Film
Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Jeremy Xido’s Death Metal Angola
The traumatic aftermath of colonial rule is explored in this vérité documentary about an Angolan orphanage and the rock concerts it organizes.
Jen and Sylvia Soska (See No Evil 2) Talk Sion Sono’s Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
The "Twisted Twins" on their love for the work of the Japanese cult auteur and his new film, a deranged and operatically gory valentine to the movies.
Tom DiCillo (Living in Oblivion) Talks Alex Gibney’s Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
In this fine new HBO documentary about the legendary soul singer, you hear, feel and see the great man's music, and also learn the stories behind it.
Music Supervisor Tiffany Anders Talks Over the Edge and Rock & Roll in Movies
One of the best music supervisors around sings the praises of a cult teen movie from 1979 (and remembers what she herself was doing at that time).
Errol Morris (The Unknown Known) Talks with James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast
The two Oscar-winning directors discuss Stephen Hawking, Frederick Wiseman, serial killers, early photography, attacking Donald Rumsfeld and more.
Jason Osder (Let the Fire Burn) Talks Orlando von Einsiedel’s Virunga
A beautifully shot documentary that plays like a thriller and is issue-driven to boot — so why aren't more people embracing this film?
Michael Mohan (Save the Date) Talks Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar
An epic look at an epic film, and how the rules of the world work (or don't) in Nolan's latest magnum opus.
Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) Talks Various Directors’ The ABCs of Death 2
The veteran horror director rummages through this grab bag of 26 shorts, and focuses on the ones that are horrible in the best sense of the word.
James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now) Talks Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler
This darkly comic portrait of Los Angeles at night takes Ponsoldt back to his early days out West as a New York City transplant.
Theodore Collatos (Dipso) Talks Watching Foreign Movies Without English Subtitles
From watching a film about favelas in Rio to Ferrara's vision of Pasolini in Rome, how do we experience movies when dialogue doesn't get in the way?
James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) Talks with Laura Poitras (CITIZENFOUR) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast
Marsh and Poitras, two of the most brilliant non-fiction filmmakers of their generation, discuss the latter's incendiary Edward Snowden documentary.
Clay Liford (Wuss) Talks Stiles White’s Ouija
An Austin filmmaker visits the "Taj Mahal of catcalling" to watch America's number one movie, a low-budget horror flick based on a board game...











