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Interviews (10 posts found)
Mike Cahill and Michael Pitt on “I Origins” and New Sincerity
I Origins is divisive. Even the statistics bear that out: go to the (admittedly specious) Rotten Tomatoes website, and you'll find that exactly 50 percent of critics have given it positive marks -- battle lines are being drawn around it as we speak. You can co...
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Interviewing Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate About Their New Film, “Obvious Child”
As fun as the summer movie season can be, it can get pretty overwhelming with its abundance of sequels, franchises and big-budget blockbusters. That’s why Obvious Child, the feature-film debut from director Gillian Robespierre starring the adorable Jenny Slate...
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Chuck Workman Talks “What Is Cinema?” & Film’s Future
If you've ever watched an Academy Awards show, then you're already familiar with the talents of Chuck Workman. You just might not know it. He's the man behind many of the montages featured during the annual celebration of all things Hollywood (and some things ...
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IFFBoston Interview: Leah Meyerhoff & Natalia Dyer, “I Believe In Unicorns”
Leah Meyerhoff is no stranger to winning accolades on the festival circuit. Her short film, Twitch, screened in an absolutely towering number of festivals (from Cannes, to Milan, to Newport), and garnered over a dozen awards as it made the international rounds...
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IFFBoston Interview: Bryan Reisberg, “Big Significant Things”
Bryan Reisberg first showed his debut film, Big Significant Things (covered in my first dispatch from Independent Film Festival Boston), at SXSW, went on to screen it at the Indie Grits festival in Columbia, South Carolina, and - immediately following his time...
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An Interview with Bruce Goldstein as William Castle’s “The Tingler” Comes to North Carolina Theatre
If you happen to be in the Southeastern US in February, you may have the unique opportunity to travel back in time to the heyday of cinematic sensationalism when William Castle’s The Tingler plays at The Carolina Theatre of Durham (North Carolina) as the cente...
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Director Gavin Hood and Producers Roberto Orci and Gigi Pritzker Talk ‘Ender’s Game’
A discussion with the minds behind the film adaptation of the sci-fi classic.
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Director Joe Swanberg Talks ‘Drinking Buddies’, Collaboration, and Craft Brewing
Better late than never, right? Drinking Buddies hit iTunes on July 25th, made a go at its theatrical run on August 23rd, and played the festival circuit for months before either of those dates, but Joe Swanberg's latest only opened up in Boston this past Frida...
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Kate Hudson Discusses 9/11, Prejudice and ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’
In Mira Nair's film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, actress Kate Hudson plays a New York photographer struggling with the death of her boyfriend while embarking on a new relationship with a young Pakistani businessman shortly ...
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A Roundtable with ‘The World’s End’ Team: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost
This weekend Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost wrap up their Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy with The World's End, a cocktail comprised of one part alien invasion/takeover riff and two parts mid-life crises.
After nearly a decade, it's a little bitte...
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