Interview: Hailiee Steinfeld, Star of The Edge of Seventeen

November 18, 2016

In 2010, 13-year-old Hailee Steinfeld made a strong first impression (and nabbed an Oscar nomination) for her work in the Coen Brother’s True Grit remake. Six years later, the young actress, model, and singer has a dozen more feature films on her resume–including Pitch Perfect 2, which also served as a launching pad for a very … More Interview: Hailiee Steinfeld, Star of The Edge of Seventeen

Interview: Whit Stillman, Writer-director of Jane Austen's Love & Friendship (Lady Susan)

May 19, 2016

From his first feature film, 1990’s Metropolitan, through Barcelona (1994), The Last Days of Disco (1998) and even 2011’s Damsels in Distress, Jane Austen’s influence on writer-director Whit Stillman has been obvious. His films’ fascination with the manners, aspirations, and behaviors of hermetic social circles; his characters’ tendency to constantly explain and justify their motivations; … More Interview: Whit Stillman, Writer-director of Jane Austen's Love & Friendship (Lady Susan)

Interview: Touched with Fire Writer-director Paul Dalio and Star Luke Kirby

February 15, 2016

Writer-director Paul Dalio’s first feature film draws directly from his personal experience with being both bipolar and a creative individual. Touched with Fire takes its title and thematic inspiration from Kay Redfield Jamison’s 1996 study Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, in which the psychologist examines how the works of many artists, musicians, and writers–including … More Interview: Touched with Fire Writer-director Paul Dalio and Star Luke Kirby

Interview: The Big Short Writer-director Adam McKay

December 30, 2015

The Big Short sneaked up on me. On us all. When awards season began, it wasn’t really in the conversation. After all, here was Adam McKay, the filmmaker behind (admittedly awesome) Will Ferrell comedies like Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys, and co-creator of the Funny or Die website co-writing and directing an adaptation of … More Interview: The Big Short Writer-director Adam McKay

What We Talk About When We Talk About Star Wars

December 29, 2015

“Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars, Give me those Star Wars, don’t let them end. Star Wars, if they should bar wars, please let these Star Wars stay.”   The return of Star Wars this past month to theaters, social media, box-office record books, the pop-culture landscape, every advertising tie-in imaginable, and seemingly many of our … More What We Talk About When We Talk About Star Wars

Interview: Nasty Baby Director Sebastián Silva

November 17, 2015

After a while watching mainstream, independent, and art-house films, one of the most pleasant things is being genuinely surprised by a film when it turns out to be more than you expected in ways you didn’t see coming. Without spoiling that sense of discovery for others, Chilean writer-director Sebastián Silva’s latest film Nasty Baby offers … More Interview: Nasty Baby Director Sebastián Silva