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Interview: For Billy Porter (‘Pose’) it’s all about the work first [VIDEO]

Interviews (Film)

Interview: For Billy Porter (‘Pose’) it’s all about the work first [VIDEO]

Erik Anderson August 19, 2020

Billy Porter enters everything work first. Work first. Having just performed at the virtual Democratic Convention the night before our conversation (singing “For What It’s... Read More

Full cast of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ announced, including Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton

Erik Anderson August 19, 2020

Netflix announced today the cast of Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming stop-motion animated musical feature Pinocchio. Newcomer Gregory Mann will star as Pinocchio... Read More

Trailer: The father and child reunion of Bill Murray and Rashida Jones in Sofia Coppola’s ‘On the Rocks’

Erik Anderson August 19, 2020

A madcap father-daughter adventure comedy with Bill Murray and Rashida Jones directed by Oscar winner Sofia Coppola? Where do I sign up? Bill Murray, who... Read More

Trailer: The star-studded ‘Death on the Nile’ has Hercule Poirot looking for the policy of truth

Erik Anderson August 19, 2020

Murder was just the beginning. The first trailer and teaser poster from Twentieth Century Studios’ daring mystery-thriller Death on the Nile are here. This follow... Read More

Interview: Lesli Linka Glatter (‘Homeland’) on the support system of female directors and closing the book on Carrie and Saul

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Lesli Linka Glatter (‘Homeland’) on the support system of female directors and closing the book on Carrie and Saul

Catherine Springer August 19, 2020

Showtime’s drama juggernaut Homeland came to a close this year, after 8 seasons of political and personal drama set against a backdrop of world events. ... Read More

Interview: Andre Braugher (‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’) reveals what he won’t be wearing to the Emmys [VIDEO]

Interviews (Film)

Interview: Andre Braugher (‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’) reveals what he won’t be wearing to the Emmys [VIDEO]

Daniel Trainor and Sam Stone August 18, 2020

Andre Braugher is no stranger to the Emmys. Last month, the two-time winner and 11-time nominee scored his fourth nomination for playing Captain Raymond Holt on NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The... Read More

Emmy Predictions: Veterans take on newcomers but who has the edge to win Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series?

Alfonso Magaña August 18, 2020

With the expanded number of nominees in this category, one would assume that this year’s winner for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series would... Read More

2020 Emmys: Alex Borstein (‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’) is on the verge of joining elite group of Comedy Supporting Actress Emmy favorites

Andrew Carden August 18, 2020

Since the inception of the Comedy Supporting Actress Emmy in 1954 – won that year by the ultimate sitcom sidekick, Vivian Vance (I Love Lucy)... Read More

Film Review: Jayro Bustamante’s ‘La Llorona’ (2020), an absorbing examination of an untold history and the politics of horror

Valerie Complex August 17, 2020

The Guatemalan genocide, or the “silent holocaust,” is the setting for director and writer Jayro Bustamante’s new film La Llorona–not to be confused with the... Read More

6th Alexander Valley Film Festival goes virtual this September

Erik Anderson August 17, 2020

My very local film festival, The Alexander Valley Film Festival (AVFF), is moving up a month and going completely virtual, it was announced today. AVFF... Read More

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