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Zach Clark

Zach Clark is the writer-director of The Becomers, Little Sister, White Reindeer, Vacation! and Modern Love is Automatic. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Mike Dougherty’s Krampus

The holidays are a perfect setting for a horror film, but is this piece of seasonal cinema a turkey or a cracker?

December 8, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s The Forbidden Room

It turns out watching Guy Maddin's latest retro melodrama is even more awesomely impactful if you're in a fevered state. (And oh, the dreams!)

October 8, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm

A Dolan hater does a 180 on the French-Canadian wunderkind after seeing his audacious psychosexual thriller.

August 19, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Gregory Jacobs’ Magic Mike XXL

The sequel to Soderbergh's male stripper saga is all fireworks and dazzle. And that's nothing but a good thing.

July 7, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Cédric Jimenez’s The Connection

This French crime procedural moves at a slower pace than super-charged modern action movies, but still fetishizes its setting, violence, and drug use.

May 20, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Bruce LaBruce’s Gerontophilia

A master provocateur, whose work revolves around porn, camp and gore, creates shock value in his new film... by not featuring any hardcore sex.

April 29, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York

The latest film from one of indie cinema's most vital directors is not, in fact, his film at all. And that's the problem.

April 1, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars

Remember your creepy Uncle David from Canada? He was respectable for a bit, but now he's back with the best horror movie he's made since the '90s.

March 2, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

The iconoclastic director's "newest, hottest joint" was crowdfunded on Kickstarter but sourced from a '70s cult classic. Will the backers be happy?

February 11, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Agnès Troublé’s My Name is Hmmm…

The French fashion designer's first foray into filmmaking prompts a discussion about form, content and cinematic conformity.

January 29, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Tim Burton’s Big Eyes

When the creative team behind the movie that made you want to be a director reunites 20 years on, how high should your expectations be?

December 19, 2014

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Holiday Movies and What Makes Them Special

A lover of all things wintry and festive — not to mention a devoted cinephile — identifies the qualities that make us connect to holiday movies.

November 22, 2014