IFS’ Larry Richman was PNR’s “man on the scene” in Park City for the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals this year as always, and managed to nab 2011 #1 Male Rising Star Alex Shaffer for a sitdown interview. Alex, who was #1 in 2011 due to his outstanding debut performance in “Win Win“, was at Sundance to [...]
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RISING STARS UPDATE: IFS’ Larry Richman interviews 2011 #1 Male Rising Star Alex Shaffer @ Sundance
IFS’ Larry Richman was PNR’s “man on the scene” in Park City for the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals this year as always, and managed to nab 2011 #1 Male Rising Star Alex Shaffer for a sitdown interview. Alex, who was #1 in 2011 due to his outstanding debut performance in “Win Win“, was at Sundance to [...]
Subject:CINEMA #359 – “The Lost Art Of The Movie Title Sequence”
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We begin a two part study of things that Hollywood has apparently forgotten how to do properly. This week, TC and Kim discuss “The Lost Art Of The Movie Title Sequence”
Also, [...]
RISING STARS: Alex Esmail sends us a shout out!
"Attack The Block" co-star Alex Esmail was kind enough to send us this video thanking us for naming him to the 2012 Rising Stars Honors list! Alex, it was our pleasure, and thanks so much for the video!
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RISING STARS: Brendan Meyer says “Thanks”!
Brendan Meyer, star of the hit TV series "Mr. Young", was kind enough to send us this video thanking us for naming him to the 2012 Rising Stars Honors list! Brendan, we are more than happy to do so this year! You can catch an EXCLUSIVE interview with Brendan, conducted by Indie Film Spotlight’s Larry Richman, on this Sunday [...]
Subject:CINEMA #358 – “The 7TH Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars List!”
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IT’S HERE! IT’S FINALLY HERE! It’sJuly 4th, and every year, we celebrate the (American) holiday by announcing our annual list of the 20 performers we think are po [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN: Less than 24 hours now…
Hey all…we’re less than 24 hours from the big announcement now…
12 PM Tomorrow, July 4, 2012, we announce the 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars List!
From 9-10:30 AM tomorrow, join me on my Twitter account as we hold a PNR Rising Stars "Sneak Tweet" party – we’ll give you a clue to each of the 20 [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN: Just two more days…
We are officially LESS THAN 48 HOURS from the revelation of the 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars List, coming your way at 12 Noon THIS WEDNESDAY, July 4 2012!
This year’s list is bigger and better than ever, too…
In the past, we’ve always tried to concentrate primarily on film, since we’re a film site (duh!), bu [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN: Even Tommy Pickles can’t handle this one….
We are just FOUR DAYS and counting from the announcement of the 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list – it goes LIVE on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 12 Noon ET. We will be tweeting clues to the 20 performers that morning beginning at 9 AM ET.
I have been surprised by a lot of things, but not quite like this one…and it’ [...]
Subject:CINEMA MICRO Focus #18 – “Fierce People”
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Welcome to Subject:CINEMA MICRO Focus! Each week, hosts TC Kirkham and Kim Brown will take on a single film and analyze it front to back, side to side, and everything in-between!
THIS WEEK: TC and Kim head into their “Unseen Gems” locker to discuss one of their favorite films. It [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN: A New Era is about to dawn…”RISING STAR CENTRAL” is coming July 4th
July 4th Fireworks (Photo credit: Sri Dhanush)
We are now just 7 days away from the announcement of the 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list, coming on Subject:CINEMA #358, next Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at 12 Noon ET.
And that’s not ALL that’s coming as we Americans celebrate Independence Day…
At 6 PM Eastern Time on [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN: Owen Campbell’s Kickstarter Project
We are now just 9 days away from the announcement of the 7th annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars List! All will be revealed and 20 new young performers named to the 2012 list on July 4 at 12 Noon ET!
2011 #5 Male Rising Star, Owen Campbell, recently completed financing through Kickstarter for a film he wrote and will direct called “The [...]
Subject:CINEMA #357 – “Media And Movies: Don’t Touch That Dial!”
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Thanks for tuning in Subject:CINEMA, now beginning our SEVENTH Year of podcast fun….
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We begin a new series of shows on the way media is portrayed in film. We kick it off with television on “M [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN: The Perks of Being A Wallflower
We are now just 11 days away from the announcement of the 7th annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars List! All will be revealed and 20 new young performers named to the 2012 list on July 4 at 12 Noon ET!
SummitScreeningRoom has posted this great 30 minute interview with the stars of the upcoming film The Perks Of Being A Wallflower – Logan [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN – The meteoric rise of Ezra Miller
Twelve days and counting to the revelation of the 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list, which will be announced on July 4, 2012 at 12 Noon ET
Over the six years we’ve been doing the Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list. we have a pretty good track record, with about 80% of our honorees going on to huge careers. But when it comes to [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN: Of Antifreeze and Aeroplanes – 2008 Rising Star Gabe Nevins
Thirteen days and counting to the revelation of the 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list, which will be announced on July 4, 2012 at 12 Noon ET.
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To sorta kinda borrow from the late, great Paul Harvey….it’s time for…the WHOLE story…I’ll explain the title at the end of the story…
In 2008, director [...]
RISING STARS COUNTDOWN – Ten films you should see featuring PNR Rising Star alumni
Today we begin a 14 day countdown to the revelation of the 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list, which will be announced on July 4, 2012 at 12 Noon ET. to kick things off, I’ve compiled a list of ten films, some you have probably heard of, some you probably haven’t, which feature outstanding performances by some of those a [...]
Subject:CINEMA #356 – “Of Myths And Movies”
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Thanks for tuning in Subject:CINEMA, now beginning our SEVENTH Year of podcast fun….
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It’s a trip back to ancient times in the movies this week, as Kim and TC discuss mythological stories on film in “ [...]
Coming Soon….The 7th Annual Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars List!
The heavens are beginning to align for the 20 young performers who will be given the honor of being named to the 2012 edition of the Popcorn N Roses Rising Stars list!
You can see all six years of past honorees under the “Rising Stars” heading in our menu above, and you can take a look at all the performers who have been named NUM [...]
Subject:CINEMA #355 – “Subject:CINEMA’s Sixth Anniversary – Our Top 30 ‘Family’ Films!”
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Thanks for tuning in Subject:CINEMA, SIX YEARS OLD TODAY! YAAAAAAYYYYYY!
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As we always do on our anniversary shows, it’s a countdown show…and a little long…and that’s even with [...]
Subject:CINEMA #353 – “Warscapes:Vietnam”
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We launch a new series inspecting how wars are portrayed on screen, starting with the war that our generation call [...]
Subject:CINEMA #349 – “Critical Condition II: Is Traditional Critical Media Still Relevant?”
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Production problems continue to plague us, but we’re trying to get there – even if I can’t figure out why it’s only our production program that’s having a problem [...]
Subject:CINEMA #347 – “Delusions Of Political Grandeur…OR…Sometimes A Movie…Is JUST A Movie…”
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Thanks for tuning in Subject:CINEMA, now in its sixth year of great movie podcasting!
Production problems continue to plague us, but we’re trying to get there – even if I can’t figure out why it’s only our production program that’s having a problem. Things have [...]
Subject:CINEMA #306 – “INDUSTRY INDEPTH: Those Amazing Shadows – Film Preservation!”
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We apologize for being late with this, but things have been crazee up here lately…and that means it makes for a TRIPLE FEATURE week – although we didn’t quite make our time goals due to heat and production issues! The next installment of our INDUSTRY [...]
