Brent Wilson, Jason Fine talk Brian Wilson

Documentary filmmaker Brent Wilson and Rolling Stone editor Jason Fine spoke with Solzy at the Movies about Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road. Screen Media Films will host fan screenings on November 17 before the theatrical/VOD release begins on November 19. Whose idea was it to make a documentary about Brian Wilson? Brent Wilson: I guess that was my crazy idea. I’m not quite sure what it was—one of those things where you think to yourself,…

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Maggie Lawson talks Psych 3: This Is Gus

Maggie Lawson spoke with Solzy at the Movies over the phone last month about the newest Psych movie, Psych 3: This Is Gus. Lawson is a Louisville native so our hometown became the topic of conversation at various points during the interview. I grew up watching her on WDRB when she worked as a youth host for the FOX-41 Kids Club before relocating to LA during high school. A “blast from the past” as Lawson…

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Úna Ní Dhonghaíle talks editing Belfast

Film editor Úna Ní Dhonghaíle spoke with Solzy at the Movies about working on Kenneth Branagh’s newest film, Belfast. You’ve worked with Kenneth Branagh on both All Is True and Death on the Nile. How quickly did you become attached to Belfast? Úna Ní Dhonghaíle: Ken asked me in June of last year. We were locking Death on the Nile. He very mostly came in with a script and said, I’ve been writing something during…

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Belfast: Kenneth Branagh, Cast on Everlasting Love

During a Critics Choice Association press conference for Belfast, Kenneth Branagh, Caitríona Balfe, and Jamie Dornan discussed “Everlasting Love.” While this question wasn’t answered by newcomer Jude Hill, both he and Ciarán Hinds were also in attendance. Hinds briefly chimes in about why he didn’t show up for the scene in question. The press conference, moderated by Scott Mantz, was exclusive to Critics Choice Association members attending in person or virtually. Prior to the press…

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Jesse Moss talks Mayor Pete

Jesse Moss spoke with Solzy at the Movies last month in Chicago ahead of the world premiere of Mayor Pete in October. While this film takes an intimate look into Pete Buttigieg’s campaign for president, it is not recommended for children. The film is rated R. When you watch the film, you’ll understand why it has this rating. But anyway, there is an intimacy level with now-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that you’ve never seen in…

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Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe talk The Beta Test

Co-writers/co-directors/co-stars Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe spoke about The Beta Test, their new satire about Hollywood toxicity, ahead of its Tribeca premiere in June. In as much as The Beta Test is about agencies and the WGA packaging fight, it is also about mysterious purple envelopes and adultery. I’m not going to beat around the bush here–the best parts of The Beta Test are all of the inside baseball that comes with depicting the agencies.…

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Hannah Marks talks Mark, Mary, & Some Other People

Hannah Marks spoke with Solzy at the Movies about her Tribeca-winning film, Mark, Mary, & Some Other People, opening on Friday. The film, written and directed by Marks, stars Ben Rosenfield, Hayley Law, Nik Dodani, Odessa A’zion, Matt Shively, Sofia Bryant, Maggie Wheeler, Joe Lo Truglio, Haley Ramm, with Gillian Jacobs and Lea Thompson. Marks took home Best Screenplay during this summer’s 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. It’s good to see you again. It’s been so…

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Marius de Vries and Nick Baxter talk CODA

Marius de Vries and Nick Baxter spoke with Solzy at the Movies about their process for the Sundance-winning CODA, streaming on Apple TV+. How did you first become attached to CODA? Nick Baxter: The CODA script had been circulating for a while. I’m trying to remember when I first read it—it was a while back and they were trying to figure out a way to make it work. We couldn’t quite do it—there was budgetary…

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Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche on Animaniacs

Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche, who star as Yakko Warner/Pinky and the Brain, respectively, spoke about the new Animaniacs season, The new season, which premieres November 5 on Hulu, is a lot of fun if the five press screeners were any indication. I have to say that as a student of comedy, I loved the scratched Pinky and the Brain pilot episodes. They are so fun to watch. If you’re a fan of the classics,…

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James L. Freedman talks Carl Laemmle Film

James L. Freedman spoke with Solzy at the Movies this week ahead of Wednesday night’s TCM broadcast of Carl Laemmle: The Film. Laemmle was a German-Jewish immigrant that went on to found Universal Pictures. This came as a result of Laemmle’s Independent Moving Pictures (IMP) merging with other companies to form the Universal Film Manufacturing Company in 1912. Originally founded in Fort Lee, N.J., Laemmle would open the largest motion picture production facility, Universal City…

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