Film Interviews - SLUG Magazine https://www.slugmag.com Salt Lake UnderGround Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:29:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-favicon-SLUG-Magazine-Rebranding-SLUG-Square-Logo-3-32x32.png Film Interviews - SLUG Magazine https://www.slugmag.com 32 32 Gavin Brivik and Andrew Bird Both Needed Someone https://www.slugmag.com/arts/film/gavin-brivik-and-andrew-bird-both-needed-someone/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:57:49 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=198100 For composer Gavin Brivik and songwriter Andrew Bird, “Need Someone,” the song from season two of The Pitt, was a culmination of two different musical journeys. … read more

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Radha Mitchell, Ioan Gruffudd and Bianca Wallace Take Aim in Seven Snipers https://www.slugmag.com/arts/radha-mitchell-ioan-gruffudd-and-bianca-wallace-take-aim-in-seven-snipers/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:42:03 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=197920 Real-life snipers rarely work alone. Success depends on trust and communication. That same sense of collaboration is at the heart of Seven Snipers. … read more

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SLFS’s Big Upgrade Comes Just in Time for Summer https://www.slugmag.com/community/slfss-big-upgrade-comes-just-in-time-for-summer/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:38:20 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=197914 After years in the making, Salt Lake Film Society has completed a major renovation to the Broadway Center Cinemas that will greatly improve the viewer experience. … read more

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Jamie D. Ramsay Works Well Under Pressure https://www.slugmag.com/arts/jamie-d-ramsay-works-well-under-pressure/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:31:44 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=197783 Bringing that pivotal moment to the screen required a visual approach, a challenge embraced by cinematographer Jamie D. Ramsay. … read more

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Phil Arntz Takes Aerial Cinematography to New Heights https://www.slugmag.com/arts/phil-arntz-takes-aerial-cinematography-to-new-heights/ Tue, 12 May 2026 23:08:32 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=197187 Phil Arntz has built a career capturing images that most of us only dream of seeing. Arntz has become the one of the industry’s go-to aerial cinematographer. … read more

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Bill Dubuque and Karen Campbell on Finding The Story Behind M.I.A. https://www.slugmag.com/arts/bill-dubuque-and-karen-campbell-on-finding-the-story-behind-m-i-a/ Fri, 08 May 2026 20:11:31 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=196905 That edge-of-your-seat suspense is what Bill Dubuque and Executive Producer Karen Campbell set out to bring to television with the Peacock⁠ crime drama M.I.A. … read more

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Renny Harlin Brings His Signature Brand of Bite to Deep Water https://www.slugmag.com/arts/film/renny-harlin-brings-his-signature-brand-of-bite-to-deep-water/ Fri, 01 May 2026 18:24:59 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=196704 Renny Harlin has built a career defined by ambition, spectacle and an unmistakable love for storytelling. With Deep Water, Harlin returns to the action thriller.  … read more

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Preventing Food Waste Is Ty Burrell’s New Racket https://www.slugmag.com/community/preventing-food-waste-is-ty-burrells-new-racket/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:00:17 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=196472 Pickled For a Purpose Classic is a community pickleball tournament by Ty Burrell benefiting WasteLess, who reduces food waste through education and prevention. … read more

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Charles Baker on Finding a Home on The Pitt https://www.slugmag.com/arts/charles-baker-on-finding-a-home-on-the-pitt/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:58:01 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=196329 Charles Baker’s work on The Pitt underscores a simple but powerful idea: that empathy begins with seeing people as they are, not as we assume them to be. … read more

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Miranda MacDougall and Sean Harris Oliver on Hunting Matthew Nichols https://www.slugmag.com/arts/miranda-macdougall-and-sean-harris-oliver-on-hunting-matthew-nichols/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:05:50 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=196219 There’s something fitting about Hunting Matthew Nichols coming from artists whose roots are so deeply embedded in the theater, like Miranda MacDougall. … read more

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Tony Benna and Lee Einhorn on André Is an Idiot https://www.slugmag.com/arts/tony-benna-and-lee-einhorn-on-andre-is-an-idiot/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:02:05 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=196001 André Is an Idiot is a documentary that follows the final chapter in the life of advertising creative André Ricciardi is diagnosed with terminal cancer. … read more

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The Pitt Cast on ICE https://www.slugmag.com/arts/the-pitt-cast-on-ice/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:56:18 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=195389 I’m hardly alone in my obsession with The Pitt, as the medical drama has become the gold standard for quality television. Still, when I first saw ICE agents, I was shaken by it. … read more

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Cinematographer James Whitaker Talks DTF St. Louis https://www.slugmag.com/arts/film/cinematographer-james-whitaker-talks-dtf-st-louis/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:03:57 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=195124 DTF St. Louis cinematographer James Whitaker has built a career grounding big ideas in images that favor atmosphere over flash and character over spectacle. … read more

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Hugo de Sousa and Sarah Whelden are Best Friends with the Devil https://www.slugmag.com/arts/hugo-de-sousa-and-sarah-whelden-are-best-friends-with-the-devil/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:01:29 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194971 Best Friends with the Devil, the latest short from de Sousa and Whelden, explores the complexity of friendships and how treasured relationships can become toxic. … read more

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Óliver Laxe and the Journey of Sirāt https://www.slugmag.com/arts/oliver-laxe-and-the-journey-of-sirat/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:51:27 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194952 In Óliver Laxe's film Sirāt, grief, spirituality, despair and hope all converge in one hypnotic desert odyssey. Sirāt serves as both a quest and a metaphor. … read more

