Interview: Ira Sachs on Scaling a Mountain for “Frankie”
The "Love is Strange" director talks about this delicate dance with death and having Isabelle Huppert as a formidable tango partner.
Interviews
Interview: Dan Krauss on Going Deeper Inside “The Kill Team”
The director discusses revisiting the military scandal he made a documentary about from a fresh and unexplored angle for his riveting narrat...
Interview: Alice Waddington on Making a Fantasy Real in “Paradise Hills”
The director talks about making the movie she always wanted to see onscreen and finding a story as big as her imagination would allow.
Chicago Film Fest ’19 Interview: Haroula Rose on Diving Into “Once Upon a River”
The first-time writer/director talks about the story of a self-reliant young woman who learns she can depend on others in this tender drama,...
Interview: Bassam Tariq on Going Back to Old Haunts for “Ghosts of Sugar Land”
The "These Birds Walk" co-director talks about his arresting new short film and creating a tactile experience about a person known only in a...
Chicago Film Fest ’19 Interview: Kristof Bilsen on the Ties That Bind in “Mother”
The director talks about articulating a story of care that crosses borders.
Interview: Jocelyn deBoer and Dawn Luebbe on Cultivating “Greener Grass”
The stars/writers/directors talk about taking control of their destiny and empowering others with this brilliant and surreal comedy in which...
Interview: Costume Designer Lauren Oppelt on Being Bold with All the Colors of “Greener Grass”
On the clothes that make the women of this wicked suburban satire.
Interview: Cinematographer Lowell A. Meyer on Looking Beneath the Surface of “Greener Grass”
The "Thunder Road" cinematographer talks about capturing an idyllic slice of suburbia and the rot of attempting to be perfect underneath in ...
Interview: Editor Taylor Gianotas on the Deeper Cuts of “Greener Grass”
The editor talks about taking utter silliness seriously and turning this wild suburban satire into a world we all can recognize.
