Actors & Personalities · Interviews
“The Best Jewish Cowboy”: An Interview with James Caan
“Hard times will make a monkey eatred peppers.”
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Counterculture · Directors · Drama · Interviews · Restorations
My My, Hey Hey, Out of the Blue Is Here to Stay: John Alan Simon and Elizabeth Karr Talk about the Restoration of Dennis Hopper’s Masterpiece
Dennis wasn’t originally hired to direct Out of the Blue, rather he was hired to act in it. After about a week of shooting, the production manager, Paul Lewis, who[…]
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Directors · Interviews · Writers & Critics
Winners and Losers: A Conversation with Screenwriter Gerald Wilson
“There isn’t a fucking comma in the original script [for Dangerfield, aka Scorpio] that I used,” Wilson says. “All that about Burt and double agents is my own experience. If[…]
Activist & Political · African American · Cinematographers · Interviews · War
The Greater Symphony: Talking with Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel about Da 5 Bloods
When I take on a project, one of the first things I try to do is get an idea of the overarching tone the director is looking for. Then I[…]
Directors · Indigenous · Interviews · Women in Film
On Canción sin nombre (Song Without a Name): Talking with Director Melina León
It’s the kind of film I wanted to make where you see social implications growing from a personal story. What made it very hard was the sadness of it and[…]
Directors · Drama · Interviews
On Driveways and Spa Night: Talking with Director Andrew Ahn
“I try very hard to give the characters in my films a sense of humanity. I want this feeling for the audience that these characters exist outside of the frame.[…]
Designers · Interviews · Production History
Talking with Production Designer Sebastian Krawinkel about Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life
It wasn’t always that simple for the shooting unit to improvise with A Hidden Life being a period film, but nevertheless Terry would wander off sets with the actors and[…]
Actors & Personalities · Interviews
Happy Birthday, James Mason (b. 5/15/1909): Odd Man Out
Mason was “equally at home playing small, brooding anti-heroes, camping it up in a toga, or doing a nice line in late career self-parody.”
Designers · Drama · Interviews
Uncut Gems: Talking with Production Designer Sam Lisenco
We were really careful in coming up with the look of Howard’s world to make assumptions about how old he was when he would’ve formed his taste, and what that[…]
Directors · Experimental & Underground · Interviews · LGBT & Queer
“How Stupid the Whole World Is!” An interview with Paul Morrissey
“There was no movement! I was not part of a movement, I. Made. My. Own. Films. They. Were. Not. Part. Of. Any. Movement. You’re incapable of understanding that, aren’t you? I have to be in a category. First I’m in ‘Andy Warhol films,’ then I’m an ‘independent.’ I like good films that are worth watching, OK?”
Directors · Festivals & Awards · Interviews
Women in Film: Interviews with Mati Diop, Marie Kreutzer, Haifaa al-Mansour, and Zoé Wittock at Berlinale, Toronto, and Sundance Film Festivals
Our globe-trotting correspondent Amir Ganjavie spoke with four emerging women directors at the 2019 Berlinale and Toronto International Film Festivals and the 2020 Sundance Festival. Collectively, they represent France (via[…]
African American · Cinematographers · Designers · Editors · Interviews
The Last Black Man in San Francisco: Talking with Production Designer Jona Tochet, Cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra, and Editor David Marks
We spent a lot of time going through references for the film as well as scouting iconic locations, but what it came down to was devoting ourselves to creating a[…]
Horror · Interviews · Movies · SF & Fantasy
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on Introducing Kids to Scary Movies, Why He Likes Lords of Chaos, and the Deal with Women and Horror
* * * It’s The Day of the Triffids’ fault: when he was a wee lad stuck at home in front of the television with a sprained arm (fault: sister,[…]
Designers · Historical & Epic · Interviews
Queen Anne’s Fishbowl: Discussing The Favourite with Production Designer Fiona Crombie
Queen Anne’s bed was hand built, hand carved and painted. It was 14 feet high with four mattresses and layers of beautiful bedding. The bed is a fairly accurate queen’s[…]
Designers · Horror · Interviews
In the Mütterhaus: A Conversation with Suspiria’s Production Designer, Inbal Weinberg
“We need guilt, Doctor. And shame.” * * * Luca Guadagnino follows up 2016’s A Bigger Splash and 2017’s Call Me by Your Name with 2018’s Suspiria, a remake of[…]
Designing Women: Talking with Costume Designer Olga Mill and Production Designer Grace Yun about Hereditary and First Reformed
We worked to create a “slow film” aesthetic, with distinct moments where it broke from the rules. Paul planned to use boredom and duration as the method, with longer takes,[…]
Asian · Interviews · Producers & Studios · Production History
Moving from Japanese Film Distribution to Production: An Interview with Third Window Films’ Adam Torel
What Third Window’s practices and Adam Torel’s insights provide is a view of the industry that contrasts significantly from current Japanese film research, especially in light of other exhibitors and[…]
Designers · Interviews · LGBT & Queer
Designing Desire: Production Designer Samuel Deshors Talks about Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name was nominated for four Academy Awards this year, including Best Picture, Best Lead Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Song. In this interview, production designer[…]
Being the Story: Talking with Fabien Riggall about Secret Cinema
The secrecy part of Secret Cinema relates very much to this digital and automated world that we are living in. People increasingly want to get away from screens. They want[…]
Actors & Personalities · Franchises & Series · Interviews
A Man for All Seasons: An Interview with Dean Cain
I feel like I get to go and play at it now. I mean, I take it very seriously and I do the work. But it feels more like play[…]
