AltWeeklies Wire
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
Despot, Oil Sheikh, Terroristnew
U.S. author and academic Jack Shaheen's documentary Reel Bad Arabs examines the Hollywood evolution of a stereotype.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
03-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jack Shaheen, Reel Bad Arabs
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
Brutal Beautynew
Baichwal talks about her enthralling expose of the modern industrial revolution, as seen through the epic photography of Edward Burtynsky.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
12-15-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
Raising the Black Flagnew
Rachman and author Steven Blush talk about punk rock, ethics and their new documentary.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Hardcore, Paul Rachman
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
Decent Exposurenew
Director Mitchell and leading lady Sook-Yin Lee offer penetrating insights in this emotionally wrenching and very sexy comedy.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
10-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus
The Call-Center Classnew
Mallal and Addelman tap in to India's booming IT outsourcing scene and the ways in which it is (and isn't) affecting a new generation.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Paranoid Celluloidnew
Richard Linklater, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves talk about how Philip K. Dick's drug and death classic is still a tale for our time.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
07-07-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Payback Timenew
Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook perfects the art of settling a score in his third and final tale of revenge, Lady Vengeance.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
05-26-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lady Vengeance, Park Chan-wook
She Bangsnew
Gretchen Mol and Mary Harron examine the contradictory world of the devout fetish model in The Notorious Bettie Page.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
04-21-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
For Meta or For Worsenew
Steve Coogan, Michael Winterbottom and Rob Brydon discuss "corpsing," giant vaginas and the making of Tristram Shandy.
Montreal Mirror |
Sarah Rowland |
03-24-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
