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.

2021

  1. “Nomadland” – Chloe Zhao
  2. “Judas and the Black Messiah” – Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr, Ashton Sanders, Dominique Thorne, Algee Smith, Darrell Britt-Gibson
  3. “Land” – Robin Wright, Demian Bichir
  4. “Bliss” – Salma Hayek
  5. “Malcolm & Marie” – John David Washington
  6. “Firefly Lane” Season 1 – Katherine Heigl, Sarah Chalke
  7. “Supernova” – Stanley Tucci, Harry Macqueen
  8. “One Night in Miami” – Leslie Odom Jr, Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Aldis Hodge
  9. “The Sister” –  Russell Tovey, Neil Cross, Amrita Acharia, Kate Harwood
  10. “Cobra Kai” Season 3 – Mary Mouser, Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña, Vanessa Rubio
  11. “Dickinson” Season 2 – Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Hunt, Anna Baryshnikov, Adrian Blake Enscoe, Alena Smith

2020

  1. “Sylvie’s Love” – Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eugene Ashe, Ryan Michelle Bathe
  2. “Promising Young Woman” – Carey Mulligan, Emerald Fennell
  3. “News of the World” – Tom Hanks, Paul Greengrass, Helena Zengel
  4. “Soul” – Pete Docter
  5. “Wonder Woman 1984” – Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot
  6. “Mr. Iglesias” Part 3 – Gabriel Iglesias
  7. “I’m Your Woman” – Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Arinze Kene, Julia Hart
  8. “The Prom” – Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana DeBose
  9. “Mank” – Amanda Seyfried
  10. “SuperIntelligence” – Bobby Cannavle, Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone
  11. “Uncle Frank” – Judy Greer, Lois Smith, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi
  12. “The Princess Switch: Switched Again” – Vanessa Hudgens
  13. “Freaky” – Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton
  14. “The Witches” – Kristin Chenoweth, Anne Hathaway
  15. “Tehran” – Daniel Syrkin
  16. “Clouds” – Neve Campbell, Fin Argus, Sabrina Carpenter, Madison Iseman, Justin Baldoni
  17. “The Haunting of Bly Manor” – Henry Thomas, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Victoria Pedretti, T’Nia Miller, Amelia Eve, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, and Amelie Bea Smith
  18. “The War with Grandpa” – Robert De Niro, Oakes Fegley, Laura Marano, Cheech Marin, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle
  19. “Then Came You” Press Junket – Kathie Lee Gifford, Craig Ferguson
  20. “The Glorias” Press Junket – Lorraine Toussaint
  21. “Kajillionaire” Press Junket – Evan Rachel Wood, Miranda July
  22. “The Devil All the Time” Press Junket – Antonio Campos
  23. “Tenet” Press Junket – John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki
  24. “Chemical Hearts” Press Junket – Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Richard Tanne, Coral Pena, Kara Young
  25. “Words on Bathroom Walls” Press Junket – Charlie Plummer, Taylor Russell
  26. “Radioactive” Press Junket – Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Marjane Satrapi
  27. “Trolls World Tour” Press Junket – Rachel Bloom
  28. “You Should Have Left” Press Junket – Kevin Bacon
  29. “7500” Press Junket – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patrick Vollrath
  30. “The King of Staten Island” Press Junket – Judd Apatow
  31. “Birds of Prey” Press Junket – Margot Robbie, 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”