Month: November 2025

By Paul Salfen At Fantastic Fest, where horror reigns supreme and audiences crave the next big scare, Bryan Bertino's latest psychological thriller Vicious premiered to screams and squirms. The filmmaker behind The Strangers and The Dark and the Wicked sat down with AMFM Magazine's Paul Salfen to discuss releasing his "baby" into the world, the

By Paul Salfen, Special to AMFM Magazine In the glittering world of awards ceremonies, where Hollywood's brightest stars often steal the spotlight, it's rare for a documentarian to take center stage. But on a memorable evening at the Critics Choice Awards, legendary filmmaker Ken Burns did just that. The Critics Choice Association (CCA) bestowed upon

By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine I sat down with Shuang Hu, the Australian-Asian actress, comedian, and content creator who’s rewriting the rules of entertainment. With 13 million followers across platforms, a resume boasting The Family Law (SBS/Netflix) and Ronny Chieng: International Student (Comedy Central/Netflix), and now the groundbreaking series Baby Shu and Fwends, Shuang isn’t

https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Sarahs-Oil.m4a This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters now is Sarah's Oil, the incredible true story of an 11 year old African American girl that became a millionaire when her land in Oklahoma on Indian land turns out to be full of oil just  as she believed after being dismissed and

By Paul Salfen for AMFM Magazine – November 10, 2025 Geeta Gandbhir still remembers the day she chased Spike Lee down a Cambridge sidewalk. Fresh out of Harvard, living in her parents’ basement, and armed with nothing but a backpack and nerve, the 21-year-old turned around, marched back, and "begged him for a job...I had nothing

By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine November 10, 2025 In the week since its Netflix debut, The Perfect Neighbor has held the top spot on the streaming giant's charts, a testament to its raw power and unflinching gaze into the heart of American suburbia. Directed by Geeta Gandbhir, the documentary dissects a seemingly innocuous neighborhood dispute

By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine In a cinematic landscape often dominated by blockbusters and reboots, Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague stands out as a playful, poignant love letter to cinema. This film reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s groundbreaking Breathless, capturing the exuberant exploration of youthful rebellion and creative chaos that defined the French New Wave.

By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine | November 5, 2025 In the dimly lit glow of Austin's historic theaters—those same spaces plastered with faded posters of Truffaut and Godard—Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague bursts onto the screen like a stolen kiss from cinema's rebellious past. A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, this film reimagines the making

By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine Following an electrifying summer packed with debut performances at major U.S. PRIDE events, a landmark slot at Colorado's iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and a high-energy set at Ushuaïa in Ibiza, GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter HAYLA is gearing up for her highly anticipated return to North America. The electronic music powerhouse has just

In the shadowed aftermath of World War II, the Nuremberg Trials emerged as a beacon of justice, where the Allies confronted the architects of unimaginable horror. The film Nuremberg, directed by James Vanderbilt, captures this pivotal moment with unflinching intensity. At its core is the unyielding chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, portrayed by Michael Shannon,