Fix This U.S. Hunger Problem NOW!

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Rock Cellar interviews co-directors Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush about their startling new documentary “A Place at the Table” which suggests we have a serious hunger problem in this country. They give ideas on what we can do to help. read the story

 

A Few Minutes with Film Director Michael Apted (Interview)

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Michael Apted is a crossover film phenomenon… The U.K.-born filmmaker has directed extremely commercial Hollywood movies such as: The 1981 romantic comedy Continental Divide with John Belushi, the 1983 Soviet-set crime thriller Gorky Park starring Lee Marvin and William Hurt, the… read the story

 

Ken Burns: The Interview

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Documentary filmmaking legend Ken Burns gives a new interview to Rock Cellar Magazine and discusses his two latest film projects “The Dust Bowl” and “The Central Park Five.” read the story

 

“Beatles Stories” Movie: Interview with Director Seth Swirsky

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Beatles Stories, A Fab Four Fan’s Ultimate Road Trip is a Studs Terkel-like oral history told by famous musicians, recording industry technicians and fans who encountered the lads from Liverpool over the years. Interview subjects include Oscar winning actor Jon… read the story

 

Wild in the Seats!

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Movie Theaters: What is it about watching images in the dark with strangers that makes everyone do such crazy things? read the story

 

James Cromwell: Actor’s Actor and Anti-Capitalist Activist

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Actor James Cromwell is having a banner year: He played the chauffeur in The Artist, the Academy Award for Best Picture, and is now portraying the slave driver Pozzo in one of the most renowned plays of all time, Samuel… read the story

 

Morgan Spurlock Interview: From ‘Super Size Me’ to Superheroes

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It’s appropriate that Morgan Spurlock, whose first documentary was named Super Size Me, has now directed a nonfiction film about the planet’s biggest gathering devoted to superheroes. Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope documents Comic-Con International - the world’s largest convention… read the story

 

George Clooney Has The Nominations. He’s Still Just Rosemary’s Nephew.

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George Clooney’s work in 2011′s The Ides of March and The Descendants has been widely celebrated.  He is a lock to receive Oscar nods when the nominations are revealed January 24th.  In the meantime, Clooney just snagged himself Best Actor in a Drama at… read the story

 

Haskell Wexler: Cinematographer / Activist is Candid As Ever

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As one of Hollywood’s greatest cinematographers, the Chicago-born Haskell Wexler has worked on close to 150 films and been the director of photography for many of the world’s greatest directors. Wexler won Academy Awards for lensing Mike Nichols’ directorial debut,… read the story

 

Punk Rock Fatherhood

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If your biggest hit is the punk rock anthem Fuck Authority, when you become a father, how do you discipline your own children? That’s the fundamental contradiction and dilemma facing punk fathers like Pennywise’s Jim Lindberg in Andrea Blaugrund Nevins’… read the story