Click PRX Piece: BETWEEN THE TEMPLES — NATHAN SILVER Interview to listen. Nathan Silver’s BETWEEN THE TEMPLES is comedy about faith, loss, and the results of having too many mudslides on a very bad night. Jason Schwartzman plays Ben Gottlieb, a recently widowered cantor who has lost his voice, his bearings, and his faith. A… Read More »
LONG STRANGE TRIP — Amir Bar-Lev Interview
LONG STRANGE TRIP is a glorious four hours dedicated to The Grateful Dead that I watched in one big gulp, and that left me wanting more. So when I spoke with director Amir Bar-Lev on April 14, 2017, my first question was about his reaction when he realized that he would not be constrained by… Read More »
CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CACTUS & 2012 — Michael Cera and Sebastian Silva Interview
I’m not quite sure how it happened, but while talking to Michael Cera and Sebastian Silva on June 7, 2013, the seeds of a movie project were born. Specifically, having John Hawkes play Charles Manson in a film produces by Cera and possibly directed by Silva. It started when I told Cera that if he… Read More »