Film
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Jonathan Liebesman’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Pondering the latest (disappointing) exploits of the half-shell heroes, and what kind of movies kids deserve and get.
Joe Swanberg (Happy Christmas) Talks Jake Kasdan’s Sex Tape
The director of V/H/S and Autoerotic can't get up any enthusiasm for this new "analog" comedy.
Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year
The increasingly versatile New York-based writer-director creates a very grounded, textured thriller set in Gotham in the early 1980s.
Chad Hartigan (This is Martin Bonner) Talks Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night
The latest pared-down picture from the sixtysomething Belgian brothers is realism at its very best.
Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip) Talks Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
As the second of the Kiwi director's Tolkien trilogies ends, a look back at the scope and impact of this epic body of work.
Brian Trenchard-Smith (Drive Hard) Talks the Dark Side of Co-Production – and the Time Glenn Ford Squeezed His Balls
The veteran director looks back on a particularly messy job for hire, and a "testicular encounter" with a legendary Hollywood star.
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?
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep
Its heady seriousness and three-hour running time make this year's Palme d'Or winner a daunting prospect, but the film holds slow-burning pleasures.
Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner
A film by a great director about the artistic struggles of a brilliant painter provides inspiration and solace to a rising independent filmmaker.
Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings
The latest (problematic) biblical epic is deconstructed on an epic scale.
Nathan Silver (Exit Elena) Talks Eric Rohmer’s A Tale of Winter
At his second attempt, the Brooklyn director writes about one of the Tales of the Four Seasons, plus a deal with the devil and Kelsey Grammer sitcoms.
Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker (Art and Craft) Talk Forging Connections with Your Documentary Subject
The team behind one of the documentaries shortlisted for the 2014 Academy Awards discusses navigating complicated with the people in their films.











