Dave Chappelle still thinks trans people are funny, Greta Thunberg not so much
[Published at the San Francisco Chronicle] Dave Chappelle kicked off his first weekend of the new year with a rare,...
![Documentary Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield Shares the Books and Movies You Should Read and Watch Alongside Her Work [Interview]](https://www.makingacinephile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Lauren-Greenfield-Interview-80x80.jpg)
Documentary Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield Shares the Books and Movies You Should Read and Watch Alongside Her Work [Interview]
[Published at Slash Film] Lauren Greenfield has been a professional photographer since the Reagan era, documenting the American Dream’s devolution into...
![‘Bombshell’ Director Jay Roach on Striving For Authenticity and Whether He’ll Ever Return to ‘Austin Powers’ [Interview]](https://www.makingacinephile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/bombshell-trailer-80x80.jpg)
‘Bombshell’ Director Jay Roach on Striving For Authenticity and Whether He’ll Ever Return to ‘Austin Powers’ [Interview]
[Published at Slash Film] Traversing slapstick comedy, political satire, and political docudrama sharpshooting seamlessly, director Jay Roach’s unorthodox career trajectory serves...
The Facade of Freedom of Speech: U.S. Politics, Film, & Government Institutions Behind Closed Doors
[Published at Living Life Fearless] The more invasive form of censorship in film, the kind that isn’t meant to be...
The Facade of Freedom of Speech: The Reign of the MPAA
[Published at Living Life Fearless] The second entry in the censorship series tells the story of a man who tossed...
Uncovering the Hidden Spoilers in Vanity Fair’s ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Cover Art
[Published at Living Life Fearless] If you’ve been keeping up with the Star Wars rumor mills then you may have heard that...
The Facade of Freedom of Speech: The Rise of Government Censorship in Hollywood
[Published at Living Life Fearless] Government censorship in film is inherently a bipartisan issue. The antiquated “both sides” argument does...
Interview: Rian Johnson on Knives Out and Bringing the Whodunnit to the Present
[Published at Slant Magazine] Whether paying homage to the golden age of noir in a high school setting (Brick), exploring...
HBO’s ‘Watchmen’: Holding a Mirror to Our Society Through Masks & Appropriation
* Slight Spoilers Ahead * [Published at Living Life Fearless] The masks in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s “Watchmen” have...
On the Cover of the San Francisco Chronicle with Martin Scorsese
At an event earlier this month, during the San Francisco premiere of “The Irishman,” presented by SFFilm, I had the...