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HAWKE’S NEW FILM ABOUT BLAZE FOLEY CONJURES THE SPIRITS OF LEGENDARY TEXAS SONGWRITERS. Read More here

Remaining dedicated to representing their true values isn’t always an easy task for musicians in modern society, especially since they’re so accessible to their fans on social media. But enthralling country-blues singer-songwriter, Blaze Foley, powerfully remained true to his beliefs when he garnered attention throughout the 1980s. Before the invention of the internet and his […]

A24’s “First Reformed” is the first collaboration between two titans of the film industry, actor Ethan Hawke (“Training Day”, “Boyhood”) and Paul Schrader (“Taxi Driver”, “Raging Bull”), so naturally, there was a large sense of excitement in the room as I prepared to interview them. The film follows Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke), a lonely […]

Hawke says the “Before” trilogy feels complete after the third installment, but that doesn’t mean it can’t continue in some way. Read More here

One of the last film panels at SXSW featured four-time Oscar-nominated Ethan Hawke. An Austin native, Hawke has a deep connection with the city has appeared in many films set in the city and collaborating with fellow Texan Richard Linklater on numerous iconic indies including the coming-of-age opus and Before Sunrise franchise. With his films […]

The big-screen staple directed the musical drama Blaze Read More here

In 1991, 21-year-old Ethan Hawke was shivering in the woods of Park City, Utah, playing a sergeant in the small World War II drama “A Midnight Clear,” when thousands of people suddenly invaded town. “That was the first time I’d ever heard of the Sundance Film Festival,” says Hawke today. “I thought, ‘Aw, this will […]