Interview: David Chase, writer/director of Not Fade Away
The Pretentious Film Majors’ Zachary Shevich sits down with writer/director David Chase, creator of HBO’s The Sopranos, to discuss his debut feature film, Not Fade Away. Zach asks what it’s like to tackle filmmaking after an illustrious TV career, his desire to make a music movie about a non-success story, and what instruments the Sopranos-creator [...]
Review: Silver Linings Playbook
Bradley Cooper uses the phrase “I can’t edit myself” with enough frequency in Silver Linings Playbook to manage to regularly apologize yet still excuse himself as he delivers zinger after zinger. Basically he still harbors the simple notion that if he tells it like it is, remains honest with himself and tries hard enough to [...]
Review: The Big Year
To the non-participant a film about the birding passion seems precarious from the get-go. Fraught with the potential to bore silly, The Big Year manages to keep at a distance most technical aspects of (sorry to get pejorative) “bird-watching.” What results nonetheless leaves one no less abashed than had director David Frankel gone for straight-up [...]
