Film
Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks Sebastian Junger’s Korengal
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to make a film following the opium trade from seed to drug addict.
Sean Baker (Starlet) Talks William Friedkin’s Sorcerer
William Friedkin's Sorcerer, a film that for almost 40 years has been criminally underrated, underseen, and underappreciated...
Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) Talks TV as “The New Cinema”
TELEVISION IS THE NEW CINEMA – is something many of us have been saying for over 10 years now.
Rod Lurie (Straw Dogs) Talks David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones has me rethinking my career. And it all began with what happened to poor Ned Stark...
Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks Jim Mickle’s Cold in July
As editor of the website Hammer to Nail, I’ve been concerned for many years with the gazillion-dollar question...
Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler) Talks Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality
Alejandro Jodorowsky makes odyssey pictures – people remember a Jodorowsky trip. It's like an involuntary timestamp...
Lou Howe (Gabriel) Talks Sam Fleischner’s Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Watching Sam Fleischner's Stand Clear of the Closing Doors reminded me of why I think Michelangelo is full of shit.
Anthony C. Ferrante (Sharknado) Talks Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla
If there’s one thing this new age of movie blockbusters have spawned, it is an increasing trust studios have taken...
Filmmakers Ondi Timoner, Peter Nicks and Alison Klayman Talk Searching for Sugar Man’s Malik Bendjelloul
Following the tragic death last week of Malik Bendjelloul, director of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man...
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks James Gray’s The Immigrant
James Gray’s The Immigrant has had a rather prolapsed and still-not-complete journey to the big screen in the United States...
Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks Andreas Johnsen’s Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
I’d love to be able to make a film like Andreas Johnsen has done with his latest documentary, Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case.
Adam Leon (Gimme the Loot) Talks Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto
It’s safe to say that no one reading this has ever traveled to outer space, and that may be...











