Interviews
INVENTION Interview: Filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on Their Multifaceted New Film
In his review of Invention, the new film from writer/director Courtney Stephens and actor/writer Callie Hernandez, Martin Kudlac discusses the many ways it explores the lines between reality and fantasy, and how those lines are oddly similar in grief and...
THE HEDONIST Interview: Nick Funess, Izzi Rojas, Jordan Somani on Flat Affect, Parents, and Stylized Editing
[Beware: light spoilers ahead.] In my review of The Hedonist, I wrote about the often hilarious flat affect line deliveries, its stylized editing, and the frankly beautiful use of Robocop references. So when I got the chance to sit down...
SXSW 2025 Interview: SLANTED, Amy Wang Talks Looking Within, Absorbing Each Other
Amy Wang, a Chinese-Australian debut director, discusses her bitingly satirical exploration of racial identity in the US.
SXSW 2025 Interview: SHE'S THE HE, Siobhan McCarthy Talks Their Trans Indie For America's Here and Now
Nonbinary filmmaker Siobhan McCarthy turned around the trans answer to bromance comedies in a mere year. Here's why.
Sound And Vision: The Big Joseph Kahn Interview, Part Two
(Click here for Part One!) In the second part of our two-article interview juggernaut with music video and film director Joseph Kahn we talk post-irony, Spielberg, Scorsese, the philosophy of laughter and how having children changes your vision on...
Sound And Vision: The Big Joseph Kahn Interview, Part One
Joseph Kahn is one of the big music video directors of the nineties and early two thousands. He was present with his new monster movie Ick at the Film Festival of Rotterdam. ScreenAnarchists Ard Vijn and Theodoor Steen had the...
SXSW 2025 Interview: GG Hawkins Talks I REALLY LOVE MY HUSBAND, Not Settling, Individuals As Islands
GG Hawkins, podcaster-turned-director, discusses bringing people together to make a film about separating.
Rotterdam 2025 Interview: RAINS OVER BABEL Director Gala del Sol Talks Mythic Worldbuilding, Queer Programming, Personal Healing
Gala del Sol, a visionary Spanish-Colombian debut director, talks fresh world building and personal healing.
LAST BREATH Interview: Director Alex Parkinson Talks World Building Under the Sea
Based on a real-life incident in 2012, Last Breath details the desperate attempt to rescue a diver trapped hundreds of feet underwater in the North Sea. This is the first fiction feature for director Alex Parkinson, who began his career...
Berlinale 2025 Interview: THE LONGING Director Toshizo Fujiwara Talks Social Realism, Mentorship, and Learning From Each Other
Toshizo Fujiwara is leaning forward in his Zoom window as I speak, listening intently and smiling in recognition. We’re discussing the warmth that he demonstrates towards people in his filmmaking, and the more that he shares, the more the rhythms...
Rotterdam Video Interview: ME, MARYAM, THE CHILDREN AND 26 OTHERS Blurs Boundaries Between Fiction And Reality
What happens when the boundaries between fiction and reality blur, not only on screen, but also during filmmaking itself? In Fiction & Reality – Vice Versa, journalist and filmmaker Ronald Glasbergen sits down with Iranian director Farshad Hashemi, actress and...
GRAND THEFT HAMLET Interview: Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls Talk Their Innovative Doc, MUBI, Massively Multiplayer Promenade Performance
The directors of one of the year's most unusual elevator pitches talk documentary innovation, virtual theater, and streaming curation.
Rotterdam 2025 Interview: YASUKO, SONGS OF DAYS PAST Director Negishi Kichitaro Talks Taisho Entanglements, Roman Porno, Creating Chemistry
A legendary director of Roman Porno and period dramas discusses his IFFR-premiering return to the director's chair.
LOVE HURTS Interview: Director Jonathan Eusebio Talks Designing Action, Working With Actors, Balance Between Violence and Humor
A mild-mannered Milwaukee realtor finds himself in the middle of a drug war in Love Hurts, an action comedy starring Ke Huy Quan, Ariana deBose, and Daniel Wu. It's the debut feature by director Jonathan Eusebio, a longtime stunt choreographer...
Rotterdam 2025 Interview: Miwako Van Weyenberg Talks SOFT LEAVES, International Influences, Child Actors, and Zooming In
Belgian-Japanese writer-director Miwako Van Weyenberg discusses her debut as it premieres in the Big Screen Competition at IFFR.
EAT THE NIGHT Interview: Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel Talk Online Gaming, Queer Love, Young Realities
The French hybrid filmmakers discuss communication across realities virtual and physical.
Long Time Actor, Stunt Performer and Fight Coordinator Jeff Wolfe Talks His Directorial Debut OUTBREAK, Working With Sammo Hung and That Scene In DRIVE ...
From battling alongside Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China and America, facing off with Jean-Claude Van Damme in Knock Off, battling The Rock in The Scorpion King, acting alongside Quentin Tarantino in Alias, taking a memorable elevator...
ENDLESS SUMMER SYNDROME Interview: Kaveh Daneshmand, Gem Deger, and Sophie Colon Talk Creative Collaboration, Cinephilic Filmmaking, and National Morality
The team behind France's freshest incest drama discuss lockdown creativity, national morality, and embarking on a uniquely familial project without bumpers.
ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2 Interview: Kier-La Janisse Talks New Blu-ray Box Set
Any opportunity to talk to Kier-La Janisse makes me happy. The chance to help celebrate a new project of hers is a cause for celebration. I hereby nominate for Blu-ray box set of the year All the Haunts Be Ours...
THE HOLIDAY CLUB Interview: Alexandra Swarens Talks Seasonal Sapphic Storytelling, Respecting Romance, and Getting Her Hands Dirty
The queen of seasonal lesbian love discusses romantic cinema, screen chemistry, and hilarious, accidental euphemisms.
