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Lee Daniles Turns an Inner-City Literary Legend into an Act of Global Warmingnew

Daniels exudes confidence when talking about his latest film, Precious. It's as if he knows this story about an obese, ugly, dark-skinned teenage girl from the ghetto -- whose father repeatedly rapes her -- is going to impact the lives of millions.

Philadelphia Weekly | Monica Peters | 11-16-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Precious, Lee Daniels

'Humpday' Director Talks How Seattle Inspiration Led to Sundance Acclaimnew

Lynn Shelton hooks up with the Philadelphia Weekly to discuss her sexually and aesthetically adventurous new film 'Humpday'.

Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | 08-03-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Humpday, Lynn Shelton, amateur gay porn film, Joshua Leonard, Mark Duplass, My Effortless Brilliance, Sundance

'No Family History' Studies the Link Between Cancer and Pollutionnew

The new documentary feature written and directed by University of Pennsylvania research fellow Dr. Sabrina McCormick looks at cancer clusters.

Philadelphia Weekly | John Steele | 10-27-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: environment, cancer, health, documentary, University of Pennsylvania, cancer clusters, No Family History, Sabrina McCormick

Rainn Wilson: Does That Turn You On?new

It's easy to assume, or at the very least, hope that Rainn Wilson is exactly like his Office alter ego Dwight Schrute. But don't hold your breath beet farming enthusiasts, the authoritative attitude, terrible haircut and, heck even the signature glasses get left behind at Dunder Mifflin.

Philadelphia Weekly | Aly Semigran | 08-25-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Peter Cattaneo, The Rocker

Enemy of the Statenew

Director Cristian Mungiu discusses his acclaimed film about illegal abortion in Communist Romania.

Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | 02-11-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu

Mitchell Lichtenstein is Half-Cockednew

Teeth takes a horror premise (chick with a toothed vagina that chomps off male members) and plays it just as much for satire as it does for genre thrills.

Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | 01-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Mitchell Lichtenstein, Teeth

Porn Supremacynew

Philly-bred Paul Fishbein's "Oscars of adult" turns 25.

Philadelphia Weekly | Anthony Layser | 01-14-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

One-Flick Ponies?new

With Juno, director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody prove to be more.

Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | 12-17-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman

Robert Benton on Nudity and 'Feast of Love'new

If there's a near-constant in the films written or directed by Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer, Nobody's Fool), it's that they tend to have an unusual amount of bare flesh for mainstream Hollywood fare.

Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | 10-01-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Feast of Love, Robert Benton