Category: Interviews

Bruce Handy’s book, Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies, is an absolute delight. It’s filled with…

Acclaimed Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili makes films that transport the viewer both to the rural region, at the foot of…

One throughline of Welsh director Gareth Evans’ films is their punishing bleakness. Best known for the Indonesian crime martial arts…

Author and philosopher G.K. Chesterton wrote in his story collection, Tremendous Trifles, “The world will never starve for want of…

Set within the Chinese diaspora massage parlors, restaurants, and construction sites of Flushing, Queens, “Blue Sun Palace” is a deeply…

One of the great joys when watching a Ryan Coogler project is seeing how he’ll remix seemingly unrelated stories, themes,…

Thousands of versions of Cinderella exist throughout the world, but it’s safe to say that only one variant of the…

The latest film by David Cronenberg is his most personal in decades. Written after the death of his wife of…

Alex Garland’s worlds, even those in the more fantastical realms of “Ex Machina,” “Dredd,” and “Annihilation,” find as many ways…

Val Kilmer died last week of pneumonia after a long struggle against the cancer that took his voice. He left…