Interviews with the Cast and Crew

I’ve had the great opportunity the interview actors and filmmakers whenever they have done press tours in Minneapolis. Here are they are plus bonus articles that have run in various publications.

2020

  1. “The Princess Switch: Switched Again” – Vanessa Hudgens
  2. “Freaky” – Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton
  3. “The Witches” – Kristin Chenoweth, Anne Hathaway
  4. “Tehran” – Daniel Syrkin
  5. “Clouds” – Neve Campbell, Fin Argus, Sabrina Carpenter, Madison Iseman, Justin Baldoni
  6. “The Haunting of Bly Manor” – Henry Thomas, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Victoria Pedretti, T’Nia Miller, Amelia Eve, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and Amelie Bea Smith
  7. “The War with Grandpa” – Robert De Niro, Oakes Fegley, Laura Marano, Cheech Marin, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle
  8. “Then Came You” Press Junket – Kathie Lee Gifford, Craig Ferguson
  9. “The Glorias” Press Junket – Lorraine Toussaint
  10. “Kajillionaire” Press Junket – Evan Rachel Wood, Miranda July
  11. “The Devil All the Time” Press Junket – Antonio Campos
  12. “Tenet” Press Junket – John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki
  13. “Chemical Hearts” Press Junket – Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Richard Tanne, Coral Pena, Kara Young
  14. “Words on Bathroom Walls” Press Junket – Charlie Plummer, Taylor Russell
  15. “Radioactive” Press Junket – Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Marjane Satrapi
  16. “Trolls World Tour” Press Junket – Rachel Bloom
  17. “You Should Have Left” Press Junket – Kevin Bacon
  18. “7500” Press Junket – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patrick Vollrath
  19. “The King of Staten Island” Press Junket – Judd Apatow
  20. “Birds of Prey” Press Junket – Margot Robbit, Chris Messina, Cathy Yan, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollet-Bell

2019

  1. “1917” Press Junket – Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman
  2. “Working Man” Interviews – Talia Shire, Peter Gerety, Robert Jury
  3. “Jojo Rabbit” Press Junket – Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin Mckenzie
  4. In Conversation: Anthony Russo from “Avengers: Endgame”
  5. In Conversation: David Harbour from “Stranger Things 3”

2018

1. “Noboby’s Fool” press junket with Tyler Perry, Tiffany Haddish, Whoopi Goldberg, Amber Riley, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick

2. “Beautiful Boy” Q&A with Timothee Chalamet and Nic Sheff

3. “When Jeff Tried to Save the World” Twin Cities Film Fest 2018 Premiere with Jon Heder and Kendall Goldberg

4. “Crazy Rich Asians” press junket with Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, and Ken Jeong

5. “Book Club” press junket with Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson, Bill Holderman, Erin Simms

6. “Life of the Party” press junket with Melissa McCarthy, Julie Bowen, Matt Walsh, Molly Gordon, Gillian Jacobs, Debby Ryan, Heidi Gardner, Luke Benward

7. “Ready Player One” press junket with Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Lena Waithe, Ben Mendelsohn, Hannah John-Kramer, Win Morisaki, Philip Zhao

2017

1. In Conversation: The Filmmakers Behind “An Inconvenient Sequel”

2. “American Assassin” press junket with Michael Keaton, Dylan O’Brien, Taylor Kitsch, Shiva Negar

3. In Conversation: Nadji Jeter on the Power of “Wonder”

4. In Conversation: Chris Bernardi from Pixar’s “Coco”

5. “Downsizing” Press Junket with Hong Chau

2016
1. In Conversation: Marlon West, Head of Effects Animation on “Moana”

2. Linklater, A Dream Collaborator: A Conversation with the Cast of “Everybody Wants Some!!”

2015
1. A Conversation with Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon on “Carol”
Bonus: click HERE for the version that ran in “City Pages”

2. An Interview with Craig Schultz and Steve Martino from “The Peanuts Movie”

3. A Warm Return Home for “No Escape” Filmmakers John Erick and Drew Dowdle
Bonus: click HERE for the version that ran in “City Pages”

2014
1. A Roundtable Interview with Bennett Miller on “Foxcatcher”