Interview: Composer Will Bates on Becoming Instrumental to “The Inventor” and “The Sound of Silence”
On meeting the musical demands of projects as diverse as Alex Gibney's profile of Elizabeth Holmes and a Peter Sarsgaard drama and hitting a...
Interviews
Interview: Jia Zhangke on the Intersection of an Evolving Career and an Evolving Country in “Ash is the Purest White”
The director talks about his galvanizing gangster drama set in a ever-changing China and the ongoing rewards of his collaboration with Zhao ...
SXSW ’19 Interview: Kestrin Pantera, Sam Littlefield and Breeda Wool on Building a Family in “Mother’s Little Helpers”
A family may be coming apart at the seams in the wake of their matriarch's cancer diagnosis, but a tight-knit crew talks about how they brou...
SXSW ’19 Interview: Paul Solet on Getting a Handle on the Gripping True Story “Tread”
The director of "Grace" and "Bullet Head" talks about his first nonfiction film, the inconceivable story of a man who destroys his community...
SXSW ’19 Interview: Rebecca Stern on Not Splitting Hairs with the Delightful Dog Beauty Doc “Well-Groomed”
The filmmaker talks about stepping into a fascinating world of creative grooming and observing real beauty in seeing women find confidence i...
SXSW ’19 Interview: Emily Ting & Lynn Chen on Making a Most Welcome Return with “Go Back to China”
A daughter may not have hoped for a homecoming to work at her father's toy factory, but Emily Ting's delicious new family comedy is well wor...
SXSW ‘19 Interview: Rodney Evans on Seeing Anew with “Vision Portraits”
After a devastating diagnosis threatens his ability to create art, the “Brother To Brother” filmmaker visits others who have thrived aft...
SXSW ’19 Interview: Will Goss on Showing Strength with “Sweet Steel”
The writer/director talks about finding his sweet spot with this sharp seriocomic short regarding a suicidal man who realizes his own potent...
Interview: Benedikt Erlingsson & Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir On Their Disarming Comedy “Woman at War”
The actress and director talk about not overlooking what’s right in front of them as far as their longtime collaboration as well as in the...
Interview: Todd Douglas Miller on Shooting for the Moon with “Apollo 11”
On the logistics of restoring long unseen footage of the moon landing that rivaled the effort behind the historic NASA mission in advance of...
