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Dating & New York' is a sweet take on modern love

September 10, 2021

Jonah Feingold’s debut feature is a sweet, millennial take on the classic romantic comedy. While it doesn’t break new ground, it’s well executed, has a standout cast, and clearly Feingold has much potential in the genre. The premise feels very of the...

Filmmaker David Gutnik on his award-winning debut film 'Materna'

September 10, 2021

"At the risk of sounding like a Hallmark card or some platitude, the breakthrough for me as a writer was being as personal as I possibly could be," says filmmaker David Gutnik. "Working from that place, not censoring, and being as truthful and honest...

‘The Alpinist’ documents a climber’s passion for ascending impossible terrain

September 8, 2021

Who is this elusive Marc-André Leclerc?

Worth’ examines the economic cost of a human life in the wake of tragedy

September 7, 2021

What is the economic cost of a human life? Worth, the latest film by director Sara Colangelo, is the true story of a Washington D.C. attorney who must answer that question when he's tasked with creating the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Write On with 'Teenage Euthanasia' Co-Creators Alissa Nutting & Alyson Levy

September 7, 2021

Alissa and Alyson talk to Write On about creating the adult animated comedy series for Adult Swim starring Maria Bamford and Tim Robinson. Alissa explains: "I had this thought, somehow, that [animation] is easier than live-action, and that is not tru...

How ’12 Mighty Orphans’ tackles the sports genre with heart and inspiration

September 3, 2021

When Rusty Russell took a position as a teacher and head football coach at a Texas orphanage, he likely didn’t think he would give hope to a nation in the midst of a Great Depression. Yet that’s what he accomplished as he took twelve scrawny high sch...

‘The Gateway’ brings redemption to the crime thriller

September 2, 2021

Parker (Shea Whigham) is a down-on-his-luck social worker who doesn’t seem to love what he does, but rather loves what he tries to do for others. And while he can’t seem to catch a break, he refuses to give up on those he tries to help. Therefore whe...

Write On with ‘American Crime Story: Impeachment’ Writer-Producer Sarah Burgess

September 1, 2021

The playwright turned screenwriter talks about what it’s like to write material based on real people for the FX TV series. "My job was to adopt 20-something Monica [Lewinsky]'s point of view… and so I wrote based on Monica's story, and then I had the...

A pair of (literally) killer jeans is the star of Elza Kephart's 'Slaxx'

September 1, 2021

If you've ever struggled to put your jeans on, Slaxx is for you. The horror/comedy is about a pair of killer jeans seeking revenge on an "eco-conscious" retailer. That premise alone made me rush to interview co-writer and director Elza Kephart, solid...