Indie Interviews
KING IVORY Interview: Ben Foster, James Badge Dale, and Michael Mando on Neo-Westerns, Playing Family, and Graham Greene
Peter Martin put it perfectly when he summed up King Ivory with a focus on its three leads in his article on this weekend's new releases: "James Badge Dale, who brings simmering intensity to every role, Ben Foster, who has...
Video Interview: FREAKED Special Makeup Effects Wizard Bill Corso
I almost freaked out when I found out I was going to talk to special effects makeup legend Bill Corso. That’s not a pun, although you might think so, given that the interview was in support of Umbrella Entertainment's incredible...
Jihlava 2025 Interview: MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN, David Borenstein Talks Covert Filmmaking, Collaboration Under Surveillance, and Documenting Russia's Propaganda From the Inside
Filmmaker David Borenstein discusses the making of his covertly-produced documentary, offering an insider's view of how state propaganda and ideological control have reshaped everyday life in contemporary Russia.
Jihlava 2025 Interview: TIME TO TARGET, Vitaly Mansky Talks Returning to Lviv, Filming War Beyond the Front Lines, Moral Freedom That Shaped His Cinema
Vitaly Mansky offers a candid reflection on how war reshapes both personal identity and cinematic truth, revealing the emotional and ethical tensions behind his latest documentary.
Creature Feature Preacher Interview: THE CREEP TAPES, Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice Talk Friendship and a Sociopath
Video: The filmmakers talk about their friendship and how that developed into a funny but scary show.
MY SUNSHINE Interview: Director Hiroshi Okuyama Talks Isolated Protagonists, Sensitive Gazes, Difficulty in Shooting an Ice Rink
The filmmaker behind a sensitive and special drama explains the considerations he made to achieve those qualities.
Toronto 2025 Interview: TO THE VICTORY!, Valentyn Vasyanovych Talks Dystopian Comedy, Wartime Filmmaking, His Lead Role
Valentyn Vasyanovych discusses the making of his latest film, from stepping in front of the camera to navigating wartime production realities.
Confessions of a Creature Feature Preacher Interview: TRAUMATIKA Star Rebekah Kennedy
Like most horror fans, I became aware of Rebekah Kennedy after seeing her in Two Witches (2021). She possessed her own unique, almost uncanny ability to project a level of menace normally associated with horror heroine royalty. But whereas, for...
RED SONJA Interview: Director M.J. Bassett and Star Matilda Lutz Talk Fantasy and Humanity
In my review of the new Red Sonja, I wrote about how the film's low budget holds back this "unabashedly earnest adventure movie" that engages in some very timely commentary on the disregard, if not outright destruction, of our environment...
Locarno 2025 Interview: FOLLIES Director Éric K. Boulianne Talks Non-Monogamy, Fake Bushes, and That EYES WIDE SHUT Orgy Scene
Canadian writer-director Éric K. Boulianne reflects on the artistic, ethical, and production risks of 'Follies,' charting a course from DIY filmmaking to on-screen intimacy.
Creature Feature Preacher Interview: Genre Legend Chuck Russell Talks WITCHBOARD
Chuck Russell is a genre legend. He wrote the screenplay for Dreamscape (1984). He co-wrote and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), which redeemed the Nightmare franchise after the critical drubbing of A Nightmare on...
Karlovy Vary 2025 Interview: DUCHON, Peter Bebjak Talks Reimagining Karol Duchoň, Blending Retro Aesthetics with AI
Slovak director Peter Bebjak discusses the making of a stylized music biopic that reimagines the rise and fall of Slovak pop legend Karol Duchoň and blending retro aesthetics with modern storytelling.
Karlovy Vary 2025 Interview: ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT Charlie Shackleton Talks Genre Subversion, Market Pressures, and Nonfiction Reinvention
Charlie Shackleton reflects on the collapse of a true crime project and the creative detour it inspired, offering international film professionals a compelling insight into the evolving ethics, form, and industry pressures shaping contemporary nonfiction cinema.
Karlovy Vary 2025 Interview: THE VISITOR Director Vytautas Katkus on Visual Memory, Emotional Landscapes, Making Fiction Feel Real
Vytautas Katkus reflects on his transition from cinematographer to director, the collaborative roots of his filmmaking process, and how improvisation became a core method long before the camera ever rolled.
Karlovy Vary 2025 Interview: DON'T CALL ME MAMA Director Nina Knag Talks Power, Privilege, Ethics of Desire
Norwegian filmmaker Nina Knag unpacks how her morally complex debut feature interrogates power, privilege, and female desire, blending psychological realism, social critique, and quiet provocation into an unflinching character study shaped by empathy and ethical tension.
Karlovy Vary 2025 Interview: 2000 METRES TO ANDRIIVKA Director Mstyslav Chernov Talks Embedding with Soldiers, Cinematic Ethics, Memory of War
Director Mstyslav Chernov reflects on the ethical, storytelling, and aesthetic challenges of documenting war from within a Ukrainian platoon, offering insight into the filmmaking choices behind his visceral new documentary.
Karlovy Vary 2025 Interview: FUCKTOYS Director Annapurna Sriram Talks Feminist Smut, Grindhouse Mythology
Annapurna Sriram discusses how her hallucinatory, sex-positive debut 'Fucktoys' reclaims grindhouse cinema through the female gaze, fusing occult symbolism, Southern grit, and unapologetic DIY energy into a radical vision of liberation.
HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK Interview: Director Morihito Inoue Talks Jaws, Bureaucracy, and Omnipotent Screen Sharks
We discuss a killer shark satire that's fun to soak in,
VIDEOHEAVEN Interview: Alex Ross Perry on Finding Clips, Video Stores and Their Place in Social Culture
Director Alex Ross Perry digs into the history of video stores in his documentary, then goes beyond that to explore how popular culture was affected, both then and now.
THE SHROUDS Interview: David Cronenberg, Wrapped in What the Light Reveals
When I’m interviewing someone as respected as David Cronenberg, the temptation to revisit as much of his work as I can ahead of time looms large. It’s seldom practical unless one is writing a book. Especially when the work spans...
