Tag: Dree Hemingway

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Logan Sandler’s Live Cargo

A micro indie L'Avventura-esque meets Miss Bala like oddity presented at the U.S in Progress (2015 Paris Champs-Élysées Film Festival edition), Logan Sandler reteams with...

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Axes of Fulfillment: Williams Explores the Lives of Malcontented Young Adults There’s a certain way to make multiple, intersecting storylines breathe life into a narrative...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ryan Piers Williams’ X/Y

He broke into the Sundance Film Fest U.S. Dramatic Comp back in 2010 with The Dry Land, and not surprisingly, shooting on his sophomore...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Alex Ross Perry’s Listen Up Philip

Production began in September, and post in October, so for Alex Ross Perry's third feature film to be ready, he'll have to had superpowers....

Interview: Sean Baker & Dree Hemingway – Starlet

Sean Baker’s third feature film, Starlet, finds him exploring the world of sun soaked California through the eyes of porn star Jane, played by...

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POV Shot: Baker and Hemingway Craft Intricate Tale Pornography, prostitution, and pimping, worlds that are often portrayed as a dark underbelly, away from the center,...

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.