I've been featuring various soundtracks on my Music Break Feature, so I'm thrilled that on my 71st Music Break post, we actually get insights from the composer of the piece I'm featuring: Rob Simonsen! I've mentioned in my review of The Age of Adaline how much I adore the music. I've been quite obsessed with the dreamy, …
Continue reading Music Break: The Age of Adaline soundtrack & interview w/ composer Rob Simonsen
I first heard about this project last year when my friend and fellow Twin Cities Film Fest staff member Kirsten Gregerson mentioned it to me. She had worked as a casting director for the independent thriller, director by Irish filmmaker Billy O'Brien, with Christopher Lloyd and Max Records (from Where the Wild Things Are) in the …
I have mentioned this delightful Scottish rom-com Not Another Happy Ending on my blog a few times. I first saw it a little over a year ago on Netflix, April 2015 to be exact, and have watched it a half dozen times since. I've posted a Deleted Scene from the movie, as well as dedicated a Music …
When I first heard about Dragonfly about a year and a half ago, I was immediately intrigued by the fact that it's a female-led feature and that it's filmed in the Twin Cities. This is a debut feature for both Maribeth Romslo and Cara Green Epstein (who also wrote AND acted in the film). I was thrilled that …
Continue reading Indie film spotlight: DRAGONFLY (2016) & Interview with the creators of the film
I first saw the trailer of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot about a month ago which stars Tina Fey as a 40-something female who finds herself in a rut and wants to completely shake up her life, which she does by taking up a journalism assignment in Afghanistan. The film is directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa and …
400 Days is a psychological sci-fi film centering on four astronauts who are sent on a simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel. Locked away for 400 days, the crew’s mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Forced to exit the …
Continue reading Spotlight on indie sci-fi 400 DAYS – Q & A with writer/director Matt Osterman
On Friday December 4, I had the privilege to interview three of the real-life soldiers depicted in the 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi film on Friday 12/4 afternoon at the Grand Hotel Mpls. The film tells the true account of the events of September 11, 2012 when Islamic militants attacked the U.S. State Department Special …
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