Charles Wahl spoke with Solzy at the Movies about his new short film, The Mohel, ahead of the world premiere during SXSW. The Mohel is about James (Daniel Maslany) and Lola (Kaelen Olm) as they face family expectations and financial strain upon flying in a mohel (Sam Rosenthal) for their son’s Brit Milah ceremony. For non-Jewish readers, this is what is referred to as the ceremony for one’s circumcision when boys are eight days old.…
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After last year’s edition got wiped out due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 SXSW Film Festival will take place entirely online. If you’re looking to fully recreate the SXSW experience, make sure to have a day where you pretend to lose it to traffic issues. I missed out on a film in 2018 because neither Uber nor Lyft would take my card and the taxi service wouldn’t respond to a pickup request. It can…
"SXSW 2021: SXSW Film Festival Goes Virtual"
SXSW announced the rest of their film slate for the upcoming 2021 SXSW Film Festival running March 16-20 from the comfort of your home. The 2021 Film Festival program has 75 features including 57 World Premieres, 3 International Premieres, 4 North American Premieres, 1 U.S. Premieres, 8 Texas Premieres and 53 films from first-time filmmakers + 84 Short Films including Music Videos, 5 Episodic Premieres, 6 Episodic Pilots, 20 Virtual Cinema projects, 14 Title Design…
"SXSW 2021: Film Festival Slate Announced"
A Demi Lovato docuseries is among the first wave of titles announced for the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, which will take place March 16-20, 2021. Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil was announced as the Opening Night headliner to kick off this year’s Online program. SXSW is taking its festival online this year because of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. If you recall, SXSW was the first major film festival to cancel last March. This force…
"SXSW 2021: First Wave of Titles Announced"
Michael A. Covino and Kyle Marvin sat down with Solzy at the Movies to discuss The Climb before the world shut down in March 2020. March 9 was the last time I sat down in person for a press junket. Michael A. Covino and Kyle Marvin were sitting down with press while in Chicago to promote The Climb. With SXSW already cancelled at the time, I thought for sure that the junket would almost certainly…
"Michael A. Covino, Kyle Marvin talk The Climb"
Writer-director Emma Seligman spoke with Solzy at the Movies during the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival about Shiva Baby. Shiva Baby is holding the Canadian premiere during TIFF right after acquiring a distributor in Utopia. What were the some of the things you were looking for in terms of a distributor? Emma Seligman: I think that was the main focus was always wanting someone that had a track record of supporting independent film and films…
"Toronto 2020: Emma Seligman talks Shiva Baby"
Nicole Riegel and Jessica Barden spoke with Solzy at the Movies for nearly half an hour over Zoom on Thursday about Holler. Holler was originally supposed to premiere this past March during SXSW in Austin. The film screened for the first time in front of an audience during the Deauville Film Festival in France. Tomorrow, Holler will screen for industry attendees during the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival in the Industry Selects program. Holler is…
"Nicole Riegel and Jessica Barden talk Holler"
Paul Feig spoke with Solzy at the Movies about a wide array of subjects including Holler, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and Love Life. Feig is also working on a new film for Netflix, which is expected to be in front of cameras in the spring. In the meantime, Holler–written and directed by Nicole Riegel–premiered today at the Deauville Film Festival in France. Tomorrow, the film will be available to screen for attending industry during the 2020…
"Paul Feig talks Holler, Zoey’s, Love Life, and More" Holler, starring Jessica Barden, marks an impressive feature debut for writer-director Nicole Riegel in the Southern Ohio-set production. It’s no lie that manufacturing towns are among the first towns to take a hit when the economy takes a downturn. Jackson, Ohio is certainly no exception. For Ruth Avery (Jessica Barden), she’s willing to do whatever it takes to go to college and have a better future. Working with her brother Blaze (Gus Halper), Ruth soon…
"Holler: Jessica Barden Shines In Nicole Riegel’s Feature Debut" Writer-director Emma Seligman‘s stupendous feature debut, Shiva Baby, expands on the 2018 short film in one of the most Jewish films to grace the screen. Shiva is a seven-day mourning period in the Jewish religion. This period traditionally starts following the burial. Mourners stay home during this period while family and friends come over to offer condolences. A minyan will usually gather in the afternoon and evening in order for mourners to recite Mourner’s Kaddish…
"Outfest 2020: Shiva Baby"
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