Interview: Violet & Daisy Writer-Director Geoffrey Fletcher
Prior to skyrocketing to fame courtesy of an Academy Award and “Precious,” Geoffrey Fletcher had another feature brewing, and one of an entirely different genre and tone at that. “Violet…
Journal of an Epidemic Explores The Horrors of Surviving a Plague
There’s a certain charm to epidemic films. The idea of being the lone survivor of an aggressive virus is as hauntingly romantic as it is scary and existential. These two…
Interview: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke Talk Before Midnight
Most sequels are born of financial consequence, Hollywood studio calculation/desperation, movie star/producer hubris, or some combination thereof. That’s certainly not the case with “Before Midnight,” which again, like its predecessor,…
Exclusive: Aaron Eckhart Talks Erased, and the Filipino Art of Stick-Fighting
The rare sort of actor who can swing between Harold Hill-type independent film character work and credible, B-list leading man action hero, Aaron Eckhart has, in his latter incarnation, matched…
Exclusive: Liana Liberato Talks Erased, Technology and Life After High School
Some actresses work their way into the public consciousness as much through tabloid shenanigans as any of their actual on-screen performances. Only 17 years old, Liana Liberato is opting for…
Interview: 33 Postcard’s Pauline Chan
Even though we’re already neck deep in the summer movie season, there’s always the time and often the desire to take a break from superheroes and blockbusters, and this weekend,…
Interview: Aftershock’s Eli Roth
When you put Eli Roth’s name on a film, you know what you’re getting, but only to a degree. There are just no bounds to how far this guy will…
Tribeca 2013 Interview: A Birder’s Guide to Everything’s Rob Meyer & Luke Matheny
Writer-director Rob Meyer and co-writer Luke Matheny’s “A Birder’s Guider to Everything” likely won’t incite a mainstream birding craze, but the pair does deliver a charming coming-of-age tale that’ll at…
Tribeca 2013 Interview: The Machines’ Caity Lotz
Unless you caught “The Pact,” actress Caity Lotz is probably off your radar, but between “The Machine” making waves at the Tribeca Film Festival and “Battle of the Year” heading…