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Arrival screenwriter Eric Heisserer on writing his dream project and walking away from Sandman

November 9, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

On the challenges of selling non-franchise sci-fi, and adapting Neil Gaiman

Filed Under: Culture, Featured, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Amy Adams, Arrival, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Heisserer, Interviews, Neil Gaiman, Sandman, Science-Fiction

All Men Have This In Us: Andrew Neel on his brutal frat hazing film Goat

September 20, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

“We are programmable animals. We can be programmed very quickly to do horrible things to each other.”

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Andrew Neel, David Gordon Green, Film, Fraternities, Goat, hazing, Interviews, Masculinity, Nick Jonas

Family, Obligation, Graduation: a Q&A with Bryan Bliss, author of Meet Me Here

June 5, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

The author’s new book explores the weight of family expectations.

Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interviews Tagged With: Book reviews, Bryan Bliss, Interviews, Meet Me Here, YA Lit, Young Adult

An Interview with the Cherokees of Everybody Wants Some!!

April 6, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Linklater’s new hangout movie is a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Blake Jenner, Everybody Wants Some, Interviews, Richard Linklater, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin

Dispatches from the Industry: On good stories, good characters, and the state of movie diversity

February 22, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A Conversation with producer Lisa Bruce and actor/director Miles Doleac

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Deborah Krieger, Interviews, Lisa Bruce, Miles Doleac, Oscars so White, The Hollow

Interview: Todd Haynes is “interested in stories about women. Period.”

December 21, 2024 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Haynes talks Patricia Highsmith, stories about women, and the silent-films that are currently blowing his brains out.

Filed Under: Featured, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: Carol, Cate Blanchett, Far From Heaven, Interviews, Mara Rooney, Silent Movies, Todd Haynes

Botox, Bowie, and Beauty Standards: An inteview with Hermione Eyre on her debut novel Viper Wine

September 17, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

How a painting from the 1630s led to an exploration of modern beauty standards

Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interviews Tagged With: Beauty Standards, Books, Botox, Catherine Eaton, Hermione Eyre, Interviews, Marie Antoinette, Sophia Coppola, Viper Wine

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