How about taking a trip into the past and the early days of jazz with BOLDEN? One of my picks of the year, take a listen to our exclusive prerecorded interview with writer/director DAN PRITZKER as we go in-depth into the history of jazz and Buddy Bolden.
At the midpoint of the show, writer/director/producer/cinematographer VILAN TRUB joins us live talking about his neo-noir crime thriller, THE DIRTY KIND, the story of a politician, a hooker, a couple of gangsters and a private eye and how everything goes wrong for everyone. Calling on his own love of 30's and 40's Sam Spade films and works by Dashiell Hammett, as well as more recent crime thrillers, listen as Vilan talks about crafting the story and the characters and layering plotlines on character traits, wearing a multiplicity of hats, shooting a film in nine days, the importance of location on a low budget production, rehearsal, editing, 20/20 hindsight, and his best advice to other filmmakers – don't wait for someone to wave a bag of money at you to make a film; just go make one.
It was a bombastic weekend at the box office as AVENGERS: ENDGAME broke virtually every recorded box office record thanks to a global opening weekend box office of $1.2 BILLION. The world showed that it's all in for the ENDGAME! But beyond being the film to wrap up this MCU phase after 10 years and 22 films, what is it that makes AVENGERS: ENDGAME a true cinematic experience? How about superb production values that really get to shine thanks to more emotional, interpersonal story development versus gigantic action set pieces (don't worry, there are enough of those, too)?
