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Interview by John Wisniewski John Wisniewski: How did you get involved with filmmaking, Michael? Micheal Mongillo: I started very young, making Super 8 movies with my cousins. We were inspired by seeing “Star Wars.” I remember attempting in-camera lightsaber effects and that the results were less than stellar so we lost interest pretty quickly. It

Interview by Paul Salfen Fantastic Fest 2020 closed out with THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, a horror/comedy film that was written, directed and acted by Jim Cummings (Thunder Road).  In this interview, Paul Salfen talks to Cummings about the making of the film. GET TICKETS HERE AT ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE NEAR YOU SYNOPSIS: Officer John Marshall has

Interview by Paul Salfen Jasmine Cephas Jones is best known for originating the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton. In 2020, Cephas Jones won a Primetime Emmy for portraying Tyisha in #freerayshawn. Paul Salfen talks to her about her role in this timely series streaming on Quibi.

Interview By Paul Salfen STREAMING NOW Paul Salfen talks to writer and director Guy Moshe and actors James D'Arcy and Anna Bennet about this Sci-Fi drama about virtual reality, human cloning and AI.  In a new, altered pandemic reality, the theme of the movie is brought eerily close to home in this timely film. SYNOPSIS

Interview by Paul Salfen IN THEATERS OCTOBER 16TH Paul Salfen talks to Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination) about his latest film, horror movie DON'T LOOK BACK. Jeffrey Reddick is best known for creating the Final Destination (2000) film franchise.  This film addresses a disturbing new phenomenon in our society - standing by idly as something goes

Beyond Fest announces the first physical genre festival of the year with week-long drive-in residence…

Interview by Paul Salfen Being a stuntwoman takes discipline, strength, coordination, courage and a sense of humor to get through the pain…

Interview by Paul Salfen No one could predict what was going to happen in 2020, but there are several films that seem well-timed in theme and No Escape is certainly one of them. It follows a social media influencer (Keegan Allen) that travels to Moscow with his friends to create new content and like many,

Interview by Paul Salfen In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters — an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) — converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. Spanning the time between

Interview by Paul Salfen MOVIE SYNOPSIS: In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.