Interview by Greg Carlson Conor Holt works in television post-production in Los Angeles and has scoured almost every video store and thrift shop in Los Angeles County on an endless quest for VHS cassettes. This spring he finally made the trek to Bend, Oregon to visit the last Blockbuster in the world.     Greg […]

Interview by Dominic Erickson “Glob Lessons” is the funny and heartfelt feature directorial debut of Nicole Rodenburg. Written by Rodenburg and her creative partner Colin Froeber, the film premieres as part of the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12. Rodenburg and Froeber star as Jesse and Alan, two mismatched strangers coupled together as coworkers in […]

Interview by Greg Carlson The supremely talented Melissa Maerz’s official author biography notes that she “has worked as an editor at Spin and Rolling Stone, a staff writer for Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times, and a supervising producer on HBO’s Vice News Tonight. She was a founding editor at New York magazine’s Vulture […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Toby Jones is an Emmy-nominated writer, director and cartoonist from Fargo, North Dakota currently living in Los Angeles. He has worked as a writer and storyboard director on “Regular Show,” an executive producer on “OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes,” and is the creator of “AJ’s Infinite Summer.”   Greg Carlson: What […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Dava Whisenant received the Best New Documentary Director Award at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival for her feature debut “Bathtubs Over Broadway,” which opened the 2019 Fargo Film Festival. Whisenant continues to collaborate with Steve Young, and their short comedy “Photo Op” is part of the 2021 Fargo Film Festival, which […]

Interview by Greg Carlson My good friend Tucker Lucas works in media production for H2M in Fargo, North Dakota and is an ensemble member of Theatre B.   Greg Carlson: What is your collecting philosophy? Tucker Lucas: I’ve been thinking a lot about this the past several months, as my collecting in general has spiked […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Alicia Coombs is an archivist and the head of business affairs for the American Genre Film Archive in Austin, Texas. Outside of watching and collecting movies, she likes to drink coffee, read about cults, and turn down plans so she can hang out with her cats instead.   Greg Carlson: How […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Rob Dunkelberger works in telecommunications and lives in Hopkins, Minnesota with his wife Micky and their dog MayBea. They currently have one child remaining with them in the nest. Rob’s theatre reviews can be read at www.thestagesofmn.com. With live events mostly dark, he has found more time to watch and talk […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Rachel Harrison Gordon’s “Broken Bird” may be only ten minutes long, but it is a powerful debut and one of the best films of 2020. An autobiographical story about a biracial girl in New Jersey preparing for her bat mitzvah, the film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and was included […]

Interview by Greg Carlson Rachel Carey is a New York-based writer and director. Her feature debut “Ask for Jane” is now available to view on demand from Amazon, Apple, Google Play, and other streaming services. Rachel has also written and directed several plays and a television pilot. Her novel “Debt” was published by Silver Birch […]