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Four members of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle LeAnne Lindsay (me), Dan Tabor, Stephen Silver & Rich Heimlich, got the opportunity to sit down with
Rian Johnson in Philly, the morning before GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY screened at the 31st Annual Philadelphia Film Festival.
His interview is part of our Film Scribes Podcast. Of course you never have enough time to ask all the questions you have prepared, but I was glad to fit in a little aside about how much I admire his wife, Karina Longworth‘s Podcast “You Must Remember This” a deep dive into old Hollywood. And whether or not their home is haunted.
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5 Questions for Filmmakers Joe Kramer
& Christian Sarkis Graham – HIGHER GROUNDS
Shot on location in Philadelphia, HIGHER GROUNDS is an extraterrestrial short-form comedy that takes an orbital view of life on Earth. Philly director Joe Kramer offers all of the Larry David-inspired humor in retro sci-fi packaging...
5 Questions for FIRSTGLANCE INDIE FILMMAKERS 2023
The 26th Annual FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia October 5-8 2023 will take place at PFS Bourse 400 Ranstead St Philadelphia PA. Check out these 5 Questions for Indie Filmmakers videos...
5 Questions for Filmmakers Alexis Neophytides and Andres “Jay” Molina – FIRE THROUGH DRY GRASS
But instead of history repeating itself on this tiny island with a dark history of institutional neglect and abandonment, Fire Through Dry Grass shows these disabled Black and Brown artists refusing to be abused, confined, erased.
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WOLFWALKERS Live Virtual Q&A
It's an enchanting film animated in a storybook, 2D illustrated style. I love European folklore and Cryptozoology, so the story was engaging to me from the beginning...
On The Rocks Q&A
Synopsis: The story of a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York. In this comedy about aging, marriage, and the tenuous bond between parents and grown children, New York author and married mother-of-two Laura has become suspicious that her career-driven husband may be having an affair with a coworker, a speculation encouraged by her caddish, bon vivant father.
THE SWEETEST GIRL: A Forbidden Love Story 5 Questions for Filmmaker: Yanatha Desouvre
Lucias Goodman (Genji Jacques), a brilliant, seasoned, yet tormented law enforcement officer, has his life thrown into disarray when his loving wife, prominent and controversial journalist Margaret Goodman (Sandra Justice), is shot in broad daylight and ends up in the intensive care unit. Overwhelmed with guilt, while his wife is in a coma, Lucias is compelled to confess his most heart shattering secret.
5 Questions for FirstGlance Film Festival Filmmakers 2020
JD: At the premiere screening of our film, I had invited some filmmakers who were friends of mine. One of them had his family visiting from Italy, so he invited them to come with him. Apparently his mother is not a fan of horror films--avoids them at all costs--and so he hadn't told her anything about the film. Once the show started,
I’m Your Woman w/Q&A
Check out this video - Amazon Studios invited members of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle to a live virtual Q&A with cast members Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Writer/Director, Julia Hart, Moderated by Angelique Jackson
5 Questions for Filmadelphia Shorts Filmmakers PFF29
Derek Pastuszek: My family and I were affected by Hurricane Sandy: We had a quirky old house in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, a home my grandfather built himself in the 1960s (after the March Storm of 1962) – and although the house survived Sandy, my family parted ways with it in the aftermath. At the time we shot Islander, I was attending the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles
WOLFWALKERS Live Virtual Q&A
It's an enchanting film animated in a storybook, 2D illustrated style. I love European folklore and Cryptozoology, so the story was engaging to me from the beginning...
On The Rocks Q&A
Synopsis: The story of a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York. In this comedy about aging, marriage, and the tenuous bond between parents and grown children, New York author and married mother-of-two Laura has become suspicious that her career-driven husband may be having an affair with a coworker, a speculation encouraged by her caddish, bon vivant father.
THE SWEETEST GIRL: A Forbidden Love Story 5 Questions for Filmmaker: Yanatha Desouvre
Lucias Goodman (Genji Jacques), a brilliant, seasoned, yet tormented law enforcement officer, has his life thrown into disarray when his loving wife, prominent and controversial journalist Margaret Goodman (Sandra Justice), is shot in broad daylight and ends up in the intensive care unit. Overwhelmed with guilt, while his wife is in a coma, Lucias is compelled to confess his most heart shattering secret.
5 Questions for FirstGlance Film Festival Filmmakers 2020
JD: At the premiere screening of our film, I had invited some filmmakers who were friends of mine. One of them had his family visiting from Italy, so he invited them to come with him. Apparently his mother is not a fan of horror films--avoids them at all costs--and so he hadn't told her anything about the film. Once the show started,
I’m Your Woman w/Q&A
Check out this video - Amazon Studios invited members of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle to a live virtual Q&A with cast members Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Writer/Director, Julia Hart, Moderated by Angelique Jackson
5 Questions for Filmadelphia Shorts Filmmakers PFF29
Derek Pastuszek: My family and I were affected by Hurricane Sandy: We had a quirky old house in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island, a home my grandfather built himself in the 1960s (after the March Storm of 1962) – and although the house survived Sandy, my family parted ways with it in the aftermath. At the time we shot Islander, I was attending the AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles