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Interview: Kimberly Peirce of Carrie

Interview: Kimberly Peirce of Carrie

This Friday, the girl in the blood-soaked prom dress returns to wreak havoc on the masses in Carrie, a re-imagining of Brian De Palma’s beloved 1976 horror gem. Helmed by director Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry, Stop-Loss), the film again follows the complex, violently turbulent relationship between outcast quiet-girl Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz), a...

Interview: Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg & Matthew Kinch of Noah

Interview: Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg & Matthew Kinch of Noah

By Dustin Jansick

Three college aged friends created the splendidly unique 17 minute short film which takes place entirely on a teenager’s computer screen. The audience is essentially looking over the shoulder...

Interview: Nick Ryan and Pemba Gyalje Sherpa of The Summit

Interview: Nick Ryan and Pemba Gyalje Sherpa of The Summit

Director Nick Ryan’s new documentary, The Summit, recounts the horrific events that took place in August, 2008, on the deadliest mountain in the world, K2, which looms over the world...

Interview: Danny Trejo of Machete Kills

Interview: Danny Trejo of Machete Kills

Starting as the character “Uncle Machete” in the first Spy Kids movie in 2001, DIY director Robert Rodriguez and legitimate badass Danny Trejo have breathed life into the character we...

Interview: Spencer McCall and Jeff Hull of The Institute

Interview: Spencer McCall and Jeff Hull of The Institute

(Source: Getty Images) In The Institute, the new documentary directed by Spencer McCall, we’re given a glimpse into the world of “The Games of Nonchalance”, an urban-exploratory alternate reality...

Interview: Jim Mickle of We Are What We Are

Interview: Jim Mickle of We Are What We Are

After directing Stakeland and Mulberry Street, two indie horror films that are slowly building cult followings, director Jim Mickle is back with his third film, We Are What We...

Interview: Stacie Passon of Concussion

Interview: Stacie Passon of Concussion

In Concussion, first-time writer-director Stacie Passon gives us a glimpse into the doldrums of lesbian suburbia and how a bored housewife (Robin Weigert), awakened to her unfulfilling malaise by...

Interview: Robin Weigert and Jonathan Tchaikovsky of Concussion

Interview: Robin Weigert and Jonathan Tchaikovsky of Concussion

With Concussion, first-time writer-director Stacie Passon gives us a glimpse into the doldrums of lesbian suburbia and how a bored housewife (Robin Weigert), awakened to her unfulfilling malaise by...

Interview: Erik Matti of On the Job

Interview: Erik Matti of On the Job

Filipino director Erik Matti’s new crime thriller On the Job (my review) is based on a real-life Filipino scandal in which government officials used prisoners as hitmen, convincing prison wardens...

Interview: Megumi Sasaki and Dorothy Vogel of Herb and Dorothy 50X50

Interview: Megumi Sasaki and Dorothy Vogel of Herb and Dorothy 50X50

Herb & Dorothy 50X50 (our review) follows the titular legendary art collectors as they set up the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, an unprecedented...

Interview: Haifaa Al-Mansour of Wadjda

Interview: Haifaa Al-Mansour of Wadjda

Haifaa Al-Mansour’s new film, Wadjda, is the first movie in history to be filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia, and it’s doubly amazing that the film is helmed by a...

Interview: Ninetto Davoli

Interview: Ninetto Davoli

This past weekend in San Francisco, the U.S. tour of the Pier Paolo Pasolini Film Series, a collection of all of the director’s films restored gorgeously on 35mm prints,...

Interview: Mike Flanagan of Oculus

Interview: Mike Flanagan of Oculus

Last Sunday TIFF’s Midnight Madness program unveiled the world premiere of Oculus. Mike Flanagan, whose last film Absentia was a great understated horror film, finds himself working with a...

Interview: David Fitzgerald, Founder of the Atheist Film Festival

Interview: David Fitzgerald, Founder of the Atheist Film Festival

The Atheist Film Festival, a one-day San Francisco event now in its fifth year, is hitting the Bay Area again this Saturday, September 14th at the Roxie Theater with...

Interview: Jacob Vaughan of Bad Milo!

Interview: Jacob Vaughan of Bad Milo!

Seeing that WTI favorites Jay and Mark Duplass are executive producers on Bad Milo! might make people think they’re in for something similar to their small-scale dramas, but they’d...

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