AltWeeklies Wire
Steve Carell on Improv and 'Get Smart'new
While improvisation would seem to be more welcome in an indie film or a show like his hit The Office than in a big-budget summer blockbuster like this, Carell says it still has its place. "It was a mix. We stuck to the script, but there were chances to play. We would come up with alternatives because you never know in the final outcome what will or won't work. So we tried to give ourselves some options on various takes."
Artvoice |
M. Faust |
06-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Director Sergei Bodrov Retraces the Footsteps of Genghis Khannew
Just over a decade ago, Bodrov made his mark in the West with his Academy Award–nominated movie Prisoner of the Mountains. After frustrating stints as a director-for-hire, he did the smart thing and made the movie he wanted to make.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Writer Steven Conrad on 'The Promotion'new
Conrad discusses his latest vision (and this week's release), which stars John C. Reilly, Seann William Scott, and everyone's favorite Office sweetheart, Jenna Fischer — in addition to sweet-ass casting, twisted humor, and coming to terms with adulthood.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Going to the 'Edge of Heaven' with Fatih Akinnew
Akin's latest film is a fierce, generous melodrama, the second of a trilogy about émigré culture patterned after Fassbinder's trilogy of movies about post-World War II German history that began with The Marriage of Maria Braun.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
06-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven
No News is Good News: Jon Stewart Talks
Stewart is not just a smart-ass; he's actually smart. And while he can be glib, he's arguably one of the most moral people on television news.
Hartford Advocate |
Adam Bulger |
06-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Conversation with Errol Morris About the Abu Ghraib Atrocitiesnew
Errol Morris discusses Standard Operating Procedure and the way the Abu Ghraib scandal turned into a misleading and misunderstood episode: a "false narrative: false villains, false heroes, false everything."
INDY Week |
Douglas Vuncannon |
06-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Brutal Reality of 'Heavy Metal in Baghdad'new
Few things could be deemed as authentically metal as the act of carrying cans of gasoline to band practice to power the generators you plug your amp into.
Seattle Weekly |
Hannah Levin |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
African-American Male Exotic Dancers Protect Their Rights in 'Don't Hate'new
The documentary patiently deconstructs the myth of adult entertainment as the last refuge of the unemployed and anti-social through the story of Jim Bell's fight against one Maryland county legislature's attempts to outlaw the traditional etiquette for tipping an exotic dancer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
06-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hated Director Uwe Boll Takes on His Criticsnew
Speaking to the Mirror from Vancouver, he delivered an uninterrupted five-minute monologue touching on why nobody in Chicago wanted to interview him and he had to fly home after the screening, neo-Nazis, why Alone in the Dark was just as good as Elektra, why Paul Haggis' Crash is "pathetic," and how Postal is an incisive indictment of America.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The World According to Monsanto' Investigates the Agricultural Giantnew
The extent of the Monsanto corporation's evildoing, and how they've been able to get away with it for so long, is the subject of the scrupulous, thorough and damning new film from French director Marie-Monique Robin, who's published a companion book of the same title.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
05-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rocky Costanzo, Founder of LifeLine Entertainment, Can't Quit His Day Jobnew
Chances are you've never heard of Costanzo or Amhurst. Yet, at age 34, Costanzo and the company he heads have made four feature films, all available on (and direct-to) DVD.
OC Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
05-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Harmony Korine's Waynew
The director on flying nuns and his Mexican Michael Jackson.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshuah Bearman |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mister Lonely, Harmony Korine
The Dark Days of Lloyd T. Binfordnew
Binford was known from coast to coast as the toughest censor in America.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Finger |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Garth Jennings & Nick Goldsmith on Their Affectionate Tribute to '80s Action Moviesnew
Much like Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, Son of Rambow is the story of a group of inspired amateurs competing with Hollywood on a shoestring. It's a sweet and frequently hilarious film that overflows with the spirit of childhood derring-do.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow
Trainspotting America with James Benning's 'RR'new
Barring a change of mind or circumstance, the masterful RR will be the last of Benning's works shot on 16mm, and how fitting that this 37-year phase closes with the image of a locomotive, pointedly stopped in front of a wind farm outside of Palm Springs, scrapped tires lying in the foreground, the end in a line of 43 trains shot across the United States.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Mark Peranson |
05-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
