INTERVIEW with THE RAID: REDEMPTION Director GARETH EVANS

Gareth Evans sat there. I had brought a gun to our interview knowing he would appear perfectly harmless and sure enough, the bastard just sat there, calmly waiting for me to ask him questions, giving me thoughtful, interesting answers etc.... More »
  

Video Interview: THE RAID: REDEMPTION Writer/Director Gareth Evans
We have been quite loud about our love for Gareth Evan's second feature, The Raid: Redemption. That's because, well, this movie is just plain badass. Science doesn't lie! I haven't seen a film this adrenaline-fueled in a long time and... More »
  

Video Interview: THE RAID: REDEMPTION Composers Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese
As if The Raid: Redemption wasn't already cool enough when it got picked up by Sony Pictures Classics immediately after it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, writer/director Gareth Evans and company wrangled in musicians Mike Shinoda and Joseph... More »
  

IFFR 2012 Interview: ÓSKAR THÓR AXELSSON Talks BLACK'S GAME
(How to look composed while your high-profile debut film has its world premiere at an international festival, lesson 1...) On Wednesday the 1st of February 2012, the Icelandic crime thriller "Svartur á Leik" aka. "Black's Game" had its world premiere... More »
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Talking Shit: Discussing ZOMBIE ASS with director Noboru Iguchi & stars Arisa Nakamura & Demo Tanaka
Among the special programmes at this year's Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival was a celebration of the work of Noboru Iguchi, the director of such low budget splatter classics as THE MACHINE GIRL, ROBOGEISHA and ZOMBIE ASS, which enjoyed its... More »
  

IFFR 2012 Interview: SHINYA TSUKAMOTO talks KOTOKO
(...and blood and sperm of course, because he is Shinya Tsukamoto after all.) Last year Tsukamoto Shinya visited the International Film Festival Rotterdam as part of a group of directors promoting the excellent "Kaidan: Horror Classics" and Twitch put up... More »
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IFFR 2012 Interview: MIIKE TAKASHI Talks ACE ATTORNEY
(...and blood and sperm of course, because he is Miike Takashi after all.) This year the popular and VERY prolific Japanese director Miike Takashi visited the International Film Festival Rotterdam to present his newest film... well, his newest finished one... More »
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Legendary Producer Raymond Chow Speaks
From 1970 to the 2000's, Raymond Chow produced more than 150 movies in Hong Kong and Hollywood, the former Shaw Brothers production manager rising to stardom along with his greatest discovery: Bruce Lee.Chow has not given interviews for years but... More »
  

Daniel Radcliffe Talks THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Yesterday afternoon I had the chance to sit down with Daniel Radcliffe, star of the new Hammer / Alliance co-production The Woman In Black.In person he's a bundle of energy, quick with a smile or deprecating joke, but never lacking... More »
  

Wolves in Sheep Clothing (Genre as Sartorial Satire): Robin Hardy talks the Legacy of The Wicker Man the Timing of The Wicker Tree, and 40 years of History
It has indeed been nearly 40 years since the release of the British cult film about cults: The Wicker Man.  Director Robin Hardy has a fairly sparse resume in the ensuing years, only a single film, and a single... More »
  

Director & Stuntman Nash Edgerton Talks SPIDER Sequel BEAR, His Work With David Michôd, And How Stunts Tell Stories!
Nash Edgerton is one of the most exciting cats in filmmaking today. It's strange to still call him upcoming, but while his style is signature; his videos insanely viral; his fans among the most famous; and his mark on indie... More »
  

Adapting Murakami's NORWEGIAN WOOD: Tran Anh Hung Interview
When I heard that Tran Anh Hung, the Vietnamese-born auteur of Scent of Green Papaya, Cyclo and I Come with the Rain, was going to be adapting Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood back in 2008, I couldn't be happier. I honestly... More »
  

The Northlander: talking to MARIANNE director Filip Tegstedt
Filp Tegstedt's Marianne stood out among some pretty impressive genre productions at the Leeds Film Festival 2011 given the Swedish director's debut almost doesn't feel like a conventional horror film at all. The story of a man eaten alive by... More »
  

A Cavalcade of Franchise Talent Talk All Things HARRY POTTER

[A final thank you to Diva Velez for her coverage from the Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part Two DVD release at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Orlando, Florida. What follows are highlight from the... More »
  

Director David Yates Talks HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART TWO
[Once again thanks goes to Diva Velez for the following interview with four-time Harry Potter helmer, David Yates, which took place in early November during the Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part Two DVD press conference at the Wizarding... More »
  

Warwick Davis Talks HARRY POTTER & New Show LIFE'S TOO SHORT
[A hearty thank you to the Diva Velez, aka The Lady Miz Diva, for the following interview with Star Wars/Harry Potter veteran Warwick Davis. This interview was conducted during the press conference for the DVD release of 'Harry Potter And... More »
  

Twitch Talks With ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN Director Jose Padilha
ELITE SQUAD: The Enemy Within is the second in writer/director Jose  Padilha's intricate and operatic crime duology, about the turmoil and extreme violence in  the slums of Rio de Janeiro, between the police and gangs, who are  interminably locked in... More »
  

Interview: CALVET Director Dominic Allan
Earlier this year at the Edinburgh International Film Festival I had the chance to see Calvet (read my review here), a powerful and gripping documentary about a French painter called Jean Marc Calvet who turned his troubled life around. It... More »
  

Director Nick Hamm Talks Music, Failure, Comedy, and KILLING BONO
"I was very much a part of that world." Nick Hamm's Killing Bono provides an insider's view of the UK music scene in the late 70s and 80s, as U2 ascended into the stratosphere, leaving their high school compatriots... More »
  

Fearing 11-11-11 With Director/Writer Darren Lynn Bousman
Regular Saw director Darren Lynn Bousman's would like for you to know right off the bat that his latest, the numerology-obsessed 11-11-11 is nothing like the misfire The Number 23. Although this movie is likewise occupied with the pervasive, almost... More »
  
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