AltWeeklies Wire
Ross McElwee talks his latest film, his Full Frame program and his sonnew

"Savor the experience of sitting in that dark room with other strangers and relating to a world that is not completely your own—in some ways, the opposite of Facebook."
INDY Week |
Craig D. Lindsey |
04-15-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Benoit Pioulard's Slipstream of Songnew

"Music ought to be revelatory to the artist. I'm positive I wouldn't be who I am had I never written a song or learned an instrument."
INDY Week |
Jesse Steichen |
11-04-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Benoit Pioulard
Meet Fatih Akin, the Most Exciting German (and Turkish) Director of His Timenew
Akin is the young director whose breakthrough film Head-On was an international hit three years ago.
INDY Week |
Godfrey Cheshire |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Edge of Heaven, Faith Akin
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
Mike O'Connoll on 'Mountain Top Removal'new
O'Connell's introduction to coal mining culture came at an early age and in a most inauspicious way.
INDY Week |
Neil Morris |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pittsboro Filmmaker Tackles Death Row and Familynew
Filmed over 10 months beginning in October 2005, Love Lived on Death Row features the reconciliation between the Syriani siblings and their father, Elias, along with the work of Meg Eggleston, their father's friend and spiritual advisor.
INDY Week |
Neil Morris |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Herbivore's Dialoguenew
Eleni Vlachos' Seeing Through the Fence, an 84-minute-long collection of interviews, statistics and food production footage, is steeped in facts about the vegan lifestyle and animal rights.
INDY Week |
Kathy Justice |
01-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
John Waters On the Mainstreamng of Gay Culturenew
"I had more fun when it was illegal to be gay," says Waters.
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
09-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The 'Meat' and 'Missile' Mannew
The renowned documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is busier than ever.
INDY Week |
Douglas Vuncannon |
03-22-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Frederick Wiseman