Stephen Kijak spoke with Solzy at the Movies about directing his new HBO documentary, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed. I caught up with Kijak over Zoom shortly after the in-person festival concluded. The last time we spoke was on the ground during SXSW in 2018. That was quite the experience especially since I didn’t know it was happening until after landing in Austin. Anyway, this interview experience was very different in that it was…
"Stephen Kijak on Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed"Category: Interviews
Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen spoke with Solzy at the Movies about their new political satire focusing on grifters, Maximum Truth. Maximum Truth is a new comedy directed by David Stassen and starring Ike Barinholtz, Dylan O’Brien, Blake Anderson, Brianna Baker, Beth Grant, Max Minghella, Mark Proksch, Tony Rodriguez, Kiernan Shipka, and Tiya Sircar. There are many veteran improv comedians with small roles, too. One of which might be considered a spoiler so consider this…
"Maximum Truth: Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen talk Grifter Comedy"
Basketball Hall of Famer and former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley spoke with Solzy at the Movies about Rolling Along, which premiered at Tribeca. Rolling Along, which is directed by Mike Tollin and executive produced by Spike Lee and Frank Oz, is a live theatrical recording of Senator Bradley’s December 2021 performances at the Signature Theatre in New York City. In the 90-minute oral history, Bradley discusses his Missouri childhood, attending Princeton, playing for the New…
"Bill Bradley talks Rolling Along – Tribeca 2023"
Frank Marshall spoke with Solzy at the Movies on the red carpet prior to the world premiere of Rather during the 2023 Tribeca Festival. Rather kicked off a busy Tribeca Festival for the filmmaker as it was one of three projects he directed or executive produced. The other two were The Fourth Wall and The Space Race, both of which Marshall executive produced. Following the premiere, Marshall joined Dan Rather in a conversation moderated by…
"Frank Marshall on Directing a Dan Rather Documentary"
Filmmakers Max Cohn and Ellie Sachs spoke with Solzy at the Movies about their new short film, Proof of Concept, premiering at Tribeca. The short film is entertaining and very inside baseball when it comes to filmmaking. It is about an auteur filmmaker, Chloe Cohen (Ellie Sachs) who is trying to talk her father, Robert Cohen (Richard Kind) and uncle, Eddie Cohen (Will Janowitz), in to financing a short film. It ends up raising more…
"Max Cohn, Ellie Sachs talk Proof of Concept – Tribeca 2023"
Laurel Parmet spoke with Solzy at the Movies about The Starling Girl, filming in Kentucky, and premiering the film at Sundance. In the film, Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) is struggling with finding her place within the fundamentalist Christian community in her rural Kentucky town. She loves dancing with her church but worries that it might be a soon. Before show knows it, youth pastor Owen (Lewis Pullman) is back in town. Jem finds herself attracted…
"Laurel Parmet talks The Starling Girl, Filming in Kentucky"
Jury Duty executive producers Cody Heller and Todd Schulman spoke with Solzy at the Movies about the hybrid series back in late March. First and foremost, my apologies for not getting this interview up in a timely manner. If you’ve had a chance to watch Jury Duty on Amazon Freevee, showrunner Cody Heller walk us through their fears in running a series with so many moving parts. Heller discusses of the challenges of working on…
"Jury Duty: Cody Heller, Todd Schulman on Reality-Comedy Hybrid"
Trace Lysette spoke with Solzy at the Movies about Monica, making history in Venice, and the state of transgender representation. While Monica touches on the topic of familial rejection, it does not deal with the cliches that other films might use. It’s a nice change of pace when it comes to transgender representation in that the character is a three-dimensional transgender character. Also, a transgender character is lead and most importantly, the character is not…
"Trace Lysette talks Monica, Transgender Representation"
Filmmaker Sean Mullin and sports journalist Lindsay Berra spoke with Solzy at the Movies about the Yogi Berra documentary, It Ain’t Over. Yogi Berra is one of the greatest catchers to ever play the ballgame. There’s a chance, however, that you know him less from baseball and more so from his Yogi-isms and commercial appearances. In any event, Jay Jaffe’s JAWS ratings for catchers place him in 6th with 48.7. Jaffe’s JAWS system is a…
"It Ain’t Over: Sean Mullin, Lindsay Berra talk Yogi Berra Doc"
Alison Klayman spoke about her documentary, Unfinished Business, which looks back at 25 years of the WNBA through the New York Liberty. The documentary first premiered last summer during the 2022 Tribeca Festival. Interestingly enough, the film’s premiere came during the WNBA’s 25th anniversary. Klayman tells Solzy at the Movies that while she usually doesn’t linger on the same subject, she hopes that someone will commission a series. While this documentary runs just over 90…
"Alison Klayman talks WNBA doc Unfinished Business"