Interview

By Cleaver Patterson.  Alan Jones is something of a legend within the world of fantasy and horror film journalism. In a career spanning over four decades he has reported from the set of the original Star Wars film, and had dinner with Sissy Spacek while she was making Carrie. However, […]

By Patrick McGilligan. Perhaps best known as a biographer of the rich and famous from across the spectrum, Anne Edwards has told the life stories of everyone from screen figures Shirley Temple, Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh and Ronald Reagan (her book Early Reagan was a Pulitzer Prize nominee) to the […]

By Amy R Handler. Behind every outstanding man, there’s an even more brilliant woman, and the legendary comedian, writer, director and actor, Carl Reiner agrees wholeheartedly. Of his late wife, and dearest friend, Estelle Lebost Reiner, Carl Reiner proudly admits that Estelle taught him everything he knows. I had the […]

David A. Ellis spoke to two legendary lens men. WOLFGANG SUSCHITZKY was born in Vienna on August 29, 1912. He came to England in 1935 and established himself as a photographer. Later he went into documentary work. His first feature film was No Resting Place (1951) directed by Paul Rotha. […]

By Matthew Sorrento. Of all the genres in contemporary film, the feminist historical biopic is one of the most noble. This rare style continues the tradition of the 1960s women’s movement by revealing silenced narratives. In most historical films, women occupy supporting roles that, while often insightful, are underdeveloped. Work […]

By Matthew Sorrento. In today’s age of ethereal media, where films seep within hard drives and emerge on command, even DVDs and Blu-Ray formats seem like attempts to hold onto the past. The VHS tape contains a spooled tape – thus closer to film reels – along with a hollowness, […]

David A. Ellis talks to two legendary script supervisors. Many people when watching a film don’t give a thought to all the hard work involved in bringing the movie to the screen. One job that rarely attracts attention is continuity. Part of the job of the continuity person, or script […]

By Tom Ue. Lloyd Eyre-Morgan trained at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in film production. He has written and directed four successful plays and two feature films. This interview, completed by email on 8 May, explores the creative process behind his first, Dream On, which is released in […]

By Michael T. Toole. ‘The Hitchcock 9’ – the master of suspense’s nine earliest surviving works, newly restored by the British Film Institute – begin a US tour at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on June 14-16 at the historic Castro Theater. Film International’s Michael T. Toole posed nine […]

By Gary M. Kramer. Former actor turned filmmaker Scott Coffey’s Adult World, which received its World Premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, is a genial—and at times laugh-out-loud funny—comedy about Amy (Emma Roberts), a twenty-something would-be poet. While waiting for her big break as a writer (and the accompanying […]