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Exclusive interview with Perfect Strangers director Manolo Caro

Manolo Caro Brings Perfect Strangers to Latin America

January 10, 2019 Arely Perez Interviews, Movies

On this edition of INTERVUE, Arely talks to Manolo Caro, director of the new film Perfectos Desconocidos or Perfect Strangers, a new adaptation of a 2016 Italian film. The electrifying story about a seemingly simple dinner. When a group of best friends get together during a lunar eclipse to share an intimate dinner in the tasteful house of Eva (Cecilia Suarez) and Antonio (Bruno Bichir), they suspect it’s just another typical night until the hostess proposes a game. All guests must lay their cell phones on the table and read aloud all incoming messages and answer all incoming phone calls in front of the entire group. What begins as a provocative party game quickly becomes a wild ride full of twists and “textual tension” in this electrifying over the top comedy about the secrets we all carry in our pockets.

Middleburg Film Festival Exclusive with Capernaum's director Nadine Labaki

Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum – A World Away

January 10, 2019 Dean Rogers Interviews, Movies

For our FINAL interview from the Middleburg Film Festival last fall, I sat down with the writer/director Nadine Labaki to talk about her latest film. Capernaum! Inside a court, Zain, a 12-year-old Syrian refugee boy, is brought before the judge. To the question: “Why are you attacking your parents in court?”, Zain answers: “For giving me life!” The film retraces the incredible journey of this child in search of his identity and who rebels against the life that was imposed on him. Here’s the inside scoop of our interview, enjoy!

TRR Exclusive interview: If Beale Street Could Talk actress Kiki Layne

Kiki Layne: The Ingénue of Beale Street

December 24, 2018 Dean Rogers Interviews, Movies

In this Christmas edition of INTERVUE, I interviewed actress Kiki Layne about her new film “If Beale Street Could Talk”. In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. I sat down with Kiki during a roundtable to talk about her big-screen debut!

Exclusive Interview: Ben is Back Director Peter Hedges

Peter Hedges Delivers Ben is Back

December 13, 2018 Dean Rogers Interviews, Movies

On this edition of INTERVUE, Peter Hedges writes, produces and directs this powerful film Ben is Back. Ben Burns unexpectedly returns to his family’s suburban home on Christmas Eve. Ben’s mom, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son’s drug addiction. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother’s undying love gets put to the test as Holly does everything in her power to keep Ben clean. I sat down with Peter during the sixth annual Middleburg Read more

Exclusive Interview with Anna and the Apocalypse star Ella Hunt

Ella and the TRR Intervue

December 4, 2018 Arely Perez Interviews, Movies

A story of innocence lost, growing up too quickly, and the perilous burden of a ravaged world left in the hands of the young,” they elaborate, “Anna and the Apocalypse is — despite its morbid premise — a rousing, furiously inventive, and unforgettably entertaining musical experience destined to enchant audiences for years to come. Bridging the gap between The Rocky Horror Picture Show and High School Musical, while anchoring its story within present-day concerns, the film arrives at a time when the cultural conversation is dominated by the excesses and shortsightedness of the ruling generation, and the difficult choices the next generation will be forced to make in the not-so-distant future.” I recently sat down with actress Ella Hunt to talk about the film.

Movie Revue "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald"

This Beast Should Stay Caged

November 16, 2018 Derrick Dunn Movie Reviews, Movies

Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) returns to the screen in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald from director David Yates & Warner Bros. Pictures. The second installment of the “Fantastic Beasts” series opens with our primary antagonist Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) escaping from prison and recruiting a team of minions for his own evil doings. The key to his victory is Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller) a powerful magical young adult who is an obscurial. In the world of “Fantastic Beats,” obscurials are children who attempt to repress their magical abilities.

Green Book Tries to Write a New Narrative About Race

November 16, 2018 Cortland Jacoby Movie Reviews, Movies

There is one every single year. Preying on the divisiveness of racial politics with the notion that we are more similar than we are different. The Oscar-bait race film is a delicate breed of manipulation, white guilt, and genuine feels. In past, these films do great at the Oscars but age rather poorly (see The Helpor The Blind Side). Tired tropes such as the white savior and the magical negro grace our screens and because race is such a tricky subject to navigate Read more

Exclusive Middleburg Film Festival with Jason Reitman, Producers Matt Bai, Helen Estabrook and Jay Carson

Talking About The Front Runner with the Crew at Middleburg

November 13, 2018 Dean Rogers Interviews, Movies

On this edition of INTERVUE, we journey back to the 1980’s to look at the journey of Gary Hart who was The Front Runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out over allegations of an extramarital affair. For those who attended the Middleburg Film Fest recently, they got their first glimpse of this film that’s due out this weekend. I sat down with director Jason Reitman, Producers Helen Estabrook & Matt Bai and screenwriter Matt Bai to talk about The Front Runner.

Movie Revue: Bad Times at the El Royale

Check into the El Royale

October 13, 2018 Derrick Dunn Movie Reviews, Movies

Writer & director Drew Goddard avoids the sophomore slump with the fantastic Bad Times at The El Royale from Twentieth Century Fox. Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have the last shot at redemption – before everything goes to hell. The seven strangers include a priest, a singer, a salesman, a bellboy, two sisters, and a cult leader.

Exclusive interview with "Far from the Tree director Rachel Dretzin and author Andrew Solomon

Dretzin and Solomon on Far from the Tree

August 1, 2018 Dean Rogers Interviews, Movies

On this edition of THE INTERVUE, a new documentary brings to life the bestselling book about families who have overcome extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. I talked to director Rachel Dretzin and the author of the book “Far from the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity” author Andrew Solomon.

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