Interviews relating to film and movies

September 12, 2014

Simon Pegg Says The Beatles Live In Your Mouth

Comedian, actor, and screenwriter Simon Pegg sat down this week with host Ron Bennington in front of a live audience to tape an episode of SiriusXM’s Unmasked. He talked about his new film Hector and the Search For Happiness, The Boxtrolls, what its like working with movie star Tom Cruise on Mission Impossible 5, and how his daughter saved Star Wars. He also shared his theory about how the Beatles live in all different parts of your mouth.
September 10, 2014

Simon Pegg’s Daughter Saved Star Wars

Simon Pegg sat down this week with host Ron Bennington in front of a studio audience to tape an episode of SiriusXM’s Unmasked. He talked about his new film Hector and the Search For Happiness, The Boxtrolls, Mission Impossible 5, and how his daughter became known as the girl who saved Star Wars.
September 8, 2014

Stephen Trask the Genius Behind Hedwig

Stephen Trask composed the music and lyrics for the Broadway hit musical, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Before "Hedwig" was a massive hit on the great white way, it was a movie (that became a cult classic) which was in turn based upon the critically revered underground off-broadway hit that ran for two years at New York's Jane Street theater. Stephen sat down with Ron Bennington to talk about Hedwig and her many incarnations.
June 10, 2014

Bobcat Goldthwait Goes into the Woods in Willow Creek

Bobcat Goldthwait is no longer the angry actor and comedian you knew in the 80s. He's a brilliant film director who makes movies that are so original they often fail to easily fit into familiar genre label. His newest film follows two people who go hunting for the mythical Bigfoot in the California backcountry, but its not like any horror movie you've seen before. Bobcat stopped by the SiriusXM studios to sit down with Ron Bennington about talk about his new movie, Willow Creek, which opened on Friday June 6th in select theaters and On Demand.
May 5, 2014

Favreau’s Back to the Indie World!

Jon Favreau at 47, has already had an incredible career as a screenwriter, and actor and a director. In 1996 he co-wrote and co-starred in the sleeper indie hit Swingers. Since then, he's been directing big box movies like Elf, Iron Man and Iron Man 2 and has had huge success. He's also undoubtably familiar with making choices that relate to creativity, safety, compromise, quality of life and personal growth-- all themes that arise in his new film, Chef. He recently stopped by the SiriusXM studios to sit down with Ron Bennington on The Ron and Fez Show, to talk about those themes, and what its like to be working on a small film again.
January 16, 2014

John Leguizamo: An Examined Life

Actor John Leguizamo stopped by the SiriusXM studios in New York City this week to sit down with Ron Bennington in front of a Live Studio audience to tape an episode of SiriusXM's Town Hall series and talk about several of the projects.
December 8, 2013

Paul Feig Brings The Heat

Director Paul Feig  had a cult following for his 80’s TV series “Freaks and Geeks” long before he became known as one of the top comedy […]
November 27, 2013

Peter Bogdanovich’s Cold Turkey

Writer, director and actor Peter Bogdanovich is best known for directing film classics like “The Last Picture Show”, “Paper Moon” and “What’s Up Doc?”.   He’s […]
September 4, 2013

Penny Lane Shows Us Another Nixon

Director Penny Lane has been making award-winning documentaries and essay films since 2002. Now she has made her feature documentary film debut with “Our Nixon”, a re-examination […]
August 24, 2013

Roger Corman’s YouTube Drive-In

Academy Award Winning director and producer Roger Corman has created  over 300  films.  His so-called “B Movies” were visionary, created on an incredibly low budget, and […]