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Penelope Cruz on Almodovar and 'Broken Embraces'new
“The first time I worked with him, I was a whore giving birth in a bus. Then, a nun that gets pregnant from a transvestite. Every time I have my moment of ‘Really, isn’t this going to be too much? How are we going to make this believable?’ And then, he does it. Every single time.”
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
12-18-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ondi Timoner's Doc is a Timely and Cautionary Tale of a Life Lived Onlinenew
In the weeks leading up to the millennium, artist/businessman Josh Harris holed up over 100 artists in an underground bunker equipped with constantly running webcams. Timoner was hired to document the resulting madness.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
11-19-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bruce McDonald on His Small-Town Ontario Zombie Filmnew
Here's the bit of brilliance that lies at the gut of McDonald's latest movie: Pontypool is truly horrifying for what it doesn't show us.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Brett Gaylor's Documentary Takes on Copyright Lawnew
RIP: Remix Manifesto uses concert footage, animation, multimedia collages and interviews to illuminate both the nuances of the debate over copyright law and how it impacts art, science and life in the 21st century and beyond.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Matt Wolf on His Documentary About Avant-Garde Pioneer and Disco Legend Arthur Russellnew
In Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, Wolf revisits Russell's life through intimate interviews with longtime boyfriend Tom Lee and Russell's parents, archival footage and, of course, the music itself.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nothing's Sacred for Bill Maher and Larry Charlesnew
Maher and Charles discuss fundamentalism, the apocalypse, and their new faith-challenging
doc, Religulous.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
09-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tanaz Eshaghian's Doc Looks at Iranian Gays Pressured to Endure Sex-Change Operationsnew
Eshaghian says Be Like Others is a film about class as much as it is about gender or sexual orientation. "If you're poor, this is when the conformity is really expected of you."
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thai Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul on Film and Censorshipnew
Thailand's board of censors demanded that four scenes -- which apparently portrayed doctors and monks in a disrespectful light -- be cut from Syndromes and a Century, and Weerasethakul refused, which meant that the film could not legally be shown.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
06-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hated Director Uwe Boll Takes on His Criticsnew
Speaking to the Mirror from Vancouver, he delivered an uninterrupted five-minute monologue touching on why nobody in Chicago wanted to interview him and he had to fly home after the screening, neo-Nazis, why Alone in the Dark was just as good as Elektra, why Paul Haggis' Crash is "pathetic," and how Postal is an incisive indictment of America.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The World According to Monsanto' Investigates the Agricultural Giantnew
The extent of the Monsanto corporation's evildoing, and how they've been able to get away with it for so long, is the subject of the scrupulous, thorough and damning new film from French director Marie-Monique Robin, who's published a companion book of the same title.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
05-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Garth Jennings & Nick Goldsmith on Their Affectionate Tribute to '80s Action Moviesnew
Much like Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, Son of Rambow is the story of a group of inspired amateurs competing with Hollywood on a shoestring. It's a sweet and frequently hilarious film that overflows with the spirit of childhood derring-do.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow
Fatih Akin on His Complex 'The Edge of Heaven'new
For most filmgoers, the network narrative has become a crashing bore. But the Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin's latest film reinvigorates this screenwriting ploy, breathing new life into something I'd written off for dead.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
05-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven
'Harold and Kumar' Star John Cho on the Stoned Sequelnew
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay's politics are as muddled as the baked-out minds that will appreciate it best. But the very existence of a new lowbrow comedy focusing on the U.S. government's racist persecution of innocent people should give the Republicans more fright than Obamamania.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
04-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
David Schwimmer on 'Run Fat Boy Run'new
"I had no idea my first film would be a London comedy!" Schwimmer says, laughing.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Schwimmer, Run Fat Boy Run
Nadine Labaki on Her Lebanese Chick Flick 'Caramel'new
"Women living in the Middle East face a lot of confusing influences, the confusion between East and West," she says. "I liked the idea of five different women, with five different viewpoints and at different points in their lives, connecting through a beauty salon."
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Caramel, Nadine Labaki
