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Interviews (Page 4)

Andrew Ahn on “Driveways”, Brian Dennehy, and making films about loneliness

Andrew Ahn on “Driveways”, Brian Dennehy, and making films about loneliness

The director of Driveways talks about crafting his second film, finding grace in human connection, and working with the late, great Brian Dennehy.

Michael Abels Returns to his Symphonic Roots for “Bad Education”

Michael Abels Returns to his Symphonic Roots for “Bad Education”

The composer of Get Out and Us discusses a return to his classical roots with Cory Finley's Bad Education.

Mark Isham and Isabella Summers on “Little Fires Everywhere”‘s Music

Mark Isham and Isabella Summers on “Little Fires Everywhere”‘s Music

The veteran composer and Florence and the Machine producer collaborate on the intrigue and pop covers of Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere.

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Tzi Ma on “Tigertail” and Fighting Prejudice Amid COVID-19

Tzi Ma on “Tigertail” and Fighting Prejudice Amid COVID-19

The veteran character actor discusses Netflix's Tigertail and fighting anti-Asian bigotry in the time of coronavirus.

Paul Leonard-Morgan Puts the Future to Music in “Tales from the Loop”

Paul Leonard-Morgan Puts the Future to Music in “Tales from the Loop”

The composer discusses crafting the delicate, otherworldly rhythms of Amazon's sci-fi anthology series.

Jeff Russo on Crafting the Sounds of “Star Trek: Picard”

Jeff Russo on Crafting the Sounds of “Star Trek: Picard”

The Emmy-winning composer talks about carrying the torch of Star Trek's sixty-year musical history.

Emily Ting on Family, Revisiting Home, and “Go Back to China”

Emily Ting on Family, Revisiting Home, and “Go Back to China”

The writer/director sits down to talk about indie filmmaking, the importance of Asian-American voices, and putting her life story on film.

Sundance 2020: Thomas Buelens on Bringing “Jumbo” to Life

Sundance 2020: Thomas Buelens on Bringing “Jumbo” to Life

The cinematographer of Sundance favorite Jumbo talks about transforming a tilt-a-whirl into Noémie Merlant's living, breathing lover.

Levan Akin on the Queer Visibility of “And Then We Danced”

Levan Akin on the Queer Visibility of “And Then We Danced”

The director of the queer folk-dance drama talks about homophobia in Georgia and the long, protest-filled road to getting the movie released.

Milan Ray on “Troop Zero”, “Charm City Kings”, and Being In a Food Fight

Milan Ray on “Troop Zero”, “Charm City Kings”, and Being In a Food Fight

The young star of the Amazon Original Movie talks about working with other kids, staging a food fight, and what she'd tell the universe.

Trevor Gureckis on Scoring M. Night Shymalan’s “Servant”

Trevor Gureckis on Scoring M. Night Shymalan’s “Servant”

The composer of M. Night Shyamalan's Apple TV+ thriller talks about the twists and turns of his unsettling score.

Matt Morton on Using Old-School Tech to Score “Apollo 11”

Matt Morton on Using Old-School Tech to Score “Apollo 11”

Apollo 11 composer Matt Morton discusses how he used period-appropriate synthesizers to craft a tense score to mankind's first walk on the moon.

Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts”

Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts”

The director of Wild Rose and The Aeronauts sits down to talk about his high-flying historical adventure, now available on Amazon Prime Video.

CIFF 2019: Minhal Baig on “Hala”, “Dune”, and Returning to Chicago

CIFF 2019: Minhal Baig on “Hala”, “Dune”, and Returning to Chicago

The director of the Sundance favorite discusses her coming-of-age tale Hala.

Ed Skrein and Luke Kleintank on Honoring WWII Heroes in “Midway”

Ed Skrein and Luke Kleintank on Honoring WWII Heroes in “Midway”

The stars of Roland Emmerich's epic war film sit down to talk about research, gum, and the Greatest Generation.

David A. Weiner on ’80s Horror and “In Search of Darkness”

David A. Weiner on ’80s Horror and “In Search of Darkness”

The director of the extensive '80s horror doc "In Search of Darkness" sits down to talk about nostalgia, gore, and the appeal of scary movies.

Fantastic Fest: Christopher Winterbauer on Youth, Grief, and “Wyrm”

Fantastic Fest 2019

Fantastic Fest: Christopher Winterbauer on Youth, Grief, and “Wyrm”

Wyrm writer/director Christopher Winterbauer sits down at Fantastic Fest to talk about the analog appeal of '80s kitsch and adapting shorts to features.

Losers Fight “IT”, Losers Die: Love and Death in Derry, Maine

Losers Fight “IT”, Losers Die: Love and Death in Derry, Maine

IT star Dennis Christopher talks about Eddie Kaspbarak, Tim Curry, and the rest of his time in Derry, Maine on the set of the Stephen King adaptation.

Reeling Film Fest: Flavio Alves on Trans Rights, Crowdfunding, and “The Garden Left Behind”

Reeling Film Fest: Flavio Alves on Trans Rights, Crowdfunding, and “The Garden Left Behind”

The director of the trans-centric drama sits down to talk about indie filmmaking, the struggles of trans POC, and more.

Fantasia 2019: “Vivarium” Director Lorcan Finnegan on the Terror of the Suburb

Fantasia 2019: “Vivarium” Director Lorcan Finnegan on the Terror of the Suburb

We talk to the director of the latest chiller from Fantasia about the hells of suburbia and working on his second film.

AIDS Activists Guy Vandenberg and Steve Williams Talk About the Plague Years and “5B”

AIDS Activists Guy Vandenberg and Steve Williams Talk About the Plague Years and “5B”

I sit down with two subjects from the upcoming AIDS documentary 5B to talk about Pride and the plague years.

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