AltWeeklies Wire
The Moviegoernew
Robert Osborne, who hosts this month's 31 Days of Oscar on Turner Classic Movies, represents the history of Hollywood. Up next: A new management team tries to shape the future of the Atlanta-based network.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Be Kind Rewind': Utopian Tourette'snew
Michel Gondry says what's on his mind.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind
Marjane Satrapi Contemplates Iran, the Oscars, and the 'Axis of Evil'new
The creator of Persepolis has seen revolution up close, and her life was never the same.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appelford |
02-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
George Romero's Diarynew
You might think George Romero, who all but established the rules and conventions for how zombie movies work, would be a bit tired of the genre after 40 years of doing it. You'd be wrong.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Diary of the Dead' Goes for the Headshotnew
Diary had its U.S. debut at Sundance in January and was easily one of the fiercest pictures on show. In fact, I'm not aware of any fiction features that might hold such sting.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Mike McNamara’s Biggest Role Yetnew
In addition to getting steady work as an actor, writing a column and hosting a radio program, on the first Tuesday of every month except January, Mike McNamara hosts the Midwest Independent Film Festival, a monthly screening of regional films.
Isthmus |
Ed M. Koziarski |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dance Dance Revolutionnew
Filmmaker Ian Iqbal Rashid never thought he’d end up directing How She Move. The London-based director, whose debut feature, Touch of Pink, is a gay romcom that was a hit at Sundance in 2004.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: How She Move, Ian Iqbal Rashid
Mitchell Lichtenstein is Half-Cockednew
Teeth takes a horror premise (chick with a toothed vagina that chomps off male members) and plays it just as much for satire as it does for genre thrills.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mitchell Lichtenstein, Teeth
'The Merry Gentleman': A Job for Batmannew
When a ruptured appendix put Chicago director Ron Lazzeretti in the hospital, Michael Keaton stepped in to save the day. Now their project hits Sundance.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
01-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Blood, Sweat and Tearsnew
There Will be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson on making his masterpiece, and how baseball may have saved him.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Frank Langella Learns Serenity Latenew
He is now in the midst of a comeback that includes a recent Tony for the play Frost/Nixon and a reinvigorated career that will see him star in four movies scheduled for release in 2008.
The Georgia Straight |
Ian Caddell |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Porn Supremacynew
Philly-bred Paul Fishbein's "Oscars of adult" turns 25.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Anthony Layser |
01-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Fields of Fuel' is a Documentary & Adventure Storynew
The 90-minute doc introduces a potential new fuel source: algae.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer |
12-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fields of Fuel, Josh Tickell
Ellen Page's Leap Yearnew
From the snowy Sundance hills to Academy Award predictions from Roger Ebert, 2007 belongs to Halifax actor Ellen Page and her new movie, Juno.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tara Thorne |
12-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
Running with Diablonew
Hollywood's hottest screenwriter talks about the price of fame, life in the film biz, and her early days at City Pages.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matthew Smith |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
