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Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows

By Terence Nance | February 13, 2015

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows

Two Kiwi comic geniuses mash up Christopher Guest and the vampire genre to create a cinematic sitcom about the bourgeois undead.

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Marc Lawrence’s The Rewrite

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By Randy Russell | February 12, 2015

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Marc Lawrence’s The Rewrite

A light-hearted love story featuring characters in their fifties -- could this be a post-rom-com? Or even a revisionist rom-com?

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

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By Zach Clark | February 11, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

The iconoclastic director's "newest, hottest joint" was crowdfunded on Kickstarter but sourced from a '70s cult classic. Will the backers be happy?

Leah Shore (Old Man) Talks Mike Mitchell and Paul Tibbitt’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

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By Leah Shore | February 10, 2015

Leah Shore (Old Man) Talks Mike Mitchell and Paul Tibbitt’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

The NYC-based animator and director paints a vivid picture of the new big screen outing for a TV toon favorite.

Film Composer Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Jody Lee Lipes’ Ballet 422

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By Daniel Hart | February 9, 2015

Film Composer Daniel Hart (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Jody Lee Lipes’ Ballet 422

By showing rather than telling, this documentary about a brilliant emerging choreographer reveals the genesis of, and passion behind, a new ballet.

Clay Liford (Earthling) Talks Andy and Lana Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending

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By Clay Liford | February 6, 2015

Clay Liford (Earthling) Talks Andy and Lana Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowskis' new space opera delivers "Chihuahua Face," absurd character names, apathetic supporting villains, and a retro '90s plot and ideology.

Scott Cummings (Buffalo Juggalos) Talks Aleksei German’s Hard to Be a God

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By Scott Cummings | February 5, 2015

Scott Cummings (Buffalo Juggalos) Talks Aleksei German’s Hard to Be a God

Almost three hours in length and close to 15 years in the making, a Russian medieval sci-fi epic finally hits the big screen.

Jennifer Prediger (Apartment Troubles) Talks Marjane Satrapi’s The Voices

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By Jennifer Prediger | February 4, 2015

Jennifer Prediger (Apartment Troubles) Talks Marjane Satrapi’s The Voices

On a cross-country flight, an actress and writer-director ponders a darkly funny new movie and the dueling voices she herself hears in her head...

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Jonathan Demme’s Last Embrace

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By Jim Hemphill | February 3, 2015

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Jonathan Demme’s Last Embrace

A gem from the early days of Demme's career finally comes to Blu-ray, not just a nod to Hitchcock but also the bellwether of a future classic.

Kerthy Fix (Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields) Talks Stephen Kijak’s Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of

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By Kerthy Fix | February 2, 2015

Kerthy Fix (Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields) Talks Stephen Kijak’s Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of

A larger than life portrait of the now grown-up boy band that's somewhat incomplete (but that's all they have to give).