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Interview: Amy Seimetz, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley (Sun Don’t Shine)
[Editor's note: Interview took place during the 2012 SXSW Film Festival.] In actor/producer Amy Seimetz’s Sun Don’t Shine, a lost and forlorn couple, Crystal and Leo (exquisitely played by Kate Lyn Sheil and Kentucker
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IONCINEPHILE: Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of
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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal (Stranger Things)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This April, we’ve got a first: two for the price of one. Husband and wife filmmaking team of
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Interview: Antonio Campos (Simon Killer)
If Afterschool taught us to keep our teens within arm’s length reach, Antonio Campos’ latest film could serve as a public service announcement that the grip could be tighter. A lone wolf slices thru
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Interview: Mati Diop (Simon Killer)
Hailing from a family of filmmakers and musicians it’s easy to see why Antonio Campos found such a strong collaborator in Mati Diop. A filmmaker in her own right (she would win the Rotterdam
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Interview: Shane Carruth (Upstream Color)
After an eight year period of silence following his time travelling Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning debut Primer, Shane Carruth returns to his position not only at the helm with his latest masterpiece, Upstream
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Interview: Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines)
Two young fathers find themselves pinned down by the antagonistic forces that define their choices and ultimately shape and foreshadow the future. In The Place Beyond the Pines, writer/director Derek Cianfrance’s ambitious third feature,
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IONCINEPHILE: Tim Sutton’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of
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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Tim Sutton (Pavilion)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This March, we feature Tim Sutton, whose debut film Pavilion premiered almost one year to the day at
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Interview: Alejandro Landes (Porfirio)
[Editor's note: This interview was originally conducted by Blake Williams at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival - Magic Lantern released the film at MoMA Feb 8-14, 2013] Every year, about a week after Cannes’
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IONCINEPHILE: Matt Boyd’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of
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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Matt Boyd
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This February, we feature Matt Boyd, an independent filmmaker whose debut docu feature, A Rubberband Is an Unlikely
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Interview: Alex Gibney (Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God)
A crime story that spans decades, takes place on multiple continents and sees the most noble of authority figures involved in a vast cover-up. This isn’t an Agatha Christie novel, but perhaps the largest
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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Amy Berg
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This month’s featured docu filmmaker needs little introduction – her debut (2006) Deliver Us from Evil was nominated
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Interview: Victoria Mahoney & Zoe Kravitz (Yelling to the Sky)
‘I think a lot of people miss that life is crazy and rugged and messy,’ writer/director Victoria Mahoney said when talking about her new film Yelling to the Sky. The film, which had its
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IONCINEPHILE: Sean Baker’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile (read here), we ask the filmmaker the incredibly arduous task of
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IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Sean Baker
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This November, we feature Sean Baker, an independent filmmaker whose fourth film, Starlet premiered at this year’s SXSW Film
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Interview: Dree Hemingway and Sean Baker (Starlet)
[Editor's note: This interview was conducted at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival.] Sean Baker’s third feature film, Starlet, finds him exploring the world of sun soaked California through the eyes of porn star Jane,
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Interview: Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Omari Hardwick (Middle of Nowhere)
We sat down with director Ava DuVernay and three of the cast members (David Oyelowo, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Omari Hardwick) from her new film, Middle of Nowhere, shortly after its world premiere at Sundance,
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Interview: Ira Sachs (Keep the Lights On)
We sat down with Ira Sachs shortly after the world premiere of his latest film, Keep the Lights On, after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, 2012. Set in New York City,
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Interview: Mike Birbiglia (Sleepwalk With Me)
Behind that semi-stoned appearance you’ve probably come to know from his stand-up performances or his frequent appearances on This American Life, comedian/writer/director Mike Birbiglia is a hard working guy who’s creative output is a
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Interview: Ron Nyswaner, Phil Dorling and Melissa Leo (Why Stop Now)
Originally titled Predisposed after the short it was based on, Why Stop Now made a splash at this years Sundance where it caught the attention of IFC Films at the film’s world premier. Riding
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Short Film Corner: Interview with Andrew Renzi (The Fort)
This month’s Short Film Corner we feature The Fort, the dozen minute short that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (more recently BamCinemafest) and is slowly making its way onto the U.S. and
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Interview: TIFF’s Cameron Bailey
Yesterday’s press conference was not unlike a Christmas morning where the presents under the tree come unwrapped. A good two hours before Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey were set to unveil the identity of
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Interview: Yorgos Lanthimos (ALPS)
“When the end is here the ALPS are near.” Concluding my trio of interviews with the folks from ALPS, we have acclaimed co-writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos who came off back-to-back prestige wins for Dogtooth (winner
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"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
