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Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood) Talks Joss Whedon’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron

A puny indie filmmaker comes up against the might of a comic-book franchise movie, but ends up being transfixed by the film's sublime quieter moments.

May 1, 2015

Kris Swanberg (Unexpected) Talks Shira Piven’s Welcome to Me

This portrait of a mentally ill lottery winner who creates a TV show all about herself is among the smartest and funniest films of 2015 so far.

April 30, 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

Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone) Talks Teddy Chen’s Kung Fu Killer

A former World Kickboxing Champion who now makes movies gives her expert take on the latest Hong Kong kung fu extravaganza.

April 28, 2015

TV Writer Chris Goodwin (Major Lazer) Talks Francesco Munzi’s Black Souls

A fan of American Mafia movies discovers that the cinematic depiction of the Cosa Nostra in the organization's mother country is decidedly different.

April 27, 2015

Brian Trenchard-Smith (Drive Hard) Talks Turkey Shoot, a Good B-Movie Deed, Finally Rewarded

The journeyman director looks back on one of his most controversial films, and how it caused a (literal) stink among journalists in the U.K.

April 25, 2015

Jeff Reichert (Remote Area Medical) Talks Christophe Cognet’s Because I Was a Painter

This documentary looks at the Holocaust in a new way by examining the art works made in the camps, and the artists who created them.

April 24, 2015

Adam Bhala Lough (The Carter) Talks Maxime Giroux’s Félix & Meira

A director who abandoned the church as a teenager finds resonance in a film about a woman struggling with her religion and her community.

April 23, 2015

Megan Griffiths (Lucky Them) Talks Chris Messina’s Alex of Venice

At a time when dramas are no longer in vogue in Hollywood, indie film is where the great movies are being made about the complexities of human life.

April 22, 2015

Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) Talks Toa Fraser’s The Dead Lands

The cult filmmaker finds much to like in an adventure that offers classical storytelling, high production values and, um, actual shit-eating.

April 21, 2015

Riley Stearns (Faults) Talks Noel Marshall’s Roar

A previously hard-to-find cult movie gets a second lease on life. The reason? Lions, motherfucker.

April 20, 2015

Stephane Gauger (Owl and the Sparrow) Talks Shooting Guerilla-Style on the Streets of Paris

After running and gunning in both Saigon and Los Angeles, a filmmaker pays stylistic homage to Truffaut in the City of Lights.

April 18, 2015