Director/Musician Questlove Takes The Recordings of a 50-Year-Old Concert And Makes a Film and Manifesto
June 30, 2021 No Responses

Director/Musician Questlove Takes The Recordings of a 50-Year-Old Concert And Makes a Film and Manifesto

Report by Brad Balfour Back in 1969, The Woodstock Music Festival captured the world’s imagination. At virtually the same time, 100 miles away, Harlem hosted a music festival which was so totally overlooked that filmmaker Hal Tulchin — who recorded...
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The Long Journey Behind This Summer’s Hot Film, “In The Heights,” Is Revealed by Its Two Lead Actresses
June 23, 2021 No Responses

The Long Journey Behind This Summer’s Hot Film, “In The Heights,” Is Revealed by Its Two Lead Actresses

Story by Brad Balfour Preceding its world premiere at The 2021 Tribeca Festival, the musical celebration, In The Heights, enjoyed a special screening for the influencer set at the AMC 42nd St. the night before. Both the film — and...
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Master Chef Wolfgang Puck and Director David Gelb Make A Film That Fills Us With A Dramatic Story of Survival and Success
June 23, 2021 No Responses

Master Chef Wolfgang Puck and Director David Gelb Make A Film That Fills Us With A Dramatic Story of Survival and Success

Story by Brad Balfour Master Chef Wolfgang Puck made his name a brand through a love of all things food. Director David Gelb is getting good at making films about making food. Gelb’s debut feature doc, Jiro Dreams of Sushi,...
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Drank The Gold Offers The Nourishment of Irish Traditional Music to Upstate New York and More
June 17, 2021 No Responses

Drank The Gold Offers The Nourishment of Irish Traditional Music to Upstate New York and More

Q&A by Brad Balfour By now, it’s a familiar story. Due to the pandemic lockdown, bands and performers found themselves frozen out of live venues and were in danger of being driven out of the business entirely. For upstaters Oona...
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From Street Performer to Artist on the World’s Stage, Carlos Battey Transforms into Jackie’s Boy And Become His Own Record Mogul
June 9, 2021 No Responses

From Street Performer to Artist on the World’s Stage, Carlos Battey Transforms into Jackie’s Boy And Become His Own Record Mogul

Interview by Brad Balfour When the pandemic hit, musicians were blessed and cursed at the same time. On the one hand, it shut down opportunities for live performance before paying audiences. On the other hand, it freed up songwriters, instrumentalists...
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Cork Born-and-Bred Actor/Singer Cillian Murphy Goes from Strength to Strength In His Many Performances
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Cork Born-and-Bred Actor/Singer Cillian Murphy Goes from Strength to Strength In His Many Performances

An Appreciation by Paddy McCarthy Actor/singer Cillian Murphy seems to go from strength to strength with his acting and other activities. Currently, the 45-year-old appears as Emmett in the sci-fi horror shocker A Quiet Place Part II (see related interview...
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Releasing “The Trial of the Chicago 7” At This Time Is the Perfect Film for This Moment In History
June 2, 2021 No Responses

Releasing “The Trial of the Chicago 7” At This Time Is the Perfect Film for This Moment In History

Review by Brad Balfour The Trial of the Chicago 7 Director: Aaron Sorkin Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Frank Langella, Mark Rylance, Ben Shenkman, Danny Flaherty, Noah Robbins, John Carroll Lynch, Joseph Gordon Leavitt, Alex S...
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Actor Cillian Murphy Talks About The Sound and Vision In The Film “A Quiet Place Part II”
June 2, 2021 No Responses

Actor Cillian Murphy Talks About The Sound and Vision In The Film “A Quiet Place Part II”

Feature by Brad Balfour A Quiet Place Part II Cast: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou In 2018’s hit sci-fi thriller, A Quiet Place, the Abbots find ways to survive in a post-apocalyptic world...
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Director Zack Snyder’s Wacked-Out Zombie Heist Genre Mash-up, “Army of the Dead,” Gets A New Life and Audience Through Netflix
June 1, 2021 No Responses

Director Zack Snyder’s Wacked-Out Zombie Heist Genre Mash-up, “Army of the Dead,” Gets A New Life and Audience Through Netflix

Review by Brad Balfour Army of the Dead Director: Zack Snyder Cast: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Garret Dillahunt ...
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Creator Kate McGrath Takes a 20th Century Radio Show — “The Broadway Hour” — and Transforms It Into a 21st Century Podcast
May 19, 2021 No Responses

Creator Kate McGrath Takes a 20th Century Radio Show — “The Broadway Hour” — and Transforms It Into a 21st Century Podcast

Q&A by Brad Balfour From modeling for Clairol in the late 1970s and appearing in one of their first Cable TV commercials to a leading public relations firm and radio/TV producing, Kate McGrath has had a great run so far. This...
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