Interviews

YOU’VE GOT TO “BELIEVE” IN FILMMAKER SARAH TOWNSEND

By | October 2010

Every once and a while you run into an interview that is so wonderfully comfortable that you almost forget that, hey, you’re conducting an interview. An interview with Sarah Townsend, the filmmaker behind the documentary “Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story,” falls into this category…

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YOU’VE GOT TO “BELIEVE” IN FILMMAKER SARAH TOWNSEND

Every once and a while you run into an interview that is so wonderfully comfortable that you almost forget that, hey, you're conducting an interview. An...

“IDIOTS AND ANGELS” AND BILL PLYMPTON

In the world of animation, Bill Plympton is a legend. The man behind "The Tune" in the early '90s (and a number of short animated interstitials on MTV),...

WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU INDIEGOGO: INTERVIEW WITH SLAVA RUBIN

With over 9,000 projects on their site, from over 134 countries, you'd think IndieGoGo had been around for far longer than their two and half years online...

RIDING THE DIVIDE WITH FILMMAKER HUNTER WEEKS

Ever heard of the Tour Divide race? Forget the Tour de France, when was the last time Lance Armstrong had to worry about hiking over miles of snow and...

THE REIGNING “PRINCE OF BROADWAY”: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER SEAN BAK

The stereotypical dream of success, as far as independent films go, has long been based on the magic vision where a filmmaker begs, borrows and invests...

THE MILLION HIT MAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH SEAN DUNNE

When Sean Dunne uploaded his short documentary The Archive to Vimeo, he had no idea he’d become an overnight cult sensation. Still it happened, a...

SEEING DOUBLE MESRINE: INTERVIEW WITH VINCENT CASSEL

Step aside, all you onscreen psychopaths. Jacques Mesrine is in town. Swaggering through cinema’s bank vaults with sawed off shotgun in hand and an ego...

THE STORYKEEPER: AN INTERVIEW WITH NEIL JORDAN

The multifaceted Neil Jordan is not only a profound filmmaker and screenwriter, but also a brilliant novelist. In a recent telephone interview, I had the...

PHANTOM VIOLIN: AN INTERVIEW WITH PAUL MERCER

The renowned composer and performer, Paul Mercer is presently on European tour with his band, The Ghosts Project. His roots in phantom-evoking Atlanta,...

HUGH HEFNER TAKES ALL THE ARROWS: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER BRIGITTE BERMAN

According to Oscar-winning filmmaker Brigitte Berman, Hugh Hefner acts as Master of Ceremonies during Playboy Mansion movie nights. “Classics on Friday...

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