AltWeeklies Wire
Gus Van Sant on 'Paranoid Park'new
"When you're 16, that's the most important time in your life," he says. "It might not be a time when you get much done, but you're influenced by everything that's come your way. By 25, you're going to be much more frozen in your ways."
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
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
Joe Balass Goes Back to Iraqnew
The filmmaker revisits a vanished Jewish community in Baghdad Twist.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
01-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Baghdad Twist, Joe Balass
Josh Brolin & Kelly MacDonald on 'No Country for Old Men'new
Both Brolin and MacDonald are open in their admiration for the Coen brothers.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
John Pilger on American Malfeasance in Latin Americanew
The journalist and documentary filmmaker probes the uncomfortable truths of American influence in Latin
America in The War on Democracy.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Pilger, The War on Democracy
Steve Gallucio on 'Surviving My Mother'new
His latest screenplay was originally intended for the stage.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cristian Mungiu Goes Beyond Abortionnew
"When I sat down to write it, I wasn't setting out to make a film about abortion," the director says of his gritty, Palme d'Or-winning drama.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Screenwriter Kelley Sane on Torture and 'Rendition'new
Sane's screenplay has several intersecting subplots, all of which arc beautifully over less than two hours.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
Anton Corbijn on His Gorgeously Bleak New Filmnew
Control recreates the brief and intense life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
'Zoo': Horse and Buggerynew
Filmmakers Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede talk about their disturbing, beautiful documentary about interspecies sex.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
07-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Robinson Devor, zoo
One-man Movienew
Montrealer Tyler Gibb on Minushi, the 90-minute fantasy film he made at home in about 7,000 hours.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Woodley |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Minushi, Tyler Gibb
A Pet Projectnew
Curt Johnson on his disturbing animal-rights documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
07-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Moore or Lessnew
Manufacturing Dissent criticizes the most popular documentary filmmaker in history.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
06-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Severance': Having the Last Laughnew
Christopher Smith and Danny Dyer on comedy, horror, the war on terror and the twists and turns of their hilarious new thriller.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Christopher Smith, Severance
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
