ReviewsWoodstock Film Fest 2020 Review: A Delicate Bond is Battle Tested in David Gutnik’s Potent “Materna”The relationship between a mother and child is explored from intriguing new angles in this engaging drama starring Kate Lyn Sheil, Jade Eshe...byStephen SaitoOct 3, 2020
ReviewsSXSW 2020 Review: Despair Goes Viral in Amy Seimetz’s Killer “She Dies Tomorrow”It was worth the wait for the director's enthralling follow-up to "Sun Don't Shine."byStephen SaitoMar 13, 2020
InterviewsInterview: Sarah Adina Smith on Climbing Mountains and Taming the Sea for “Buster’s Mal Heart”The writer/director of "The Midnight Swim" on grappling with nature to get to a place of transcendence with this thriller starring Rami Male...byStephen SaitoMay 7, 2017
ReviewsTIFF ’16 Review: A Feast for the Mind in Sarah Adina Smith’s “Buster’s Mal Heart”"Mr. Robot" star Rami Malek is a whole lot of fun as a man divided in the trippy thriller from the director of "The Midnight Swim."byStephen SaitoSep 12, 2016
InterviewsTribeca ’16 Interview: Sophia Takal on Harnessing Darkness for “Always Shine”The "Green" director talks about her dazzling follow-up about professional envy.byStephen SaitoApr 21, 2016
ReviewsSundance ’16 Review: An Actor is Transformed in “Kate Plays Christine”Director Robert Greene continues to find truth in mixing fact and fiction, this time with the help of Kate Lyn Sheil.byStephen SaitoJan 28, 2016
InterviewsInterview: Alison Bagnall on Chasing “Funny Bunny”The writer/director on the collective strength that can emerge from a rendezvous of lonely people, both in her stirring new dramedy and the ...byStephen SaitoMay 8, 2015
Tribeca Film FestivalInterview: Kate Lyn Sheil & Zachary Treitz Take the Field for “Men Go To Battle”The co-screenwriters talk about "casually" capturing history in this naturalistic tale of brothers at odds during the Civil War.byStephen SaitoApr 22, 2015
InterviewsSXSW ’15 Interview: Eugene Kotlyarenko on Going Where No One Dares with “A Wonderful Cloud”The writer/director on his first improvised feature, a caustically funny adventure in Los Angeles shared by ex-lovers, filmed in just eight ...byStephen SaitoMar 18, 2015
InterviewsInterview: Gillian Horvat on Getting Down and Dirty with “Kiss Kiss Fingerbang”The writer/director on her darkly funny short at SXSW about unequal relationships.byStephen SaitoMar 14, 2015