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Mark Rappaport (From the Journals of Jean Seberg) Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer

By Mark Rappaport | July 1, 2014

Mark Rappaport (From the Journals of Jean Seberg) Talks Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer

I never liked science-fiction movies. I always thought they were propaganda for a neat, tidy, immaculately designed future...

Tim Sutton (Pavilion) Talks Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction

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By Tim Sutton | June 30, 2014

Tim Sutton (Pavilion) Talks Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction

One of the greatest artists in the history of the universe, Thelonious Monk, was once asked why his compositions were so complex, so dense...

Novelist Kyra Davis Talks the Women of Game of Thrones

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By Kyra Davis | June 28, 2014

Novelist Kyra Davis Talks the Women of Game of Thrones

I write women’s fiction and erotic suspense novels for a living and am fortunate enough to be able to make a living at it.

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys

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By Jim Hemphill | June 27, 2014

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys

Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys made me almost unbearably nostalgic, but not in the ways you might think.

Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip) Talks Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur

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By Alex Ross Perry | June 26, 2014

Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip) Talks Roman Polanski’s Venus in Fur

Is Roman Polanski the greatest living filmmaker? On any given day, the argument could be made and effortlessly backed up. Polanski is as good...

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Amanda Rose Wilder (Approaching the Elephant) Talks Ryan McGarry’s Code Black

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By Amanda Rose Wilder | June 25, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Amanda Rose Wilder (Approaching the Elephant) Talks Ryan McGarry’s Code Black

Code Black, Ryan McGarry's documentary about doctors in training at Los Angeles County Hospital, and my film Approaching the Elephant...

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: John Magary (The Mend) Talks Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley

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By John Magary | June 24, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: John Magary (The Mend) Talks Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley

Were it not for its boyish, entrepreneurial spirit, Silicon Valley might be too depressing to bear.

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Mike Cahill (I Origins) Talks James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence

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By Mike Cahill | June 23, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Mike Cahill (I Origins) Talks James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence

Set on the night of the passing of Miller's Comet, Coherence is about a dinner party for a group of eight friends...

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Zachary Wigon (The Heart Machine) Talks Lav Diaz’s Norte, the End of History

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By Zachary Wigon | June 20, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Zachary Wigon (The Heart Machine) Talks Lav Diaz’s Norte, the End of History

One of the great paradoxes – and ironies – of cinema is that, despite the fact that the medium is built around...

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Joanna Hogg’s Exhibition

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By Lawrence Michael Levine | June 19, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Joanna Hogg’s Exhibition

Watching Joanna Hogg's new film, Exhibition, I was reminded of the pioneering landscape work of the artist Robert Irwin...