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No Coast Cinema Ep. 63 | Alexandra Halkin, Cuban Visions
No Coast Cinema - February 11, 2019 18:04 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema: Tom and Conor sit down with Alexandra Halkin, founding director of the Americas Media Initiative, to talk about the Cuban Visions screening series. Presented in conjunction with Full Spectrum Features and the Athenaeum Theatre, Cuban Visions presents a variety of fil...
No Coast Cinema Special: Sundance 2019 Recap
No Coast Cinema - February 08, 2019 19:26 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIt’s a No Coast Cinema special feature with a panel of critics who have just returned from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Tom sits down with Matt Cipolla of Filmmonthly, Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com and Robert Daniels of 812 Film Reviews to talk about which films impressed them and which one...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 62 | Colleen Griffen, “An Acceptable Loss”
No Coast Cinema - February 04, 2019 18:14 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema: Tom and Conor sit down with Colleen Griffen, producer of the new film An Acceptable Loss starring Tika Sumpter and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film centers around Libby (Sumpter) as she struggles to come to terms with her past as a national security advisor to the ruthless...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 61 | Oscar Talk with NIU Prof. Joseph Flynn
No Coast Cinema - January 29, 2019 23:29 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema: It’s that time of year again: the Oscar race is in full swing and Tom and Conor are ready for the biggest award show in Hollywood. As ever, the nominations are riddled with controversy and who better than NIU professor Joseph Flynn help to us make sense of it […]
No Coast Cinema Ep. 60 | Hannah Kopen and Kyle Leland, “Hammersmith”
No Coast Cinema - January 14, 2019 16:06 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor sit down with writer/director Kyle Leland and actor Hannah Kopen. Together, we discuss their backgrounds, their careers, and their award-winning short film Hammersmith: Hurdle of Dreams. Made for Chicago’s 48-Hour Film Festival and having led them overseas ...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 59 | 2019 Film Resolutions, Best of the Midwest Gala
No Coast Cinema - January 07, 2019 18:26 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor usher in a new year of independent film exploration! Amy Guth (the Executive Director of the Midwest Film Festival) joins to educate us about the Best of the Midwest Awards. The event will be held at the Promontory on Thursday, January 17th – you can p...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 58 | Gene Siskel Film Center and Golden Globes
No Coast Cinema - December 13, 2018 14:27 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday, Tom and Conor connect with Marty Rubin, the Associate Director of Programming for the Gene Siskel Film Center. Together they discuss the Film Center’s history as well as dive into the upcoming 4K restoration screenings of Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour and Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire. Later, Tom...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 57 | The Best of the Midwest awards and November Board of Review
No Coast Cinema - December 03, 2018 20:07 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor welcome back Amy Guth, Executive Director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival to preview the Best of the Midwest nomination party on December 4th. For 50% off your ticket, use code NOCOAST. Plus, the board of review convenes to look at the best (an...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 56 | Remakes, Reboots and Sequels…Oh My!
No Coast Cinema - November 26, 2018 16:30 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor discuss the continuing issue of remakes, reboots and sequels in Hollywood and how companies and creators might be destroying their own legacy. They look at the case of J.K Rowling and the Fantastic Beasts franchise as well as Disney’s latest remakes of ...
No Coast Cinema Special | “The Other Side of the Wind” with Jake S. Weisman
No Coast Cinema - November 21, 2018 16:48 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn this very special edition of No Coast Cinema, host Tom Hush talks with filmmaker Jake S. Weisman about the curious case of Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind. They discuss the story of the film’s completion and a little bit of the history behind it, including its haphazard shooting and t...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 55 | The Art of the Soundtrack with Michael Heidemann, October Board of Review
No Coast Cinema - November 07, 2018 20:58 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday on the No Coast Cinema Board of Review, film critic Matt Cipolla returns to review the latest films to hit theaters this October with venerable Chairmen of the Board Tom and Conor. Later; Michael Heidemann of the Sound Sessions podcast and the Patti Vasquez Show with Andrea Darlas joins to ...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 54 | Sinema Obscura hits TV, Critic Matt Cipolla recaps CIFF
No Coast Cinema - October 31, 2018 14:00 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn this edition of No Coast Cinema, Tom sits down with regular guests John Davies and Matt Cipolla to talk about Sinema Obscura’s jump to broadcast television and Matt’s experience covering the Chicago International Film Festival. Sinema Obscura debuts on CAN TV on November 5th (check your local ...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 53 | “Rendezvous in Chicago”
No Coast Cinema - October 29, 2018 15:53 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor sit down with the cast and the writer/director of one of their favorite Chicago indies this year, Rendezvous in Chicago. Split into three vignettes, the film depicts three different relationships in their beginning, middle and end. Each pairing is uniqu...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 52 | Kyle Henry, “Rogers Park”
No Coast Cinema - October 16, 2018 18:39 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor sit down with director Kyle Henry to discuss his film Rogers Park, a critically acclaimed dramedy that examines four people struggling amidst midlife crises. Kyle shares insight into the production and distribution processes for the film, his background in ...
No Coast Cinema Board of Review – September 2018
No Coast Cinema - October 10, 2018 16:19 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNo Coast host Tom Hush and film critic Matt Cipolla dive into the last month in movies and break down films such as The Predator, The Nun, Assassination Nation and Mandy.
No Coast Cinema Ep. 51 | “Banana Season” with Sanghoon Lee, Eve Rydberg, Brennan Stacker and James Choi
No Coast Cinema - September 24, 2018 16:39 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday on No Coast Cinema, we speak with four of the minds behind the brilliant feature Banana Season – actors Eve Rydberg and Brennan Stacker, writer/director Sanghoon Lee, and producer/editor James Choi. We learn about Sanghoon’s background as a filmmaker and what led him to the craft starting w...
