Interview: ‘Stray Embers’ Directors Erin Brethauer and Tim Hussin Look at California’s Deadliest Wildfire Through the Eyes of a Selfless Hero
The 2018 Camp Fire that ravaged through Northern California left hundreds displaced and distraught. Stray Embers tracks how California’s deadliest wildfire devastated the town of... Read More
Interviews (Film)
Interview: Eiza González and Poppy Liu On How Fashion Helps Create Their Characters in ‘I Love Boosters’ and Why They’re Driven by Social Justice
A quick glimpse at the cast for Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters reveals a who’s who of standout performers as capable of carrying major tentpoles... Read More
Interview: Boots Riley on Collecting an Eclectic Cast and How ‘I Love Boosters’ is Like Richard Scarry’s ‘Busy, Busy Town’
Few contemporary directors embody their work quite like Boots Riley. Donning one of his signature tall hats and sipping on a warm coffee during our... Read More
Interview: Ildikó Enyedi on Working with Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux and Her Triptych Storytelling in ‘Silent Friend’
Ildikó Enyedi’s eighth feature film is already a highly acclaimed success. Silent Friend, the Hungarian filmmaker’s ode to the relationship between nature and humanity, won... Read More
LaKeith Stanfield on ‘I Love Boosters,’ Collaborating with Boots Riley, and His New Musical Endeavor
LaKeith Stanfield on ‘I Love Boosters,’ Collaborating with Boots Riley, and His New Musical Endeavor
Snacking on an assortment of charcuterie delights, LaKeith Stanfield greets me from across our meeting room’s table, sporting warm-tinted sunglasses and a pair of ripped... Read More
Director Sophy Romvari on How Memory Met Fiction on the Path to ‘Blue Heron’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
After winning the Locarno Film Festival’s Swatch First Feature Award and the Toronto International Film Festival’s Best Canadian Discovery, Sophy Romvari’s debut feature, Blue Heron,... Read More
‘Blue Film’ Director Elliot Tuttle and Stars Reed Birney and Kieron Moore Break Down Their Hotly Transgressive and Thought-Provoking Film
Elliot Tuttle knows that he’s playing with fire. His feature debut Blue Film – starring Reed Birney and Kieron Moore – was rejected from multiple... Read More
How Badie Ali and Watermelon Pictures are Decolonizing the Film Industry [INTERVIEW]
In 2004, amplifying Palestinian voices in America meant physically carrying the evidence through the streets. As a DePaul University student and co-founder of its Students... Read More
Interview: Director David Lowery on How ‘The Red Shoes,’ Taylor Swift, and Artistic Internal Struggles Were Forged to Conjure Up ‘Mother Mary’ [AUDIO]
Back in 2021 I proclaimed in my review of The Green Knight that writer-director David Lowery was “the great American director of his generation;” a... Read More
Alana Haim and Mamoudou Athie on Supporting Each Other Through ‘The Drama’
How does one confront the drama behind The Drama? For the uninitiated, “the drama” in question involves the film’s main character, Emma (played by Zendaya),... Read More
Interview: ‘Stray Embers’ Directors Erin Brethauer and Tim Hussin Look at California’s Deadliest Wildfire Through the Eyes of a Selfless Hero 
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