Craig Brewer on “Song Sung Blue,” Hugh Jackman & The Power of Neil Diamond
Based on the Greg Kohs 2008 docudrama of the same name that Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Dolemite Is My Name) saw over a decade ago, Song Sung Blue is a delightful portrait of two down-on-their-luck singer musicians Mike and Claire Sardina (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) who form a joyous Neil Diamond/ Patsy Cline […]
“Dolemite Is My Name” Wears Its Heart on Its Velvet Sleeve
Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have a soft spot for pop culture’s underdogs and their struggles to gain legitimacy. They wrote the screenplays for the movies Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon, and Big Eyes – all films about talents battling to be taken seriously. Even with The People […]