No Coast Interviews: Karson Pilote, “Heart of the Blackhawks”
No Coast Cinema - September 24, 2018 16:20 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTom and Conor sit down with young filmmaker Karson Pilote at the Middle Coast Film Festival to talk about his short documentary, “Heart of the Blackhawks: The Pierre Pilote Story” The film tells the story of legendary Blackhawk and hockey hall of famer Pierre Pilote, who happens to be Karson’s gr...
No Coast Interviews | Raya Martin, “Smaller and Smaller Circles”
No Coast Cinema - September 19, 2018 18:56 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNo Coast host Tom Hush sits down with up and coming Filipino director Raya Martin to discuss his gripping crime drama, “Smaller and Smaller Circles”. Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows two Jesuit priests in the Philippines tracking down a serial killer who is targeting young bo...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 50 | Blacksite: The Musical
No Coast Cinema - September 17, 2018 18:35 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn this very special episode of No Coast Cinema, we celebrate our fiftieth episode – the big L! Later, we interview returning guests director David A. Holcombe, producer Spence Warren, and screenwriter Adia Ivey about Soft Cage Film’s upcoming project Blacksite: The Musical! It’s a rollicking mus...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 49: Burt Reynolds, The Death of the “Popular Film” Oscar, Predator Retrospective
No Coast Cinema - September 10, 2018 18:39 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor spend a moment discussing the life and legacy of legendary actor and sex icon Burt Reynolds. Later, they celebrate the Academy’s decision to remove the ‘Most Popular Film’ category from next year’s Academy Awards and conjure some ideas for other, similarly ...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 48 | Asian Pop-Up Cinema, August Board of Review
No Coast Cinema - September 03, 2018 17:56 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema: The Asian Pop-Up Cinema returns to Chicago for its 7th season this September with some of the best and brightest films from the Asian continent. Bringing together a variety of voices and nationalities under one roof, the Asian Pop-Up Cinema presents a unique opportun...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 47 | Professor Joseph Flynn on diversity in film, Luke Taylor talks new feature, “Break”
No Coast Cinema - August 20, 2018 16:02 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsToday on No Coast Cinema, the boys discuss the rise, fall, and potential return of MoviePass as well as consider what the service did for movie goers in the modern age. Later, they speak with NIU Associate Professor and author of White Fatigue: Rethinking Resistance for Social Justice Joseph Flyn...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 46 | Filmmaker Jason Coffman talks “Housesitters” and “The Unrepentant Cinephile”
No Coast Cinema - August 07, 2018 14:08 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn this edition of No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor welcome filmmaker Jason Coffman to the studio to discuss his new feature and book! “Housesitters” is an irreverent horror/comedy that puts female friendship as the focus of its plot. As two stoner buddies get contracted to take care of a seemingly...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 45: Female Filmmakers Night, MoviePass Outage, No Coast Board of Review
No Coast Cinema - July 30, 2018 20:43 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor talk to WGN radio host and executive director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival Amy Guth about her new role within the fest. She also discusses the Female Filmmakers Night event and the importance of celebrating unique artistic voices in a shared...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 44 | Nat Alder and Connor Wiles, New Trash
No Coast Cinema - July 23, 2018 17:13 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor talk to Nat Alder and Connor Wiles, the two halves of the wholly original filmmaking team New Trash. Combining the low budget, DIY ethos of Grindhouse films with the unhinged creativity of surrealist film, New Trash injects a stunningly artful approach ...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 43 | ScarJo Exits “Rub & Tug”, The Last Blockbuster in America, What We Watched This Week
No Coast Cinema - July 17, 2018 22:23 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor look at the recent controversy surrounding Scarlett Johansson playing a transgender man in the film “Rub and Tug”, reminisce about the halcyon days of the video rental store and, of course, recap what they’ve watched this week. Like the show? Subscribe ...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 42 | Jess Levandowski, Middle Coast Film Festival
No Coast Cinema - July 09, 2018 16:29 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJess Levandowski, director of the Middle Coast Film Festival, sits down with Tom and Conor to discuss the upcoming fest, the hidden difficulties of putting together a festival and what film fans can expect from this year’s programming. In the new segment Get Reel, Tom, Conor and Jess dig into som...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 41 | Matt Cipolla, Film Critic for Hire
No Coast Cinema - July 02, 2018 17:05 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom welcomes the outstanding film critic Matt Cipolla. He has worked with companies like Kino Lorber and currently writes reviews for FilmMonthly. Together, Tom and Matt unpack the profession of film criticism to discover why we need people to write about film and th...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 40 | AMC Stubs A-List, Kobe Bryant Denied Entrance to Academy, Star Wars in Trouble?
No Coast Cinema - June 25, 2018 16:17 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNo Coast Cinema is back! After a long hiatus while searching for a home studio, Tom Hush and Conor Cornelius are back to talk all things film. This week, competition with MoviePass heats up following the announcement of the AMC Stubs A-List service which gives subscribers three movies a week (inc...
No Coast Cinema Ep. 39 | Comfort Film with Raul Benitez and Emily Perez, Chicago Critics Film Festival Recap
No Coast Cinema - May 14, 2018 17:05 ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis week on No Coast Cinema, Tom and Conor welcome back show regular Raul Benitez and assistant programmer Emily Perez to preview some of the free screenings at Comfort Film this season. Tom and Conor also recap their time at the Chicago Critics Film Festival with some of their favorite screenin...
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