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Patience is A Virtue For Ernest Harden Jr, and There’s Virtue in Patients https://www.slugmag.com/arts/patience-is-a-virtue-for-ernest-harden-jr-and-on-the-pitt-theres-virtue-in-patients/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:59:50 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194917 Ernest Harden Jr. has spent decades building the kind of career where audiences often recognize the face before they remember the name. … read more

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Inside the Mission of Utah Film Center: A Conversation with Mariah Mellus https://www.slugmag.com/arts/art/interviews-features/inside-the-mission-of-utah-film-center-a-conversation-with-mariah-mellus/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194535 Mariah Mellus doesn't just hope for the future of the Utah Film Center, she hopes people can feel like they can make their film from start to finish in Utah. … read more

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Director Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor https://www.slugmag.com/arts/director-geeta-gandbhir-on-the-perfect-neighbor/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:57:30 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194694 The Perfect Neighbor chronicles the shooting of a Black woman by her white neighbor. For Gandbhir it's been a fight for accountability and a vessel for healing. … read more

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How Savannah Ostler Went Through Hollywood and Back with Buster Brooks https://www.slugmag.com/arts/how-savannah-ostler-went-through-hollywood-and-back-with-buster-brooks/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:19:56 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194518 With Buster Brooks, Ostler tells a story about chasing Hollywood dreams while proving that those dreams don’t have to be confined to a single zip code. … read more

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Teresa Sanderson and the Spell Cast by Becky Nurse of Salem https://www.slugmag.com/arts/art/performance-theatre/teresa-sanderson-and-the-spell-cast-by-becky-nurse-of-salem/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:07:05 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194384 When Pygmalion Productions chose to stage Becky Nurse of Salem, it was more than a season selection — it's part of an ongoing mission. … read more

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James Whitaker Brings an AI Apocalypse into Focus in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die https://www.slugmag.com/arts/james-whitaker-brings-an-ai-apocalypse-into-focus-in-good-luck-have-fun-dont-die/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:06:14 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194310 Whitaker brings sensibility to Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, shaping a film that balances satire, science fiction and uneasy realism. … read more

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Noah Wyle’s Direct Approach to The Pitt Season Two https://www.slugmag.com/arts/noah-wyles-direct-approach-to-the-pitt-season-two/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:18:32 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194289 It’s fair to say that 2025 was at best a mixed year for many of us, though it was certainly a significant one for Noah Wyle, thanks to his HBO Max series The Pitt. The medical drama, which follows a 15-hour shift in a Pittsburgh emergency department in real time, emerged as a television phenomenon.

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Matthew Robinson on Writing Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die https://www.slugmag.com/arts/matthew-robinson-on-writing-good-luck-have-fun-dont-die/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:26:43 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194271 Robinson is a writer-director who is less interested in directing himself than in making sure his films have great direction. … read more

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How Louis Paxton Came Into His Own with The Incomer https://www.slugmag.com/arts/film/how-louis-paxton-came-into-his-own-with-the-incomer/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:02:02 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=194142 The Incomer represents both a culmination and a beginning for Louis Paxton: it's a film rooted in childhood memory, shaped by years of craft, and confident to embrace its own oddness. … read more

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Why Cinematographer David McFarland Took a Shot on Bedford Park https://www.slugmag.com/arts/why-cinematographer-david-mcfarland-took-a-shot-on-bedford-park/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:29:38 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=193956 For cinematographer David McFarland, Bedford Park arrived at exactly the right moment — not just as a project, but as a kind of distillation of how he thinks about visual storytelling. The 2026 drama premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2026 and was written and directed by Stephanie Ahn in her feature debut. Bedford Park is

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Alysa Nahmias On Being a Tagalong with Girls Scouts For Cookie Queens  https://www.slugmag.com/arts/alysa-nahmias-cookie-queens/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:58:45 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=193840 In Nahmias’s hands, cookie booths become stages where modern girlhood is rehearsed in real time. … read more

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I Want Your Sax: Will Bates On Scoring Tuner and Knife https://www.slugmag.com/arts/will-bates-tuner-knife/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:27:54 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=193831 These films showcase the range of Bates’ work, from romantic, saxophone-led themes to quietly hopeful textures shaped by trauma and resilience. … read more

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Andrew Orkin and Joseph Shirley Bring Musical Artistry to The Gallerist https://www.slugmag.com/arts/andrew-orkin-and-joseph-shirley-bring-musical-artistry-to-the-gallerist/ Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:00:57 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=193685 For Orkin and Shirley, the music doesn’t just underscore The Gallerist's madness — it sells it, frame by frame, note by note, just like the art at its center. … read more

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Felipe Bustos Sierra Takes Everybody To Kenmure Street https://www.slugmag.com/arts/felipe-bustos-sierra-takes-everybody-to-kenmure-street/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:00:14 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=193677 Everybody To Kenmure Street reconstructs the events through the eyes of the people who were there: neighbors, passersby, parents, workers — many of them strangers. … read more

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Filmmakers Lily Platt and Lovisa Sirén Are Rocking Shorts This Winter https://www.slugmag.com/arts/filmmakers-lily-platt-and-lovisa-siren-are-rocking-shorts-this-winter/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:30:35 +0000 https://www.slugmag.com/?p=193660 Though wildly different in tone and geography, Platt and Sirén share a commitment to emotional honesty, even when it’s uncomfortable or unflattering. … read more

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