Aqua Teen Creators (Don’t) Discuss Their New Movie Plantasm
Mechanical banana replacement gnome. That sentence makes about as much sense (but is not nearly as funny) as Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It's appropriate, then, that interviews with its creators, Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, would quickly devolve into comedy…
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“A Collaboration of Kindred Expression”: Editor Mark Bukdahl on Twice Colonized
Twice Colonized, courtesy of Sundance Institute Greenlandic Inuit activist and lawyer Aaju Peter is the subject of Twice Colonized, a documentary by filmmaker Lin Alluna. Through her work, she forces colonizing forces Denmark and Canada to pay for their crimes,…
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Director Phil Blattenberger Hunts Nazis in Condor’s Nest
Director/writer Phil Blattenberger hunts villainous Nazis in South America after World War II. Condor's Nest follows an American veteran on a quest for vengeance. Jacob Keohane stars as Will Spalding, a radioman shot down with his B-17 crew over France…
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Daisy Ridley Discusses Sometimes I Think About Dying at Sundance 2023
One of the films that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was director Rachel Lambert’s touching comedy-drama, Sometimes I Think About Dying, starring Daisy Ridley. Adapted from a short, the movie follows the somewhat awkward Fran (Ridley) through her…
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“I Was Drawn to Harlem as a Character and How Gentrification Was Also an Antagonist”: DP Eric Yue on A Thousand and One
A.V. Rockwell’s feature debut A Thousand and One begins with Inez (Teyana Taylor) migrating between shelters during an intensely hot summer in ’90s-era New York City. Her 6-year-old son Terry is in foster care, and she makes the bold decision…
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Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner on Their Tense New Sci-Fi Series The Ark
Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner are partly responsible for the shape of science-fiction that audiences take for granted today. Devlin was the writer for Stargate, Independence Day, and 1998's Godzilla (along with the popular series Leverage). Glassner is a television…
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Emilia Jones & Nicholas Braun Discuss Filming the Bad Kiss Scene
There was a lot of buzz at this year’s Sundance Film Festival for Susanna Fogel’s Cat Person, starring Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun. Based on Kristen Roupenian’s remarkably viral New Yorker short story of the same name, Cat Person is…
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Shrinking’s Luke Tennie on What He Learned From Series’ Creator Jason Segel
Can the team behind Apple TV+ and Ted Lasso score another creative goal with Shrinking? That’s the plan. The new comedy tracks befuddled, grieving therapist Jimmy (Jason Segel), who suddenly starts breaking rules, telling his clients exactly what’s on his…
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“Nothing Is Wasted in the Process of Documentary Editing”: Editor Jean Rheem on Bad Press
Bad Press, courtesy of Sundance Institute. When the 2015 Free Press Act is repealed, Angel Ellis and her colleagues at Mvskoke Media in Okmulgee, Oklahoma begin a long battle to offer transparent journalism for Muscogee Nation readers. Bad Press, directed…
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Ben Whishaw & Alice Englert Discuss Her Directorial Debut
Actress Alice Englert can now add writer-director to her resumé, after premiering her directorial debut, Bad Behaviour, at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Following in the footsteps of her mother, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, Englert’s feature is a…
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Sherry Cola on Her Scene-Stealing Turn in Randall Park’s Shortcomings
Sherry Cola and I were able to squeeze a phone call for our interview just moments before she had to get ready for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her latest movie Shortcomings. Naturally, it was an exciting day for…
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“Choosing the Perfect Lens for Us Was the Bigger Challenge”: DP André Jäger on The Persian Version
The Persian Version, courtesy of Sundance Institute. When Leila’s (Layla Mohammadi) Iranian-American family gathers in New York City for her father’s heart transplant surgery, a secret that she’s been keeping is unceremoniously spilled. What she wasn’t expecting, however, is learning…
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