Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain Talk ’A Most Violent Year’ and ’Star Wars’

The day after Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain scored the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress titles from the National Board of Review, I got the opportunity to sit down with the pair to discuss their experience working on J.C. Chandor’s third feature, A Most Violent Year. Isaac leads the film as Abel Morales, a devout business owner determined to make Standard Heating Oil the best in the industry. Trouble is, this is New York City in 1981, the most dangerous year in the city’s history, so it won’t be