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Class of '79new

B-Movie king Roger Corman goes back to "Rock 'n' Roll High School" in a wide-ranging interview about his career and the current state of the industry.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 12-15-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Death Race 2000, Dinocroc, The Ramones, Various Directors, Various Titles

Raiders of a Lost Artnew

DIY filmmakers Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos are the men who were the kids behind the painstaking, backyard remake of the first Indiana Jones flick.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 12-01-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Daniel Clowes, Eric Zala, Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, Stephen Spielberg

The Truman Shownew

Capote star Philip Seymour Hoffman discusses reviving the creator of "In Cold Blood" and steering clear of caricature.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 11-03-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Truman Capote

Inside The Marginsnew

Filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan unravels the stubborn knot of aberrant human behavior in his latest look at people society doesn't typically like to look at.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 10-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Keane, Lodge Kerrigan, Damien Rice

From Kiev, With Lovenew

Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz jumps from stage diving to scene stealing in Everything is Illuminated.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 10-13-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Gogol Bordello, Chernobyl, Eugene Hutz, Everything Is Illuminated, Liev Schreiber

Naughty by Naturenew

Aristocrats director Paul Provenza explains how and why he unleashed the world's dirtiest joke.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 08-18-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Adam Sandler, Bob Saget, Carrie Fisher, Mike Nichols, Paul Provenza, Penn Jillette, The Aristocrats

Night Lifenew

Brooklyn collective e-Xplo's installation exploring the biggest "non-space" of them all -- night time

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 06-02-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Sleeping Dogs Lie, Columbus, e-Xplo, Wexner Center

The Road Less Travelednew

Off the Map director Campbell Scott and star J.K. Simmons try to explain the film's unusual, indescribable appeal.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 05-05-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Campbell Scott, Joan Allen, J.K. Simmons, Joan Ackermann, Off the Map, Sam Elliott

Rude Awakeningnew

A documentary by animators Tony West and Dan Lund chronicles the downsizing that put more than 1,300 Disney animators, artists and craftspeople out of work.

Columbus Alive | Melissa Starker | 04-28-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Disney, Dan Lund, Dream on Silly Dreamer, Tony West