New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Tag: Steve James
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Can the virus of violence be filmed?
A gang crimes cop points out what The Interrupters missed
Posted inBlogs
Oscarus interruptus
Steve James’s acclaimed documentary The Interrupters is passed over for Oscar consideration.
Posted inFilm
Death and Texas
Into the Abyss and At the Death House Door consider capital punishment
Posted inFilm
Movie Review: The Interrupters
Filmmaker Steve James and author Alex Kotlowitz team up for a documentary about short-circuiting street violence
Posted inFilm
The Interrupters: Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz document CeaseFire
Filmmaker Steve James and writer Alex Kotlowitz have been buddies for years, so it’s not surprising that James was interested in the May 4, 2008, New York Times Magazine cover story Kotlowitz wrote about CeaseFire, a social experiment that treats chronic urban violence as a public health problem. But James says the story resonated so […]
Posted inBlogs
The Interrupters
Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz tail former gang members addressing urban violence as a public health crisis in the Kartemquin Films documentary “The Interrupters,” premiering Friday 1/21 at the Sundance Film Festival.
Posted inBlogs
The Interview Show: Homaro Cantu, Ben Roche, Jonathan Eig, and Yuri Lane
The lineup for tonight’s edition of the Interview Show, plus Steve James talking Allen Iverson.
Posted inBlogs
Toni Preckwinkle on The Interview Show; Next Up, Steve James & Kid Sister
Mark Bazer’s latest lineup of local luminaries.