TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL 2010: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY (1966): Onstage Conversation With Eli Wallach
Continuing with its celebration of the nonagenarian spirit, the TCM Classic Film Festival paid tribute to 94-year-old Eli Wallach with a morning screening of Sergio Leone's The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966)... More »
  

'Eurocrime!' Director Mike Malloy speaks about his 70s Italian action doc.
Twas 'bout a year ago when we first started talking about a documentary about action cinema in 1970s Italy called Eurocrime!. We're still awaiting its arrival. For the meantime Big Willy and Samurai over at The Gentlemen's Guide to Midnight Cinema have... More »
  

Michel Gondry Talks THE THORN IN THE HEART
With Michel Gondry's documentary The Thorn In The Heart ready to hit screens the quirky director is on the road talking about one of his more unusual works. Regular Twitch contributor Diva Velez caught up with him in New York... More »
  

JOSEPH LOSEY: PICTURES OF PROVOCATION: A Few Questions For Peter Conheim

My first conscious exposure to the films of Joseph Losey was with regard to the Film Noir Foundation's successful efforts to strike a restored print of Losey's 1951 eerie noir The Prowler. I say "conscious" because--though I had seen... More »
  

Santa Aint So Jolly. Director Jalmari Helander Talks RARE EXPORTS
Christmas themed horror is going through a major resurgence these days and the man leading the charge is Finland's Jalmari Helander. Long before the arrival of Treevenge, Helander - a commercial and music video director - had directed a pair... More »
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HKIFF 2010: GASPAR NOE talks ENTER THE VOID
Gaspar Noe was in Hong Kong last week to screen his epic, experimental, head trip ENTER THE VOID as part of the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival and I spoke to him about the film - its origins, influences,... More »
  

SHOWGIRLS: THE RETURN Director Marc Vorlander Speaks!
Marc Vorlander's Showgirls: The Return is one of the more perplexing projects of recent days, with widespread speculation out there that the whole thing is a hoax. But if it is, Vorlander's certainly not letting on.Our good friends at German... More »
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PSIFF10: DONKEY (KENJAC, 2009): Interview With Antonio Nuić
Not since Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) has an animal eye witnessed the pitiful plight of human beings with such patient compassion, as in Antonio Nuić's sophomore feature Donkey (Kenjac, 2009), which saw its US premiere at the... More »
  

PSIFF10: VORTEX (DUBURYS, 2009): Interview With Gytis Luksas

The US premiere of Vortex (2009)--Lithuania's official submission to the Foreign Language category at the Academy Awards® and winner of three Sidabrinė gervė ("Silver Crane") awards for the outstanding performances of its talented trio of actors: Oksana Borbat (Best... More »
  

PSIFF10: QUEEN TO PLAY: Interview with Caroline Bottaro
I was frustrated when I arrived for my scheduled interview with Miguel Littin only to be advised that the interview had to be postponed due to a family emergency in Chile requiring Littin to leave for Palm Springs a... More »
  

AFFAIRS OF STATE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC VALETTE
Released in France on November 25th 2009, "Une Affaire d'Etat" is a suspenseful, action-packed thriller in which three characters cross paths: a corrupt politician (André Dussolier), his henchman (Thierry Frémont), and a hard-boiled female cop (Rachida Brakni). Before you read... More »
  

PSIFF10 / BELGIAN CINEMA: THE MISFORTUNATES (2009): Q&A With Felix Van Groeningen
Along with The Over the Hill Band and Altiplano, the third Belgian feature I caught at PSIFF10 was Felix Van Groeningen's The Misfortunates (2009), Belgium's official submission to the Academy Awards® foreign language category. Though it did not make... More »
  

THE MAGNIFICENT TATI: Interview With Michael House
It seems that every 10-15 years Jacques Tati is reintroduced to the American moviegoing public. The last wave was in the late '90s when the recently-restored color print of Jour de Fête (1949)--Tati's first directorial feature--traveled the art house... More »
  

PHANTOMSCHMERZ (PHANTOM PAIN, 2009): Interview With Matthias Emcke & Til Schweiger

San Francisco's Berlin & Beyond Film Festival would have been the venue where I imagine San Franciscans might have had the opportunity to catch Matthias Emcke's debut feature Phantomschmerz (Phantom pain, 2009); but as that film festival is still reeling... More »
  

UN PROPHÈTE (A PROPHET, 2009): Interview With Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain & Tahar Rahim
Since first writing up Jacques Audiard's Un Prophète (A Prophet) at this year's Toronto International--where it arrived fresh from its Grand Prix win at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival--the film has secured numerous nominations and awards, including (most recently)... More »
  

OSS 117: RIO NE RÉPOND PLUS / OSS 117: LOST IN RIO: Interview With Michel Hazanavicius
From a wry documentary exploring anti-Semitism (Defamation, 2009), The Evening Class shifts to a stylish feature that wickedly flaunts Jewish stereotypes. OSS 117: Lost in Rio saw its Bay Area premiere on Halloween night as part of the San... More »
  

Vincenzo Natali's Sundance Diary: December 5, 2009
[With his latest directorial effort, Splice, due to take its North American bow at the 2010 Sundance Festival, Vincenzo Natali has graciously agreed to give an insider's view of the festival experience with an exclusive series of festival diaries posted... More »
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TIFF 09: "In My Opinion You Shouldn't Comfort The Audience." An Interview With Ole Bornedal.
Ole Bornedal's violent and troubling thriller Deliver Us From Evil has placed itself as my personal favorite film of the year so far and while the director was in town to present the picture to North American audiences for the... More »
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TIFF09: TO DIE LIKE A MAN--Interview With João Pedro Rodrigues & Alexander David
"There are no secrets; only shame."--Tonia. [This entry is dedicated to Johnny Ray Huston, whose Cinema Scope article "Double 'O' Heaven: The Vertigo Pop and Phantom Desires of João Pedro Rodrigues" provided some of the first working language to appreciate... More »
  

An interview with SHADOW director FEDERICO ZAMPAGLIONE
Following a fantastic reaction to Federico Zampaglione's Shadow at this year's Film 4 Frightfest in London, I was able to put some questions to the Italian rock star ahead of another two screenings at the Sitges International Fantastic Film... More »
  
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