Greener GrassInterview: Composer Samuel Nobles on Getting His Hands Dirty for “Greener Grass”The musician talks about bringing together musical tropes of escapist entertainment such as sitcoms and slasher films for something original...byStephen SaitoOct 17, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Feras Fayyad on Bringing Courage to the Surface in “The Cave”The "Last Men in Aleppo" filmmaker talks about his follow-up about a doctor whose resolve comes to the fore in treating a community of 400,0...byStephen SaitoOct 16, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Alexis Michalik on Having Fun and Not Being Too on the Nose with “Cyrano, My Love”The writer/director talks about his postmodern spin on how Edmond Rostand found the inspiration for one of the most enduring plays of modern...byStephen SaitoOct 16, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Rob Fruchtman & Steven Lawrence on Herding Kittens for “The Cat Rescuers”The filmmakers talk about their portrait of the animal activists of Brooklyn who have countered their local cat overpopulation crisis with k...byStephen SaitoOct 14, 2019
InterviewsTIFF ’19 Interview: Nina Hoss & Ina Weisse on Preparing for “The Audition”The director and star discuss finding harmony in their collaboration for this compelling drama about a music teacher who's lost her rhythm i...byStephen SaitoOct 8, 2019
InterviewsTIFF ’19 Interview: Nick Rowland on Unleashing a Beast of a Thriller with “Calm with Horses”The director talks about entering the mind of a restless former boxer who can't escape the grip of his small, crime-ridden town.byStephen SaitoOct 6, 2019
InterviewsNew York Film Fest ’19 Interview: Kantemir Balagov on Capturing the New Reality of “Beanpole”The writer/director talks about this beguiling tale of two women who stick together against all odds in a country that's been torn apart by ...byStephen SaitoOct 6, 2019
InterviewsNew York Film Fest ’19 Interview: Joanna Arnow on the Uncertain Ground Between Land and Sea in “Laying Out”The actress/writer/director talks about bringing uncomfortable realities into this comedy with mermaids.byStephen SaitoOct 4, 2019
InterviewsInterview: Kevin McMullin on Rolling with “Low Tide”The writer/director talks about delivering the unexpected in this thriller about a quartet of teens who get more than they bargained for whe...byStephen SaitoOct 4, 2019
InterviewsWoodstock Film Fest ’19 Interview: Julia Kots on a Process Where There’s Never Closure in “Inez & Doug & Kira”The longtime editor talks about her feature directorial debut, telling a story of two people trying make sense of the suicide of someone clo...byStephen SaitoOct 2, 2019