The Missing Person’s Michael Shannon on Noir, 9/11, and Working With Herzog
“[Herzog] always seemed to be pretty pleased with what I was doing, so I didn’t endure any abuse or rants or anything.”
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John Woo on Red Cliff, Returning to Asia, and Why He’s Not a Hustler
The director speaks about his new film, and why it’s easier to make a movie in China than in Hollywood.
Bad Lieutenant and Cinema’s Top Twelve Trippiest Drug Scenes
From 'The Big Lebowski' to 'Holy Mountain.'
Ben Foster on Shooting The Messenger’s Most Harrowing Scenes
"Oren created this incredible environment on set. No scenes were rehearsed in the picture."
Collapse Director Chris Smith on His New Doc and the Impending Fall of Civilization
The conclusion I've since come to is that no one really knows anything.
Cairo Time’s Patricia Clarkson on Playing the Romantic Lead, for Once
"If I can be vain about it, it's a real treat to play a lovely, enticing, sexual woman."
Doha-Tribeca Fest’s Six Best Middle Eastern Films
The region has been experiencing a filmmaking renaissance in recent years.
Filmmaker Matt Cibelli’s New Short Film Sure to Please Crane Lovers, Foot Fetishists
The film juxtaposes (beautiful) footage of construction cranes with (enigmatic) audio of women talking about their shoes.
Filmmaker Jeremy Workman ‘Makes It Big’
Workman's short following the travails of a talented actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role.
Antichrist and the Ten Most Brutalized Wangs in Movie History
'There's Something About Mary'! 'The Last House on the Left'! 'Santa Sangre'!
Director Peter Greenaway on Rembrandt’s J’accuse and Our Visual Illiteracy
"Even 'Casablanca' eventually becomes disappointing because it never changes."
Antichrist Director Lars von Trier Reviews His Reviews
"What this person is saying makes perfect sense to me. But I don't think showing contempt in a film is a bad thing."
Where the Wild Things Are and Eleven Other Controversy-Causing Kids’ Movies
Some are too intense; others, too visionary. A few, too racist.
The Real Ari Gold on His New Movie With Adrian Grenier
"There's another [Ari Gold] out in Eugene, Oregon, who runs an organic bakery ... He's the Ari Gold most unlike the one on TV."
Harmony Korine on How Fatherhood Influenced His New Movie About Having Sex With Garbage Cans
"The trash bins began to resemble human forms to me ... They looked very humpable."
Trucker’s Michelle Monaghan on Getting Her License
"I made a deal with [the director] that if I wasn't able to get the permit, I wasn't going to make the movie."
Afterschool Director Antonio Campos on Absorbing Internet Criticism and the ‘Unbearable’ NYC Prep
"'NYC Prep' seems to be more interested in glorifying and sensationalizing that lifestyle more than actually presenting us with anything resembling reality."
Don’t Make Jane Campion Turn This Car Around
A structurally playful and surreal look at what can only be described as a family road trip from hell.
Lucrecia Martel’s Rey Muerto: A Wild Bunch of Violence and Chickens
It's a perfect introduction to Martel's style, in the way it mixes kitchen-sink realism with a sense of mythic wonder.
Animator Emily Hubley Plays Volleyball in Her Living Room
It's a beautiful little experimental collage about a single woman’s morning workout, with music by Yo La Tengo.
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