Fantasia 2010: LIFE AND DEATH OF A PORNO GANG Director Mladen Djordjevic Speaks.
[Our thanks to Dejan Ognjanovic and the fine people at Fantasia for allowing us to reprint the following interview with Mladen Djordjevic originally conducted for the Fantasia blog.]How did this screenplay come to be? Where did you get the idea... More »
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MIDNITES FOR MANIACS: Diablo Cody On Jennifer's Body (2009)
As part of his "Sheroes" triple bill on Friday, June 11, 2010, Midnites for Maniacs host Jesse Hawthorne Ficks welcomed Oscar®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody to the Castro Theatre stage to talk about her script for Jennifer's Body (2009). Before inviting... More »
  

FRAMELINE34 2010: Interview With Executive Director K.C. Price
I waited almost a little too long to interview Michael Lumpkin, Frameline's former Executive Director, before his unexpected retirement. I told myself not to hazard the same mistake twice and to make a more concerted effort to get to know... More »
  

In The Mud And Blood With PIG Director Adam Mason
PIG director Adam Mason (The Devil's Chair, Broken, Blood River) answers for what he's done in his single shot true-to-life terror opus. Read on as Adam explains his need to pummel audiences senses and push their boundaries with his ultra... More »
  

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 »
  

Interview with The Human Centipede Director Tom Six

Talking to Tom Six about The Human Centipede can segment the mind. For all the exploitive edge of the trailer The Human Centipede is actually far more interested in it's characters than in gore, sex or even shock and Six... 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 »
  

ALL ABOUT EVIL: Interview With Aurora Bergere
Imagine being a young effects artist relatively new to the scene and sitting in front of Joshua Grannell with your portfolio and your resume, listening to his ambitious vision for his first feature film All About Evil. Imagine him... More »
  

ALL ABOUT EVIL: Interview With Thomas Dekker
At the time that I interviewed Thomas Dekker on the set of Joshua Grannell's All About Evil, the decision was still pending as to whether or not his TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles would be picked up for... More »
  

ALL ABOUT EVIL: Interview With Jack Donner

I caught up with the mesmerizing Jack Donner on his last day of shooting Joshua Grannell's All About Evil. As the maleficent Mr. Twigs he exudes charming menace with his craggy countenance, raspy voice and piercing eyes and--with scarce... More »
  

ALL ABOUT EVIL: Interview With Mink Stole
Mink Stole's mindblowing scenes in Joshua Grannell's All About Evil had already been shot by the time I arrived on the set so I didn't have the chance to speak with her during the production; but--ever generous in spirit--Mink... More »
  

ALL ABOUT EVIL: Interview With Cassandra Peterson
Known to her legions of fans as horror hostess Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, actress Cassandra Peterson has set aside her revealing goth lingerie to "play it straight" in Joshua Grannell's All About Evil. The shift in persona is... More »
  

ALL ABOUT EVIL: Interview With Noah Segan

I had a few conversations with Noah Segan during the shoot of All About Evil, wherein he plays the demented Adrian. At the time, Noah had produced and starred in Someone's Knocking At the Door and shared a screener.... More »
  

ALL ABOUT EVIL: Interview With Joshua Grannell

No one wields a butcher knife like Peaches Christ. She makes it seem like a necessary fashion accessory and--well, let's face it--isn't it these days? "Gore Couture" is sure to be on the rise this Summer as Joshua Grannell's debut... More »
  

Q AND A THE WINGED SERPENT? A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH GENRE MASTER LARRY COHEN

In the world of independent filmmaking a lot of people get their break only to discover they have no followup game. Then there are people like Larry Cohen. He's made his name and stayed in the game as a writer... More »
  

WONDERCON 2010: Kick-Ass
WonderCon--San Francisco's sibling response to San Diego's ComicCon--roused thousands of fans to the George Moscone Convention Center this Easter weekend on the hunt for more than chocolate eggs. My favorite is always Movies Saturday where thousands pour into the... 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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Four Inch Heels in The Desert: Bitch Slap's Julia Voth
Now that Rick Jacobson's cleavage-laden bubblegum-cult film Bitch Slap has landed in the larger American film markets, it seems like the right time to post up a conversation I had with one of the leading ladies a short while after... More »
  

Ask Him Again, His Soul is Still Dancing. 15 minutes with Werner Herzog.
One of the pleasures of going to film festivals are the Q&A sessions afterwards.  If you read humour pieces regarding this aspect of the festival experience, they are often snarky little pieces about the awful questions fielded by audience... More »
  

ARGENTINE CINEMA: LOS SANTOS SUCIOS / THE DIRTY SAINTS (2009)--Q&A With Luis Ortega
Speaking with Diana Sanchez at the start of this year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), she advised that one of her criteria for choosing Latino films for TIFF is to determine the films that most characterize the cinematic landscape... More »
  
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