Ali Hazelwood is best known for writing contemporary rom-com novels featuring women in STEM and academia. She is also a cognitive neuroscientist who is pursuing a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with this New York Times best-selling author about her latest book, Love on the Brain. PC: What was your writing process like for Love on the Brain? Ali: Love on the Brain is the story of a neuroscientist who finds herself having to work on the most important project of her career with her
Jacinte Blankenship is one of Hollywood’s most dynamic and powerful storytellers. Earlier this year, she received an Emmy nomination for her outstanding work in Intersection. On the tipping point of gentrification, a close-knit Atlanta community is forced to integrate with wide-eyed opportunists, both striving for their own self-preservation on a path that’s not always black and white. Intersection is a dark comedy, written in a diverse, all-female writer’s room and produced with a cast and crew of over 80% female and BIPOC. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with
Director Arthur De Larroche and writer-actress Micaela Wittman are the creative masterminds behind Remy & Arletta. The coming-of-age drama follows two teenagers who lean on their friendship to get through troubling teenage years. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with Arthur and Micaela about Remy & Arletta, the process of bringing the project to life, their ongoing collaboration, and what’s next for each of them. PC: The two of you have been longtime collaborators. How did this partnership initially form? Micaela: It started with the first script that we
Pop Culturalist is excited to be partnering with National Geographic to give away tickets to an advance screening of The Territory. All the details are below. Good luck! About the Film Captured over three years in collaboration with the Uru-eu-wau-wau people, #TheTerritory offers a galvanizing immersion into the dangerous turf war between the indigenous community and illegal settlers deforesting the Amazon Rainforest. Check out the trailer below: Location Saturday, August 20th Time: 7PM Location: Film Forum 209 W Houston St, New York, NY 10014 Sunday, August 21st Time: 3PM Location: