Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=radio http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=radio 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Tue, 5 Oct 2010 05:49:00 GMT Francis Ford Coppola hasn't been heard from in quite some time. But he's back now with a very personal film, Youth Without Youth. http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/19/the-sop-presents-youth-without-youth-in-conversation-with-francis-ford-coppola.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/19/the-sop-presents-youth-without-youth-in-conversation-with-francis-ford-coppola.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Fri, 7 May 2010 23:32:00 GMT A Promise To The Dead. First, some scenes from the film, and then my conversation with Ariel Dorfman. http://thesop.org/story/art/2008/07/02/a-promise-to-the-dead-audio-conversation-with-ariel-dorfman.php http://thesop.org/story/art/2008/07/02/a-promise-to-the-dead-audio-conversation-with-ariel-dorfman.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:13:00 GMT Hannah Montana: The Movie impresses with the precociously rich and famous sixteen year old's natural charm and evolving dramatic gifts. http://thesop.org/story/movie/2009/04/10/is-this-the-end-for-hannah-montana.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2009/04/10/is-this-the-end-for-hannah-montana.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:02:00 GMT Miss America 2008, Kirsten Haglund On Female Body Image Danger Zones, An Audio Conversation. With Related Commentary About The Film, America The Beautiful. http://thesop.org/story/audio/2008/09/04/prairie-miller-interviews-miss-america-2008-kirsten-haglund-on-female-body-image-danger-zones.php http://thesop.org/story/audio/2008/09/04/prairie-miller-interviews-miss-america-2008-kirsten-haglund-on-female-body-image-danger-zones.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:46:00 GMT Nancy Keefe Rhodes interview by phone with filmmaker Courtney Hunt to talk about her new movie, Frozen River. The drama touches on undocumented http://thesop.org/story/audio/2008/08/02/frozen-river-nancy-keefe-rhodes-interviews-director-courtney-hunt.php http://thesop.org/story/audio/2008/08/02/frozen-river-nancy-keefe-rhodes-interviews-director-courtney-hunt.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Sun, 25 May 2008 22:19:00 GMT Here is an overview of the martial arts drama Redbelt, and a conversation with the filmmaker, David Mamet: http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/05/25/redbelt-a-conversation-with-eminent-director-and-playwright-david-mamet.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/05/25/redbelt-a-conversation-with-eminent-director-and-playwright-david-mamet.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Fri, 9 May 2008 11:19:00 GMT Romantic comedies are such a well worn endeavor that there's nothing much left to the imagination to explore, unless there's plenty of wit, http://thesop.org/story/movie/2008/05/09/what-happens-in-vegas-movie-review-sex-and-the-sin-city.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2008/05/09/what-happens-in-vegas-movie-review-sex-and-the-sin-city.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:30:00 GMT With little in the way of probing investigative inquiry or new revelations, Chapter 27, like the interior of the book to which it refers, feels unfinished, incomplete and unresolved. http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/03/23/chapter-27-movie-review-lindsay-lohan-does-undercover-fan-fetish.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/03/23/chapter-27-movie-review-lindsay-lohan-does-undercover-fan-fetish.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:05:00 GMT Under The Same Moon dramatizes the lives of undocumented immigrant women in the United States. Patricia is a former student of Professor Insdorf at Columbia University. http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/03/13/annette-insdorf-director-of-film-studies-at-columbia-university-interviews-patricia-riggen.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/03/13/annette-insdorf-director-of-film-studies-at-columbia-university-interviews-patricia-riggen.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:47:00 GMT Is Haneke suggesting deadly home invasion with its initial, deceptively gracious diplomatic overtures, as symbolic of imperialism? http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/03/09/funny-games-homicide-is-hip-arty-slasher-fare.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/03/09/funny-games-homicide-is-hip-arty-slasher-fare.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:55:00 GMT All the sordid court intrigue, nasty sexual skirmishes, repressed passions and imploding desires make The Other Boyeln Girl an absorbing and dazzling surface spectacle. http://thesop.org/story/movie/2008/02/23/the-other-boleyn-girl-review-kinky-history-steamy-pre-tabloid-melodrama.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2008/02/23/the-other-boleyn-girl-review-kinky-history-steamy-pre-tabloid-melodrama.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:42:00 GMT Carrying the weight of all this complicated baggage into thirtysomething angst, Hayes is now facing an imminent divorce action from he-won't-say-whom. http://thesop.org/story/movie/2008/02/17/definitely-maybe-review-ryan-reynolds-heartbreak-over-babes-and-bill-clinton.php http://thesop.org/story/movie/2008/02/17/definitely-maybe-review-ryan-reynolds-heartbreak-over-babes-and-bill-clinton.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:24:00 GMT There should be a rule that movies helmed by actors turned directors need to come with some sort of equivalent of the Surgeon General warning label. http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/14/slipstream-movie-review-and-interview-with-anthony-hopkins.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/14/slipstream-movie-review-and-interview-with-anthony-hopkins.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:20:00 GMT One of my favorite places is South Africa. But it takes so long to fly there. So it would be great to flash up, and just jump up to...a golf course there! http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/12/samuel-jackson-on-jumper-talking-tough-and-straightening-out-the-planet.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/12/samuel-jackson-on-jumper-talking-tough-and-straightening-out-the-planet.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller) Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:42:00 GMT The Martin Lawrence Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Interview http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/07/welcome-home-roscoe-jenkins-martin-lawrence-talks-paychecks-recycled-lovers-and-getting-in-touch-with-his-serious-side.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/02/07/welcome-home-roscoe-jenkins-martin-lawrence-talks-paychecks-recycled-lovers-and-getting-in-touch-with-his-serious-side.php criticalwoman@aol.com (Prairie Miller)