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Adam Bhala Lough

One Year After Charlottesville, Lessons Learned from Making a Film About the Alt-Right and Antifa

Adam Bhala Lough, director of Alt-Right: Age of Rage, ponders where we stand 12 months after the tragic death of Heather Heyer.

August 10, 2018

Does a Documentary Have to Take a Stance?

A film critic called me “irresponsible” for remaining objective to the highly controversial subjects of my new film. I have some thoughts.

December 6, 2017

13th Gives America a Much-Needed History Lesson

Adam Bhala Lough on Ava DuVernay's powerful doc on the roots of African-American mass incarceration – and also on what it leaves out.

October 28, 2016

The New Movie Gangsters, The Big Short and the Pseudo-Sequel Adam McKay Should Make

Director Adam Bhala Lough on his namesake McKay's Wall Street comedy drama, a surprise 2015 Oscar contender.

February 25, 2016

Adam Bhala Lough (Hot Sugar’s Cold World) Talks Adam McKay’s The Big Short

The writer-director explains how Wall Street movies are the new gangster flicks - and pitches Adam McKay on a follow-up to his Oscar contender.

February 1, 2016

Alison Bagnall (Funny Bunny) Talks Adam Bhala Lough’s Hot Sugar’s Cold World

A documentary about a music producer with some Willy Wonka magic casts a spell over a filmmaker with experience of supernatural recordings.

November 11, 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