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Consciously Collective: How Four Filmmakers Redefine Our Visual Historynew
Defining the archive as "a repository for any personal memories, shared histories, objects and documents through which we revisit the history of our time," Robert Cargni has assembled four programs by filmmakers who rework the archives of our visual culture.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
12-15-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Director R.J. Cutler Talks About 'The September Issue'new
Cutler talked with us about Vogue, creative director Grace Coddington and coming face to face with the devil herself, only to find she's not that scary after all.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Molly Eichel |
09-15-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bobcat Goldthwait Talks About the Rebirth of His Careernew
Make no mistake -- Goldthwait is fully aware of his place in the culture. "If somebody told me Michael Winslow was making movies," he says of his Police Academy co-star, "I'd be kinda skeptical. I'd have a very arched eyebrow."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
09-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Francis Ford Coppola Talks About His Return to Smaller, More Personal Filmmakingnew
After a decade spent trying to mount a pair of costly passion projects, Coppola abruptly shifted gears and embarked on what he calls his "second career," which began with 2007's Youth Without Youth and continues with Tetro, the story of estranged brothers nursing the emotional wounds of their upbringing by a domineering orchestra conductor father.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tetro, Francis Ford Coppola
Kathryn Bigelow Talks About Taking Risks in 'The Hurt Locker'new
Bigelow says the main idea was to simulate the "surprise and chaos and randomness" of combat. "I've never been in combat," she says. "I've never been in a war. But I think that chaos is probably pretty much unimaginable unless you've been there."
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-14-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Desperate Times: An Interview with 'Wendy and Lucy' Director Kelly Reichardtnew
The accident of timing has everything to do with how a movie is received, and there's no question Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy hits home more forcefully now than when it premiered last May. The spare, lyrical story seems tailor-made for hard times, when even the formerly comfortable are staring destitution in the face.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
01-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bruce Campbell Talks About 'My Name is Bruce'new
Someone unfamiliar with Campbell's self-deprecating humor and mock-abusive relationship with his often obsessive fans may wonder why any actor would choose to depict himself as a washed-up, egotistical B-movie hack.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
11-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Documentary Shines a Light on Dick Clark and Philly's Payola Pastnew
Wages of Spin looks deeply into the ways Clark's vertical integration in the record publishing business, record pressing business and talent representation screwed over many a little guy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
10-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Simon Says: An Interview with Simon Peggnew
Toby Young as described by Toby Young in his memoir How to Lose Friends and Alienate People is an insufferable prick. But that wasn't the Toby Young that Simon Pegg met when he sat down with the writer he was set to portray on screen.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sweet Talking with the Film Banditsnew
The film collective of 15 or so just finished casting for Pinheads!. Their first short is the story of a group of second-rate villains — a pickpocket, a dine-and-dasher, a movie pirater and the aforementioned cupcake thief — who play in a bowling league against an equally unimpressive lineup of heroes.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Monica Weymouth |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: film festivals, cupcakes
'Bottle Shock's Randall Miller and Jody Savin Pour It Onnew
The wine story at the core of Bottle Shock details the moment at which the wine business changed, turning the Napa Valley from a farm town to a tourist mecca.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Morgan Spurlock Talks About His Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Mannew
"I expected to go find him," Spurlock insists, fending off any suggestion that his hunt for Osama bin Laden was a mere pretense. "I had a 50/50 shot, right?"
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
04-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Slavers in the Familynew
How Katrina Browne confronted her ties to America's original sin, and why the nation should follow her lead.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
04-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'If People Don't Like It Now, They Will'new
Kasper Collin wants to guide you through the life of free-jazz innovator Albert Ayler.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Shaun Brady |
03-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alex Gibney Discusses Torture's Role in Global Relationsnew
The Taxi to the Dark Side director takes torture personally.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
02-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alex Gibney, Taxi to the Dark Side
