Interviews

WHERE THE CHILDREN LEAD AND PARENTS FOLLOW: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER DANIEL KARSLAKE

By | March 2008

The best nonfiction films move at the pace of a brisk narrative and make us forget that we are expanding our knowledge, and Daniel Karslake’s “For the Bible Tells Me So” moves at such a pace…

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WHERE THE CHILDREN LEAD AND PARENTS FOLLOW: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER DANIEL KARS

Whenever we choose to watch a documentary instead of a fictional film, our expectations change in tandem. Whether we choose a socially compelling work,...

REVISITING MANKIEWICZ: INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN DAUTH

During the Golden Era of Hollywood, Joseph L. Mankiewicz was one of the most prolific, versatile and unpredictable creative talents behind the camera. A...

MY EFFORTLESS INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR LYNN SHELTON

We've all fought with our friends. It doesn't matter how close you are, eventually you are going to do something to annoy your best bud, and likely vice...

TAKING THE "SHUTTLE": INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR EDWARD ANDERSON

If public transportation had a hierarchy, the airport shuttle would be slightly above the rickshaw as far as quality of travel. Sometimes they're on time,...

WILL POWER: INTERVIEW WITH CLAYMATION PIONEER WILL VINTON (PART 2)

In the following interview, Vinton reflects back on his early evolution as a filmmaker and animator, commenting on the various short films featured just...

EVERYONE LOVES SARAH JANE: INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR SPENCER SUSSER

Reviewing Sundance shorts this year with colleague Phil Hall, we split the number of films down the middle and I was given "I Love Sarah Jane." Imagine my...

LOST IN TRANSLATION: INTERVIEW WITH DAVID BOYLE

“Big Dreams Little Tokyo” is a sweet-natured, big-hearted comedy following a young entrepreneur’s efforts to become the Donald Trump of dialect...

PSYCHOANALYZING STEVEN SPIELBERG: AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW M. GORDON

It is one thing to analyze Steven Spielberg’s movies, but what about putting them through a psychoanalytical ringer? For Andrew M. Gordon, an associate...

HOW TO CREATE A "QUIET CITY": INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR AARON KATZ

I first met Aaron Katz at the South by Southwest film festival in 2006 when he was there with his cool little flick, “Dance Party, U.S.A.” While I...

OFF "THE BRIDGE": INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR ERIC STEEL

Banned from showing at Sundance, Cannes or Berlin, Eric Steel's "The Bridge" documentary, about those who feel that life has lost all meaning, is no...

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