Michael Showalter’s latest film, Spoiler Alert, is releasing in select theaters starting this week. From 2001’s Wet Hot American Summer to 2017’s The Big Sick and beyond, I have long been a fan of Showalter’s career. So when given the opportunity to discuss Spoiler Alert, it was a dream come true. Check out the conversation […]
Tag: 2022
GLASS ONION: Rian Johnson’s Biting Portrayal of Billionaires as Adult Children
A nearly half billion dollar Netflix deal is an immense amount of pressure to put on the shoulders of anybody, which is precisely the situation Rian Johnson found himself in following the immense success of 2019’s Knives Out. Beloved by both critics and audiences alike, demonstrated in part by its immense box office success, the […]
THE MENU: A Well-Balanced Satire With Bite
From Ali G Indahouse and Entourage to Succession, and most recently, The Menu, director Mark Mylod has found quite the pocket when it comes to poking fun at the elite 1% of the world. With this latest entry, Mylod extends his pointed finger at a rather large net of those on top. Nobody from food […]
BHFF 2022 – Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead Talk Stephen King, Aliens, And The Beauty of Filmmaking
With their fifth independent feature film, Something In The Dirt, hitting theaters on November 4th, Alex got the chance to sit down with creative duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Over the course of our conversation, we discussed the fun of Stephen King novels, their favorite theories about UFO’s, the importance of curiosity and self-journalism, […]
Banks Repeta & Jaylin Webb Talk Learning Experiences on ARMAGEDDON TIME
With James Gray’s latest film, Armageddon Time, now in theaters, we got a chance to speak with two of the stars of the film, Banks Repeta and Jaylin Webb. While they are still early in their acting careers, the two already have an impressive track record and some very great pieces of insight from working […]
BHFF 2022 – SOMETHING IN THE DIRT Invokes and Encourages Curiosity At Every Turn
The filmmaking duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have had one hell of a run over the past decade. After lending their creativity to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the pair has returned to their indie roots and have just released their fifth feature film, Something in the Dirt. To try and pigeonhole this film […]