By Gary M. Kramer. Eric Schaeffer did not plan to make a sequel to his 1997 film Fall but fourteen years later, he wrote, directed, produced and starred in After Fall, Winter, now out on DVD. The film continues the story of Michael Shiver (Schaeffer), an author who is deeply […]
Inside Pim’s Emotional World: A Conversation with Bavo Defurne
By Tom Ue. Born in 1971 and a graduate of the St Lukas Art School in Brussels, artist, photographer, and filmmaker Bavo Defurne established himself as an exciting new talent with a sequence of critically-acclaimed and prize-winning short films that explore gay love and loss, the body, and the power […]
Bringing Up Bobby: A Conversation with Famke Janssen and Spencer List
By Amy R Handler. The strangeness and beauty of Famke Janssen’s first feature film, Bringing Up Bobby (2011) is that it mimics “real life,” at the same time that it exposes the artistry of cinema. This filmmaking-wizardry allows unsuspecting viewers to misconstrue Bobby as comic relief, when it is really, […]
Unpacking The Silver Goat: An Interview with Aaron Brookner
By Tom Ue. Aaron Brookner was born in Greenwich Village, New York City. He studied film at Vassar College, and began his filmmaking career by assisting in the production of Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) and Rebecca Miller’s Personal Velocity (2002). In 2004, he directed the short documentary The […]
Reopening Pandora’s Box in San Francisco
By Michael T. Toole. It was quite the celebration for both Louise Brooks fans and silent cinéastes in general when the 17th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival presented a restored print of Pandora’s Box last month. G.W. Pabst’s ever engrossing and eminently stylish examination of pure sexuality and the […]
Interview with Terry Linehan, Director of Don’t Know Yet
By Leo Collis. Terry Linehan, filmmaker and lecturer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is currently filming his first feature-length project, Don’t Know Yet. I interviewed Terry about the film, what makes the project so unique and crashing R.V.s. Leo Collis: Tell me what Don’t Know Yet is about. […]
Interview with Tim Palmer, Author of Brutal Intimacy
By Leo Collis. Brutal Intimacy is the first full-length publication from Dr. Tim Palmer. The book focuses on modern French cinema, its recent exports and the French film ecosystem. It also researches the impact of young filmmakers, women filmmakers, French film education and the variety of French film genres in […]
Interview with Ethan de Seife, Author of Tashlinesque
By Leo Collis. Following the release of his book Tashlinesque, I caught up with author Ethan de Seife to discuss writer, director and animator Frank Tashlin, the development of the book and why Tashlin has been so grossly neglected by filmmakers and scholars alike. Leo Collis: Ethan, can you tell […]
Interview with Russell Owen, Welcome to the Majority’s Director
By Leo Collis. Russell Owen has worked in film and television for almost a decade. Through this time, he has done countless jobs and worked on numerous projects with a whole range of directors. Taking all that he’s learnt over the years, Owen has ventured into the world of directing […]
Private Romeo: A Conversation with Alan Brown
By Tom Ue. Writer and director Alan Brown’s most recent feature – his fourth – Private Romeo, won a Grand Jury Prize at 2011 Outfest Film Festival in Los Angeles, and was a Critic’s Pick of The New York Times, which wrote that, “Shakespeare himself would spring for a ticket […]