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Joanna Arnow Talks Baring All in “i hate myself :)” (SF Indiefest)
i hate myself 🙂 begins with New York filmmaker Joanna Arnow aiming her camera at her first boyfriend James, a crude, oft-drunk showman who enjoys screaming the n-word to a room of black people during open mic “performances”. He...
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Did Kestrin Pantera ‘Ruin it With Babies’? (SF Indiefest)
Kestrin Pantera is an actor, writer, director, and classically trained cellist (she’s played with the likes of Weezer and Beck), but one gig on her resume stands out like a neon light in the night: she and her husband Jonathan...
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Megan Messmer and T.S. Meeks Talk ‘To Us’
To Us, a short film by indie up-and-comer T.S. Meeks, centers on a couple falling away from each other…after only being married less than 24 hours. It’s a crushing, brilliantly acted and scripted mini-drama about the hush after the...
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Jason Cohen and Tom Christopher Talk Facing the Fear of Forgiveness
Facing Fear, a short film by Bay Area resident Jason Cohen, just got nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. It explores the nature of forgiveness through the story of two men, Matthew Boger and Tim Zaal. One...
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Ronald Krauss & Kathy DiFiore Talk ‘Gimme Shelter’
Kathy DiFiore has sheltered pregnant teens in her New Jersey home for decades, and her work has garnered her worldwide praise, including from Mother Theresa. Inspired by her story, Gimme Shelter stars Vanessa Hudgens as Apple Bailey, a fictional character...
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Stuart Beattie and Kevin Grevioux Talk ‘I, Frankenstein’
In I, Frankenstein, director Stuart Beattie (Tomorrow, When the War Began) and screenwriter Kevin Grevioux (Underworld series) continue the story Mary Shelley started 200 years ago, as we find out what happens after the events of Shelley’s original version....
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Kevin Chenault Talks ‘Different Drum’, Awkward Road Tripping
How’s this for an awkward situation: Tod, a penniless musician (the film opens with him stealing clothes from a thrift shop), is forced to drive with his pregnant ex-girlfriend Lydia from South Dakota to Indiana for a wedding. In...
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Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer Rally at ‘The Square’
Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim’s rousing documentary The Square was born of a revolution. In January 2011, Noujaim traveled to Cairo when she heard rumblings of an uprising forming at Tahrir Square in opposition of longtime President Hosni Mubarak and his...
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Anchorman 2’s Adam McKay Talks Filming Enough Funny For Two Movies
Nearly a decade after its release, one of the most popular and beloved comedies in recent memory, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, finally gets a follow-up, with Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Set in the early ’80s, Ron (Will Ferrell)...
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Xackery Irving Explains the Benefits of a Small Crew in ‘Nothing Without You’
Having won an award for Best Feature in their budget category at the Toronto Independent Film Festival, director Xackery Irving proves in his latest film Nothing Without You that you do not have to sacrifice production value because of...
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Philippe Andre talks about the universal story behind ‘Delicate Gravity’
A gossamer drama that’s grounded in reality while it floats in a fragile fissure, Delicate Gravity is a short film that is simple, yet deeply affecting. Philippe Andre’s tale centers around Paul (Yvan Attal), a lonely, weary man, who...
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Laura Colella On Filming Her Friends in ‘Breakfast With Curtis’
The third feature from filmmaker Laura Colella, Breakfast With Curtis, steps into the lives of the bohemian residents of the brightly-colored, three-story home she lives in in real life–called “The Purple Citadel”, awesomely–but with a fictional narrative. Colella casted her real-life...
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Sini Anderson Talks Kathleen Hanna, Strength in Vulnerability
The Punk Singer, director Sini Anderson’s bracingly intimate portrait of her close friend, Kathleen Hanna, explores her life journey as a punk rock feminist in her early years (she was the frontwoman of both Bikini Kill and Le Tigre), writing...
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Lisa Fruchtman Talks Ice Cream and Drumming in Rwanda
Following the unlikely partnership between a Rwandan women’s drum troupe and New York’s Blue Marble ice cream shop as they work together to bring Rwanda it’s first taste of ice cream, Sweet Dreams is a beautifully crafted film of hope...
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