The Netherlands has a great collection of film festivals to offer. From the well-established ‘International Film Festival Rotterdam’, to the rightful ‘Movies that Matter Film Festival’ in The Hague, to the multidisciplinary ‘Cinedans’, held annually…
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INTERVIEW: Dornaz Hajiha on her piercing family drama | Leiden IFF
Haleh and Amir are a middle-class, married couple in Iran. Their life together gets challenged when their 4-year-old boy stops talking, for no apparent reason. Their care for their son manifests in a series of…
Slapstick’s Big Comedy Night In
The Slapstick Festival is an annual festival based in Bristol which is devoted to silent films, classic films and visual Comedy. Founded by Bristol Silents in 2005, the aim of the festival is to celebrate…
Love, Gilda: Interview With Lisa D’Apolito
30 years ago, on May 20th, the U.S comedienne Gilda Radner passed away from ovarian cancer at the tragically early age of 42. The first performer to be selected for Lorne Michael’s NBC sketch show…
Blade Runner special – video essay and Ridley Scott interview
In the past few weeks Blade Runner has barely been out of the headlines, with the confirmation that Harrison Ford will return for the long-awaited sequel, and the recent re-release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut by the BFI.…
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski “Big Eyes” Interview
Here’s a cracking little exclusive today thanks to an Phone interview Ian Schultz did a chat with writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski the scripting duo behind Tim Burton’s latest film Big Eyes. As well as…
Exodus: Gods and Kings BAFTA Q&A
Ahead of the release of Exodus: Gods and Kings in cinemas on 26th December, 20th Century Fox UK have sent us this video of director Ridley Scott, and stars Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton answering questions as…
From Bill the Galactic Hero to JFK: An Interview With Alex Cox
Film critic Ian Schultz completed this interview with the cult filmmaker Alex Cox via email. Cox, director of such cult classics as Repo Man, Walker and Sid & Nancy, covered a wide range of topics—from…
Interview – Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate talk about Obvious Child
OBVIOUS CHILD is the story of unapologetic Brooklyn comedian Donna Stern (Jenny Slate), a twenty-something loose cannon who gets dumped, fired and pregnant in quick succession. Better at cracking jokes about her flatulence and the contents…
John Dies At The End – Don Coscarelli Interview
Ian Schultz called up Don Coscarelli (director of Phantasm series, Bubba Ho-Tep, The Beastmaster) to ask him some questions about his latest film John Dies At the End and some other questions about his work…
Nick Cave And John Hillcoat (Lawless) Interview
John Hillcoat likes to refer to Nick Cave – a key collaborator on all of his movies including his latest, the stylish gangster epic Lawless – as his right hand man or ‘the master”. It’s…
Searching For Sugar Man Interview – Malik Bendjelloul
There’s an engaging enthusiasm about Malik Bendjelloul that seems so apparent that it almost comes as a bit of a surprise to hear something negative from him, “I don’t really like music documentaries.” It’s even…
An God Bless America interview with Bobcat Goldthwait & Joel Murray
As Interviewer makes its way into the hotel suite, it is immediately clear the subjects are in good spirits. After a few minutes of quiet chatter between Bobcat Goldthwait and Joel Murray regarding a debate…
Trishna – Riz Ahmed Interview
This Monday 9th July will see the release of Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna on DVD and Blu Ray which is a modern adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic Tess of the d’Ubervilles moving from bleak 19th Century…