Interview: ‘Food Inc. 2’ Author/Producer Eric Schlosser, Directors Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo Discuss Income Disparity and Social Impact [VIDEO]
Fifteen years ago, the world underwent a seismic shift with the release of Food Inc., the Oscar-nominated documentary that fundamentally altered the discourse surrounding our... Read More
Interviews (Film)
Interview: Vera Drew on the Long-Delayed Release and Surprising Healing Power of Her Feature Directorial Debut ‘The People’s Joker’
“I didn’t know what a director was, but I knew I wanted to be it.” Many film lovers first heard of The People’s Joker after... Read More
Interview: Diane Warren on Looking Back at Her Career, That Elusive Oscar Win and her SXSW Entry ‘Diane Warren: Relentless’
Just two days after being at the Oscars for the fifteenth time, for her latest Best Original Song nomination, Diane Warren is in Austin, Texas... Read More
Interview: Alan Cumming on ‘The Traitors,’ his Reality Literacy, Favorite Show Outfits and Games He Loves to Play
During a panel at the NBCUniversal Winter Press Tour in mid-February, Alan Cumming, host of the massively popular reality series The Traitors, revealed that he’s... Read More
Interview: Stéphanie Clement and Marc Rius on Exploring Trauma with their Oscar-nominated Animated Short Film ‘Pachyderme’
Pachyderme, directed by Stéphanie Clement and written by Marc Rius, uses animation to tackle the difficult subjects of incest and abuse, probing the childhood experiences... Read More
Interview: ‘The Creator’ Director Gareth Edwards and the Oscar-nominated VFX Magicians of Industrial Light & Magic [VIDEO]
Amidst a landmark year for cinema that contains many superlatives, in the field of visual effects there’s arguably no film from 2023 that bests The... Read More
Interview: Director Sean Wang on His Oscar-nominated Short Film ‘Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó’ and His Movie Star Grandmothers
Sean Wang (王湘聖) is having the time of his life and so are his grandmothers, Yi Yan Fuei and Zhang Li Hua, better known as... Read More
Interview: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor on Collaborating with Ava DuVernay, Meeting the Moment, and Playing a Journalistic Indiana Jones
Early in Ava DuVernay’s remarkable new film Origin, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson (a transcendent Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) listens to a recording of the 911 call... Read More
Interview: Carla Gugino Talks Edgar Allen Poe, Working with Mike Flanagan, and Death in ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
There’s a certain elevation of quality when a director/showrunner works with a performer multiple times across different projects. It can beget a closeness between the... Read More
Interview: Claire Foy on Playing Mum to Andrew Scott in ‘All of Us Strangers,’ the Weight of Parental Hurt and Madonna
“We’re cool. It’s official.” Claire Foy is looking at my fingernails; short, shiny and onyx black. She extends her hand out to show me hers;... Read More
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