Let’s face it, guys: I’m not exactly the crack news cycle buster over here. My thing is more to wait a week after something’s happened, listen to all the incorrect (i.e. stupid) things said about it and then correct the record. So maybe I didn’t make it over to Bojo and Brian’s place until Monday… Continue reading ‘Oscars 2011: ‘Morning Stroll’ Got Robbed!’
This past year, I had the privilege of interviewing Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz, the filmmakers behind the harrowing documentary, “The Interrupters,” which focuses on a year in the lives of the violence mediation program called CeaseFire here in Chicago. Now it turns out that “The Interrupters” will be ineligible for an Academy Award nomination… Continue reading ‘‘The Interrupters’ Gets Screwed’
Filmmakers Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz are two of the most renowned storytellers of modern Chicago. James is the director of the critically acclaimed and iconic documentary “Hoop Dreams” while Kotlowitz is the author of the bestselling book “There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America.” The… Continue reading ‘Filmmakers Behind ‘The Interrupters’ Talk Violence, Film, Chicago’