the Oscars
Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper
A filmmaker who became a director because of Clint Eastwood considers the retired actor's latest effort behind the camera.
Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Blending fantasy and reality, this soaring, star-studded success reveals a different side to the virtuosic Mexican master.
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Richard Linklater’s Boyhood
On a plane going to the other side of the world, the Texas filmmaker tries to Linklater's long-gestating masterpiece.
Jeff Reichert (Remote Area Medical) Talks the Best Documentary Oscar Contenders (and a Notable Absentee)
Pondering the disparate runners and riders in the Academy Awards non-fiction race, and what winning the statuette is supposed to mean.



