AltWeeklies Wire
Paul Verhoeven: Staying Alivenew
The director on moral ambiguity, the Dutch underground, lesbian dogs and his new WWII thriller.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Black Book, Paul Verhoeven
Secret Agents: Danish Actor Mads Mikkelsennew
On the acclaimed melodrama After the Wedding and what it was like to kick Bond in the balls.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sarah Polley's Art of Adaptationnew
Polley takes the director's chair for the acclaimed Away From Her, based on a story by Alice Munro.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Away from Her, Sarah Polley
Terminal Citynew
Mount Pleasant is a predictably grim Vancouver melodrama about drugs, prostitution and class.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-25-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Mount Pleasant, Ross Weber
Size Countsnew
As Goldberg proceeded with his documentary, he was taken aback to learn that many social scientists and economists have found solid reasons to believe there are deeply-rooted negative biases against the short.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Howard Goldberg, Short and Male
Girl Powernew
Condon talks about how being gay helped bring Broadway to Hollywood with his blockbuster musical.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Harper's Bizarrenew
Lewis Lapham examines the elite in this strange musical documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Suburban Twistnew
Field discusses his second feature, the off-kilter satirical melodrama Little Children.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Children, Todd Field
Cut Offnew
This weird family drama lacks an emotional connection.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Waves of Weirdnessnew
Some call it a masterpiece, but most call it trash: Terry Gilliam talks about his Lynchian new film, and why it's making people so uncomfortable.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Terry Gilliam, Tideland
Digging Through a Stupid Warnew
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh discusses civilian casualties, American ignorance
and leading questions.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Sinsational!new
Straw discusses his new book on lurid New York crime magazines.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-19-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Five Reasons to Hate Albertanew
A political refugee presents a handy guide to Conservative bull.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
02-03-2006 |
Politics
The Truman Shownew
Philip Seymour Hoffman brings the author of In Cold Blood to life in Capote, having worked his way into the character from "the outside in."
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
12-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Peeved Reevesnew
At an assembly-line celebrity interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, Thumbsucker star Keanu Reeves tells journalists as little as possible.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
