All the details about the 2022 Peoria Film Fest: Oct. 13 – 16

The 4th Annual Peoria Film Fest arrives at Harkins Theatres Arrowhead Fountains 18 in Peoria, Ariz. from Thursday, Oct. 13 to Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, as it brings independent movies to Phoenix’s West Valley.  The Phoenix Film Foundation is proud to bring this cinematic event to Peoria, and ArtHouseFilmWire conversed over email with Fest Executive Director Jason Carney.  Jason spoke about the Fest’s connection with Peoria and the West Valley, four movies in the busy lineup, Opening Night’s cocktail party, and much more! You can check out the Fest’s schedule,…

Interview with Esther Smith and Rafe Spall, the stars of ‘Trying’

Depending on which website you read, adoption wait times in the United Kingdom average from 6 to 26 months, but no matter where a hopeful couple and a prospective child land on this scale, it’s a long stretch for everyone involved.  Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) – a lovely 30-something pair living in Camden, a hip and lively London district – have first-hand knowledge of this bureaucratic and emotional passage to possible parenthood.  Esther and Rafe star in “Trying”, the comedy/drama Apple TV+ series that follows Nikki and…

Mia Isaac graciously arrives for a ‘Don’t Make Me Go’ interview

In “Don’t Make Me Go” (2022), Max (John Cho) is a single parent with a grim medical diagnosis.  Max doesn’t tell his teenage daughter, Wally (Mia Isaac), but he takes her on a road trip to meet her mom in this family drama from director Hanna Marks.  Mia graciously met ArtHouseFilmWire’s Jeff Mitchell over a Zoom call, and this talented young actress shares Wally’s perspectives, the amusing and stressful learning-how-to-drive scenes, the limited prep time she had with John, and much more! On Friday, July 15, “Don’t Make Me Go”…