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Billy Bob Thornton has made a career out of playing what he calls "the asshole". Nobody has done it better than Thornton. From Mr. Woodcock to Bad Santa, what Thornton has, you don't see very often.
Director Bruce Brown's seminal film,
On Any Sunday, remains the best motorcycle movie ever made several decades after its initial release. Brown chats with Chris Neumer about filming life in the (racing) pits and what it took to get this Oscar nominated film made... namely Steve McQueen's checkbook.
After a bad experience on a troubled production in 1996, Debra Winger stepped down from her position atop the Hollywood leaderboard. Coaxed into doing one more project by her husband, Arliss Howard, Winger sits down with Chris Neumer to get into the ups-and-downs of indie filmmaking, why Iranian cinema is boring and how having a reputation as a temperamental witch can help you on set.
After a bad experience on a troubled production in 1996, Debra Winger stepped down from her position atop the Hollywood leaderboard. Coaxed into doing one more project by her husband, Arliss Howard, Winger sits down with Chris Neumer to get into the ups-and-downs of indie filmmaking, why Iranian cinema is boring and how having a reputation as a temperamental witch can help you on set.
There isn't another actor in Hollywood who plays more of a variety of characters that women do not want to date than Nat Faxon. Chris Neumer chats with Faxon about acting, writing comedy and the fear-based decisions that dictate what films and television shows get made.
CHRIS NEUMER: Based upon how well our last interview went, I said I have to go see The Company. So I was in New York six to seven weeks ago and saw it up there. I was really impressed …
Steve James is one of the most respected and influential documentarians of our time. Chris Neumer chats with James and discuss how best to display truth, the impact of reality TV on the genre and why pandering never works.
Actress Tippi Hedren's story is fascinating, unique and complex even by Hollywood's standards. Paradoxically, Hedren is known best for four different things: 1) starring in
The Birds, 2) being Melanie Griffith's mom, 3) working to save the big cats with her organization, Shambala, and 4) standing up to director Alfred Hitchcock. Chris Neumer sits down with Hedren to learn more.