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 […]
All posts for the month March, 2021
Collecting Movies with Toby Jones
Posted by GBC on March 28, 2021
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=4626
The Last Blockbuster
Movie review by Greg Carlson Memories of 1980s and 1990s video store culture will draw viewers of a certain age to “The Last Blockbuster,” Taylor Morden’s breezy, goofy documentary on the king of the corporate movie renting business. Long since destroyed by on-demand ease and streaming subscriptions, there was a time when millions “made it […]
Posted by GBC on March 22, 2021
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=4621
Freeland
Movie review by Greg Carlson An engrossing portrait that takes viewers deep into the world of marijuana farming in Northern California’s Humboldt County, “Freeland” rumbles along on the strength of a lovely central performance by Krisha Fairchild as Devi, a one-time hippie and last-woman-standing from the idealistic commune of the title. Fairchild, who played the […]
Posted by GBC on March 15, 2021
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=4616
Tom Brandau (1960-2021)
Reflection by Greg Carlson When I first made his acquaintance, I didn’t think I liked Tom Brandau. And I was certain the feeling was mutual. Following the unexpected death of Minnesota State University Moorhead film studies professor Ted Larson — a mentor to me and to Rusty Casselton and to many others — Rusty […]
Posted by GBC on March 8, 2021
https://southpawfilmworks.net/?p=4610