AltWeeklies Wire
Director Patricia Riggen: rebellious teen to Latina filmmakernew
After introducing herself to audiences in 2007 with the heartwarming drama Under the Same Moon (La misma luna), director Patricia Riggen, 41, returns to the big screen with a coming-of-age film about the conflict between a rebellious teenage daughter and her mother in Girl in Progress.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
05-11-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
SXSW Film Fest pulling in four proud San Antonio filmmakersnew
The road to the South by Southwest Film Festival stretched through San Antonio once again this year.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
03-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Actor Jason Mewes on podcasting with Kevin Smith, beating addictionnew
At 37 years old, actor Jason Mewes, best known as the talkative half of the drug-dealing duo Jay and Silent Bob (Clerks, Chasing Amy), admits he no longer has the stamina to rollerblade long distances or the metabolism to scarf down pizza without remorse like he could in his 20s.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
02-01-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Elizabeth Olsen Breaks Out in Emotionally Disturbing Martha Marcy May Marlenenew
Traveling across the U.S. to promote her new film Martha Marcy May Marlene with first-time feature filmmaker Sean Durkin, actress Elizabeth Olsen said she was always shocked when moviegoers decide to share their personal experiences with her about cults.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
11-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Eat Me: An Invitation to a Zombienew
Local filmmaker Daniel Maldonado, 31, says that while he’s not a zombie aficionado, he has seen enough ’80s zombie cult classics and played enough Resident Evil to know in advance he could handle directing the walking dead in his first feature The Killing Strain, an independent horror film shot in south San Antonio in 2009.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-12-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Real Lives Lost in Today’s Immigration Debatenew
Mexico City-born actor Demián Bichir laughs a bit as he gives his analysis on the current state of U.S. immigration legislation and the suggestion by some people that the government should find a way to send 11 million undocumented Mexicans back across the border.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martínez |
07-08-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chris Weitz, A Better Life
Interview: Actor Michael Peña Talks ‘Lincoln Lawyer’new
Taking about a year and a half off from making movies after his first child was born at the end of 2008, actor and Chicago native Michael Peña, 35, is getting back into the swing of things.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-29-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Peña
Hall Pass interviews: Peter Farrelly & J.B. Smoovenew
As one half of the filmmaking duo known as the Farrelly brothers, Peter Farrelly has been churning out slapstick comedies with his brother Bobby since Dumb and Dumber in 1994. Since then, both have introduced audiences to some unusual characters in films such as Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary, and Shallow Hal.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
03-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hall Pass, Peter Farrelly
Director Deb Hagan Jumps Head First into 'College'new
If Hagan knew her binge-drinking freshman year at the University of Delaware would actually be used as research for her first feature film 15 years later, she might've stayed around an extra couple of semesters just to make sure she understood the full meaning of the term "riding the porcelain bus."
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dwayne Johnson Drops Geological Nickname to Fashion New Image for 'Get Smart'new
The former WWE champion is a different man in pursuit of a different image.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
06-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kicking into High Gearnew
Director and actor Mark Cantu sticks behind the camera for his latest feature, Echo.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
01-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Echo, Mark Cantu
Go South, Young Mannew
Prodigal screenwriter Trent Moran chooses his hometown of San Antonio over the Hollywood hills.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
12-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Halle Berry Discusses 'Things We Lost in the Fire'new
Berry can say she is back on track to earn her second Oscar nomination for her intimate role in her new film.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Director Dora Peña Refuses the Mommy Tracknew
Married for 12 years and with three boys between the ages of two and 12, Peña has beaten the odds and refused to become another teen-pregnancy statistic. It's been an exciting -- albeit exasperating -- road.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
09-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dora Peña, The Dreamhealer
Chris Eska's Atavistic Visionnew
The filmmaker takes indies back to their roots.
San Antonio Current |
Kiko Martinez |
08-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: August Evening, Chris Eska
