Castle on a Cloud,” “Stars,” “Do You Hear the People Sing?,” “One Day More,” “On My Own,” “Bring Him Home” and... Read More
Interviews
TV Interview: Adrian Peng Correia, cinematographer for ‘GLOW’ and ‘Ramy’
Last week, I chatted with Adrian Peng Correia, cinematographer for Netflix’s GLOW and Hulu’s Ramy about growing up watching sci-fi and horror films with his... Read More
Interview: Bleeding Fingers’ Russell Emanuel and Andrew Christie, the musical minds behind ‘The Simpsons’
Bleeding Fingers Music, was founded in 2013 by Russell Emanuel, Steve Kofsky and Oscar winner Hans Zimmer. Bleeding Fingers has scored everything from Planet Earth... Read More
Interview: Brett ‘Leland’ McLaughlin, songwriter for ‘The Other Two’
Comedy Central’s The Other Two centers on an aspiring actor (Drew Tarver) and his sister Brooke (Heléne Yorke), a former professional dancer, who try to... Read More
Interview: Cannes winner Ladj Ly, director of ‘Les Misérables’
“We have the impression that the politicians don’t care. […] If you really want to make a revolution, you have to be in the streets... Read More
Interview: ‘Barry’ actor Anthony Carrigan, TV’s nicest mobster
“You can put that on the record!” was Anthony Carrigan’s response to me telling him what a huge fan I am of HBO’s Emmy-winning comedy... Read More
Interview: Mary Zophres, Oscar-nominated costume designer of ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’
Costume designer Mary Zophres had created some of the most iconic looks in modern movie history. From The Dude’s robe and sweater in The Big... Read More
Interview: ‘Destroyer’ screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi
Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi have hit the spectrum in their Hollywood screenwriting career, ranging from the smallest of indies like The Invitation to huge... Read More
Interview: Barry Jenkins – From ‘Moonlight’ to ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and that living room scene
I first interviewed Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins before he was an Oscar winner at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October of 2016. We met... Read More
Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda on why SHOPLIFTERS is a unique examination of family ties
With SHOPLIFTERS, Hirokazu Kore-eda has created one of, if not the most, significant film of his career. What sounded like a social critique turned out... Read More
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
Interview: ‘A Poet’ filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto on How His Literary Madcap Comedy Came to Be 
‘zi’ Review: Kogonada’s Latest is a Return to Minimalism But Frustratingly Unfocused [C+] Sundance 
Gotham Film Institute Reveals Dates for 2026 Film and Television Awards