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Exclusive Interview – Composer Colin Stetson talks Hereditary’s score, creating evil, and the problem with clickbait

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Red Stewart chats with Colin Stetson about Hereditary…. Colin Stetson is an American composer who has been working in the film and television industries since the mid-2000s. He is best known for his compositions for projects like Blue Caprice, The First, and Hereditary. Flickering Myth had the privilege to interview him, and I in turn had the […]

Exclusive Interview: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on working with Spike Lee and Adam Driver, playing a white supremacist, Cobra Kai and more

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The following conversation took place between Flickering Myth writer Justin Cook and BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser… Today, Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman hits shelves nationwide on 4K, DVD and Blu-ray (and is available for rental), and in celebration of the film’s home video release, Flickering Myth had the opportunity to talk to one of the film’s stars, […]

Exclusive: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on initially auditioning for Jasper Pääkkönen’s role, finding his character one hour before shooting

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In BlacKkKlansman, Paul Walter Hauser gives a memorable performance as dim-witted white supremacist Ivanhoe, but according to a recent interview with Flickering Myth, he initially auditioned for a different role. When asked about the signature laugh that Hauser decided to give his character in the film, Hauser launched into an explanation about how he not […]

Exclusive: BlacKkKlansman actor Paul Walter Hauser on campaigning to play the Penguin for DC, thinks he can do what “Heath Ledger did with the Joker”

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During an interview for the home video release of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, Flickering Myth questioned actor Paul Walter Hauser about his campaign to play the Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot in the DC Universe (especially Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman, in which the character is rumored to appear); while he didn’t divulge any details about whether or not he’s heard of any interest […]

Exclusive Interview – The Newton Brothers on The Haunting of Hill House

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Red Stewart chats with The Newton Brothers on The Haunting of Hill House… Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart are American composers who have been working in the film and television industries under the name The Newton Brothers since the late-2000s. They are best known for scoring Oculus, Extinction, and the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House. Flickering […]

Exclusive Interview – Charlie Samuels talks about making Virgin Blacktop: A New York Skate Odyssey

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Tai Freligh interviews Charlie Samuels about Virgin Blacktop: A New York Skate Odyssey… Award winning Director/Photojournalist Charlie Samuels has shot hundreds of assignments for magazines in the U.S. and abroad and has been Director or Cinematographer for dozens of films.  Charlie got his start documenting the New York City skateboard scene and has been a […]

Exclusive Interview – Mike Leigh on his new film Peterloo

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Thomas Harris chats with filmmaker Mike Leigh… Mike Leigh may be our formative filmmaker. His career has spanned close to fifty years, encompassing the minutiae of interpersonal relationships and tackling epics with that same deft touch. His latest, Peterloo is his most expansive piece; a sprawling epic that, as with his other films, finds the […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Danny Mulhern talks What They Had

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Red Stewart chats with Danny Mulhern about What They Had… Danny Mulhern is an English composer who has been working in the film and television industries since the early-2000s. He is best known for his compositions for projects like Silent Witness, The Natural World, and What They Had. Flickering Myth had the privilege to interview him, and […]

Exclusive Interview – Composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans talk Boy Erased, Joel Edgerton, and Iron Maiden

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Red Stewart chats with composers Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans…. Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are a composing team who have been working in the film and television industries since the 2010s. They are best known for their work with their band Priestbird, as well as composing for movies The Gift, The Autopsy of Jane […]

Solimon Awakening: Exclusive Flickering Myth Set Visit for Awakening Alpha

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Dustin Leimgruber reports from the set of Shahin Sean Solimon’s new film Awakening Alpha…  Shahin Sean Solimon should be exhausted. Apart from a two hour nap and a bracing dawn swim under an icy downpour, he’s been up all night fine tuning footage from his new movie. Energetic and upbeat, you’d never know he’s running on […]