Luis Guzmán Talks His Self-Proclaimed Career Defining Role in Story Ave
With a career spanning more than four decades, Luis Guzmán is, among many honors, a Screen Acting Guild (SAG) award-winning actor with over 150 feature film and television roles to his credentials. In Story Ave, a film written and directed…
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“Contrary to Jean-Luc Godard, This Film Isn’t Truth 24 Frames a Second”: Errol Morris on The Pigeon Tunnel
John le Carré (David Cornwell) in The Pigeon Tunnel Heralded as perhaps the greatest espionage novelist of all time (though some find this label horribly reductive), David Cornwell, best known by his pen name John le Carré, wrote 26 novels…
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From 50 Crew Members to Five: Director Eddie Alcazar on Divinity
Divinity by Eddie Alcazar, courtesy of Sundance Institute. “Unfortunately, because aging is so common and natural, we tend to think of it as destiny or something we should accept,” says biologist and researcher David Sinclair. And while the scientist’s work…
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Jennifer Cram Chats Up Her Hilarious Nina Dobrev-Driven Comedy, Sick Girl
“We’re barely ever together as a group,” Wren Cooper moans to her lifelong pals in Sick Girl, the hilarious feature film debut from Jennifer Cram. “That’s the way it goes,” one of Wren’s friends shoots back. Maybe not for long.…
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Bridging Past and Present Amidst Israel’s Turmoil with Mishory, Schoenberg Interviews Film Threat
In reflection with Fioretta’s director Matthew Mishory and subject Randy Schoenberg While art can often imitate life, it’s a rare film that can intersect with reality or current affairs to connect its purpose beyond the filmgoing audience. The documentary Fioretta,…
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Herd Filmmaker and Actors Say Their Thriller Is More Than a Lesbian Zombie Movie
Group think takes a gritty turn in director Steven Pierce’s action-driven horror film Herd, which recently wowed Fright Fest audiences before heading to theaters and digital release. The plot is rife with tension as individuals from vastly different walks of…
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“You Provide Everything That’s in Every Shot”: Production Designer Sara K White and Director Susanna Fogel
The Flight Attendant Ahead of the first-ever International Production Design Week, the Production Designers Collective has coordinated a series of interviews with directors and production designers, in which they discuss their working dynamics and mutual passion for the craft of…
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‘The Persian Version’s Maryam Keshavarz on Bringing the Story to Life
The Big Picture Director Maryam Keshavarz explores immigrant experiences and the complexities of family relationships in her comedy-drama The Persian Version. The film follows Leila and her journey to discover her parents' true reasons for moving to America, revealing a…
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Bridging Past and Present Amidst Israel’s Turmoil with Mishory, Schoenberg Featured, Interviews, News Film Threat
In reflection with Fioretta’s director Matthew Mishory and subject Randy Schoenberg While art can often imitate life, it’s a rare film that can intersect with reality or current affairs to connect its purpose beyond the filmgoing audience. The documentary Fioretta,…
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Goosebumps Producers Discuss Season One and How to Make a Good Reboot
R.L. Stine published 62 little books in the Goosebumps franchise between 1992 and 1997, turning the classic horror and sci-fi of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits into a hit YA series, long before YA franchises dominated the libraries.…
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“We Had to Row a Kayak to the Camera Truck to Save the Film Cans”: Director Derek Cianfrance and Production Designer Inbal Weinberg
Production designer Inbal Weinberg and writer-director Derek Cianfrance Ahead of the launch of the first-ever International Production Design Week, the Production Designers Collective has coordinated a series of meetings between directors and production designers in which they discuss the particularities…
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Tim Miller on Comic Book Movies, ‘Best Served Cold’ with Rebecca Ferguson
The Big Picture Tim Miller believes there is still plenty of life left in the superhero genre and that there are many different types of stories to be told beyond men and women in tights. Miller mentions his favorite recent…
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