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Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Jan Ole Gerster’s A Coffee in Berlin

By Randy Russell | June 18, 2014

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Jan Ole Gerster’s A Coffee in Berlin

7:59 a.m. (All times are approximate.) (Soon-to-be-ex-) girlfriend’s place. Every day is like every other day, except for the ones that aren’t...

Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) Talks Bobcat Goldthwait’s Willow Creek

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By Lloyd Kaufman | June 17, 2014

Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) Talks Bobcat Goldthwait’s Willow Creek

A Generational Dispute Erupts Between Troma President Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Student Enterprise Observer Jaime Meyers...

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks David Michôd’s The Rover

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By David Lowery | June 16, 2014

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks David Michôd’s The Rover

I’ve been obsessing a bit over the fact that David Michôd’s new film, The Rover, takes place in the future. “10 Years After the Collapse”...

Chad Hartigan (This is Martin Bonner) Talks Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s 22 Jump Street

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By Chad Hartigan | June 13, 2014

Chad Hartigan (This is Martin Bonner) Talks Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s 22 Jump Street

I am, almost on principle, not interested in sequels. That wasn’t always the case, of course. When I was a teenager, I would dutifully go...

Jonathan Lisecki (Gayby) Talks Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past

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By Jonathan Lisecki | June 12, 2014

Jonathan Lisecki (Gayby) Talks Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past has been out for less than three weeks and has already made over $600 million worldwide...

Screenwriter Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith (Legally Blonde) Talks Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child

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By Kirsten Smith | June 11, 2014

Screenwriter Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith (Legally Blonde) Talks Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child

Where has Jenny Slate been all my life? Turns out, for the last few years she’s been doing great, steady work as a supporting actress on shows...

Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) Talks Ti West’s The Sacrament

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By Stuart Gordon | June 10, 2014

Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) Talks Ti West’s The Sacrament

The Sacrament can be described as a “found-footage” film. This term was popularized by The Blair Witch Project in 1999...

James Marsh (Man on Wire) Talks Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida

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By James Marsh | June 9, 2014

James Marsh (Man on Wire) Talks Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida

A couple of times in any given year, if I am lucky, I get to see a great film – best defined as a film alive with new possibilities for the medium...

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Hollywood’s Prejudice Against the Western

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By Jim Hemphill | June 7, 2014

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Hollywood’s Prejudice Against the Western

When I read that A Million Ways to Die in the West was underperforming at the box office, my heart sank. Not because I liked the film...

Azazel Jacobs (Doll & Em) Talks Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men

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By Azazel Jacobs | June 6, 2014

Azazel Jacobs (Doll & Em) Talks Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men

Like Jim Jarmusch’s perfect Dead Man, which tells the whole story in its title, Mad Men gives it away in its title sequence...