Interviews

JOHN T. RYAN: ROCKING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER

By | May 2000

The concert documentary has been revived through the talents and vision of John T. Ryan, an indie filmmaker whose feature debut, “Sincerity on the Sunset Strip”, focuses on the edgy world of Los Angeles’ glam and goth music scenes…

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JOHN T. RYAN: ROCKING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER

From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, the concert documentary genre offered moviegoers an invigorating glimpse into the kinetic and often chaotic world...

DE ALMEIDA AND HIS AMAZING DOC

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SKYE'S THE LIMIT

Most of us experienced rough times at some point in our childhoods. Whether it was not fitting in with our peers, or getting bullied by older kids who...

JOHN WATERS: CINEMA TERRORIST (part 2)

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ERICA JORDAN: THE QUIET PIONEER

In March 1998, the marriage of cinema and cyberspace was consummated when "Walls of Sand," a two-hour film produced in 1994, became the first contemporary...

UNINVITED GUEST: A CHRISTOPHER GUEST INTERVIEW (part 2)

The characters in your films like "Waiting for Guffman" and Best in Show are almost too real? ^ Well, they're not too real, they're just real enough. I...

AN INTERVIEW WITH RIDLEY SCOTT

Interview with Ridley Scott (Upon the release of White Squall) [ You always very thoroughly and visually explore a particular world. In a way, once you've...

MILK PUNCH DIRECTOR: INTERVIEW WITH ERIK GUNNESON

It might take you awhile to figure out what's going on in "Milk Punch," the first indie feature written, directed, and produced by Erik Gunneson. We start...

DARIO'S DIMENSION: AN INTERVIEW WITH DARIO ARGENTO

Dario Argento is something of a living legend. His unique images of violent surrealism and darkest horror have influenced and scared the crap out of an...

INDIE FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT: ANTERO ALLI

Unless you are a rabid devotee of independent cinema, there is a good chance that you are unfamiliar with Antero Alli. The Finnish-born, Berkeley-based...

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