Austin Film Fest ’16 Review: An Alien Encounter Brings Out a Lively Human Comedy in “Brave New Jersey”
Jody Lambert's sweet directorial debut imagines the panic that swept up a sleepy town when Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast sugge...
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Austin Film Fest ’16 Interview: Frank Stiefel on Going for the Ride in “Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405”
The director of the compelling documentary short talks about normalizing mental illness and profiling an extraordinary artist.
AFF ’14 Interview: Jennifer Harlow, Lindsay Burdge & Matthew Newton on the Entrancing “Sideways Light”
On making the tense supernatural thriller and how it almost went to the dogs.
AFF ’14 Interview: Jay Martin, Luke Mitchell and Zane Holtz on Sweating Out “Seven Minutes”
On making a film as meticulously as its characters plan a heist that serves as its plot.
AFF ’14 Interview: Michael Dunaway & Tara Wood on the Right Time to Celebrate “21 Years: Richard Linklater”
On giving the "Boyhood" auteur his due with a career-spanning conversation with his collaborators.
Review: Purnell, Greenwood Warm Up the Cool Survival Tale “Wildlike”
Ella Purnell and Bruce Greenwood shine in an Alaskan-set adventure that resists taking the obvious route.
AFF ’14 Interview: Nick Matthews on Seeing Differently with “One-Eyed Girl”
The first-time Aussie filmmaker on how an alternative upbringing led to this psychological thriller and the one word he wouldn't allow on se...
Elaine May On Almost Getting Away With Murder in “A New Leaf”
On working with an "impossible" Walter Matthau and being a female filmmaker in 1971.
AFF ’13 Interview: Michael Walker Scopes Out Suspense in “The Maid’s Room”
On handcrafting a tense potboiler without resorting to handheld camerawork.
Austin Film Fest ’13 Interview: Tara Anaïse Scales “Dark Mountain”
Bringing an all-too-rare female voice to horror, the director investigates the mystery of Superstition Mountain.
