By Matthew Sorrento. Though obviously concerned with the dream life, Michel Gondry also focuses on the desires we have while awake. As an artist he aims to deliver dreamlike visions in relatable movie scenes. The variety of his surreal features – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2003), The Science of Sleep […]
Diva Directors Around the Globe: Susanna White on Our Kind of Traitor
July 1, 2016
By Anna Weinstein. British director Susanna White began her career in documentaries and in BBC television in the mid-1980s. She directed seven episodes of the BBC series Bleak House (2005) and all four episodes of the Jane Eyre miniseries (2006). Two decades into her career, she got the opportunity to direct […]
Out of the (Garden) House: Rachel Tunnard on Adult Life Skills
June 27, 2016
By Paul Risker. Adult Life Skills (2016) is filmmaker Rachel Tunnard’s feature debut, a creative expansion of her earlier award winning short film Emotional Fusebox (2014). With an editing background in both shorts and features, Tunnard’s foray into writing and directing has been the recipient of immediate success. While Emotional Fusebox […]
Tunisia at the Movies: An Interview with Programmer Dhia Eddine Felhi
By Matthew Fullerton. Cinema has long been an integral part of the economy and culture of Tunisia: Major Hollywood blockbusters have been filmed in full, or in part, in this small North African country, including Star Wars (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and The English Patient (1996), and since […]
A New Voice for Cinema: Chloé Leriche and Jacques Newashish on Before the Streets
June 22, 2016
By Paul Risker. Canadian filmmaker Chloé Leriche recently found herself involved in the Wapikoni mobile program, where she mentored documentary filmmaking made by natives that inspired her own work and led to her feature debut, Avant Les Rues (Before the Streets, 2016). Before the Streets is not only a first milestone step for its director, […]
The Horrors of “PYOTR495”: An Interview with Blake Mawson
By Tom Ue. Blake Mawson is an actor and writer, known for his performances in Freddy vs. Jason (2003) and Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008). His short film “PYOTR495” earned the Best Emerging Artist Award at the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival. Set in Russia, in 2014, the horror film […]
Documenting the Migrant Worker: Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes on Lupe Under the Sun
June 20, 2016
By David A. Ellis. Filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes, born in Mexico City in 1983, was interested in the world of moving images from an early age. He moved to the United States at the age of six and attended college in UC San Diego, Madrid and Mexico City to receive a degree in International […]
Led Zeppelin Played Here – or Did They?: An Interview with Jeff Krulik
June 17, 2016
By Jude Warne. “Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is… maybe he didn’t?” – Eli Cash (Owen Wilson), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) What is proof enough to determine that a historical event did indeed happen? The accounts of firsthand witnesses? Written documented records? Handed-down legends? Where […]
For the Love of the Tale: Matteo Garrone on Tale of Tales
June 16, 2016
By Paul Risker. Matteo Garrone’s Tale of Tales (2015), an adaptation of Italian poet Giambattista Basile’s collection of fairy tales Pentamerone (1634, The Tale of Tales otherwise known as Entertainment for Little Ones) could be seen as the filmmaker’s affectionate ode to storytelling. He journeys deep into the past to adapt early […]
Autobiografiction in Those People: An Interview with Joey Kuhn
By Tom Ue. Born and raised in New York City, writer/director Joey Kuhn makes films that draw inspiration from the nexus of fine art and pop culture. His first feature film, Those People (2015), premiered in competition at SIFF 2015, and has since played over 65 film festivals worldwide. It has won 10 […]