THE BLUE VELVET PROJECT
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THE ‘BLUE VELVET’ PROJECT, #115
Fri May 18, 2012
Second #5405, 90:05 Detective Gordon (aka The Yellow Man, or The Man in Yellow, played by Fred Pickler) sits at his desk at police headquarters, where Jeffrey has gone to see Detective Williams. He spots Gordon in his office and, startled that this is the same man he’d seen earlier with Frank, ...read more
DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS
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PANOS COSMATOS, “BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW”
Wed May 16, 2012
It’s a strange paradox of today’s cinema that so many films feature lavish and eye-popping special effects yet are such ordinary viewing experiences. Sure, today’s VFX and surround sound are capable of overwhelming you, of beating you into submission, but, with a handful of ...read more
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GRANT GEE, “PATIENCE (AFTER SEBALD)”
Wed May 09, 2012
One of the great European literary figures of the past half century was the German writer W.G. “Max” Sebald (1944-2001), a late bloomer who fused essay, history, memoir, and meditative fiction into an unclassifiable weld of eloquently bewitching prose in four major works (Vertigo, The ...read more
WEB EXCLUSIVES
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KIM NGUYEN ON “WAR WITCH”
Thu May 17, 2012
War Witch is a film about resilience. Resilience of an individual, of a community and even of the architecture of a society. French-Canadian filmmaker Kim Nguyen tells a story that is set to become a benchmark in jungle films. From the painful, complex situation of the child soldiers, he weaves an ...read more
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THE POLICE PROCEDURAL BREAKS NEW GROUND IN MAIWENN’S “POLISSE”
Thu May 17, 2012
Actress-turned-director Maïwenn, best known to American audiences for a supporting role in her ex-husband Luc Besson‘s The Fifth Element, is poised with her Cannes-winning Polisse, which opens this Friday, to leap into a class of heralded young international auteurs. As much a revealing ...read more
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MARK ELIJAH ROSENBERG TALKS ROOFTOP FILMS
Thu May 10, 2012
As a writer and filmmaker just beginning to branch out into indie festival programming, I’ve been looking for an excuse to chat with Mark Elijah Rosenberg for quite some time. The man behind the granddaddy of open-air cinema (hard to believe Rooftop Films is now in its 16th year!) has seen his DIY ...read more
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ALEX HOLDRIDGE: “I’LL NEVER GO TO LOS ANGELES AGAIN”
Mon May 07, 2012
I fell in love with Alex Holdridge’s gorgeous, smart black-and-white LA-set romantic comedy In Search of a Midnight Kiss when I saw it on the film festival circuit in 2007, and later interviewed Holdridge for Filmmaker when Kiss was released theatrically in 2008. In the intervening years, ...read more
COLUMNS
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THE MICRO-BUDGET CONVERSATION: THE END
Thu Apr 19, 2012
“Filmmaking is a visual medium. Is it a gimmick that I care about aesthetics in a visual medium? I think a well-shot film looks beautiful. I think well shot digital looks adequate. It’s simply a preference. Truth be told, I’ve always thought the idea of micro-filmmaking was ...read more
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LADY VENGEANCE: A GENRE FAN’S GUIDE TO 2012 NEW DIRECTORS / NEW FILMS
Fri Mar 23, 2012
New Directors/New Films is known for bringing some of the freshest, boldest films to light, and not necessarily just for New York audiences. Arthouse theaters around the country often make selections from this well-regarded festival’s programming. The relatively high-brow co-presentation of the ...read more
OUR VIDEOS
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KATE LYN SHEIL DISCUSSES ACTING AT SXSW
Sat Mar 10, 2012With a focused, intense, and somewhat mysterious screen persona, actress Kate Lyn Sheil has stood out in a number of recent independent films, including Silver Bullets by Joe Swanberg and Sophia Takal’s Green. At SXSW this year she arrives with four titles, including Amy ...read more













