Interview: From ‘Succession’ to ‘Inventing Anna,’ Arian Moayed is changing the stereotypes of Middle Eastern and Western Asian roles for actors [VIDEO]
With the success of Succession and his television series The Accidental Wolf, Tony-nominated actor Arian Moayed has rapidly become a household name. However, “rising star”... Read More
Alex Arabian
Alex Arabian is a Bay Area entertainment journalist. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, 48 Hills, Slash Film, Slant Magazine, The Playlist, Film Inquiry, and Pop Matters. Check out his portfolio on makingacinephile.com.
Interview: Janicza Bravo on the no-frills freedom of adapting ‘Zola,’ processing trauma, and immortalizing A’Ziah King
Actor. Writer. Producer. Editor. Janicza Bravo may be a jill-of-all-trades, but she works most prolifically as a director, and remains an artist above all else.... Read More
Interview: Javier Bardem reflects on ‘Being the Ricardos,’ the film’s fast shoot and his own Communist roots
Descending from a long line of prominent film industry voices, acting flows through Javier Bardem’s blood. Once a determined street painter, the Spanish born Oscar-winner... Read More
Interview: Danny Glover meditates on the themes of his new film ‘The Drummer,’ leftist politics and American history
San Francisco native Danny Glover was raised by union workers front and center of the West Coast Counterculture movement, so resistance is in his blood.... Read More
‘The Velvet Underground’ review: Music doc from Todd Haynes brilliantly reintroduces important counterculture voices to a new generation [Grade: A] (Mill Valley Film Festival)
Much like the eponymous band it explores, The Velvet Underground defies documentary narrative conventions by focusing on its themes, first and foremost, letting the story... Read More
Interview: Todd Haynes on the experimental artistry of ‘The Velvet Underground’ and the timelessness of radical counterculture
Filmmaker Todd Haynes has always admired glam rock and the experimental, proto-punk scene of the 1960s and 1970s. The rebellious, avant-garde genre of music even... Read More
Why The Shimmer in ‘Annihilation’ is an allegory for the U.S.’s foreign policy [Retrospective]
Alex Garland’s sophomore directorial feature, Annihilation, explores the ideas of corruption, destruction, and rebirth. Throughout the film, The Shimmer, also referred to as “Area X,”... Read More
Martin Scorsese’s timeless ‘Boxcar Bertha’ and the Marxist undertones of his often overlooked early classic [Retrospective]
1972’s Boxcar Bertha is an often overlooked, critically debated entry into Martin Scorsese’s filmography, mostly because it is a departure from his usual themes and... Read More
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