When I talked to Danny Boyle about SUNSHINE on July 16, 2007, I didn’t know where to start with the science fiction, the science fact, and the philosophical implications of that film. Boyle fielded all my questions with boundless enthusiasm and the sort of answers that come of having spent a lot of time pondering the… Read More »
Webster Colcord & Corey Rosen Create THE HOST
There was much more than just the usual giddy delight about their work to be found in Webster Colcord and Corey Rosen. These special effects masters from the San Francisco F/X house The Orphanage have an unabashed respect for their colleagues that they aren’t shy about sharing when discussing their collective work on Korean writer/director Bong Joon Ho’s iconoclastic… Read More »
Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore & Dania Ramirez on X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
There is something a little superhuman about Anna Paquin (Rogue), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman), and Dania Ramirez (new character Callisto). After a wake-up call that came before dawn and a full day of interviews, including one on a cold and windy pier overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, they were still full of energy and psyched to… Read More »
Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij Listen to the SOUND OF MY VOICE
For co-writers Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling, making SOUND OF MY VOICE wasn’t just a labor of love, but one of passion. Batmaglij directed and Marling stars as Maggie, the enigmatic leader of a cult who claims to have come from the future to save her followers in a film that lets the audience decide… Read More »
Brit Marling Considers ANOTHER EARTH
ANOTHER EARTH is a film that sets the synapses firing with its consideration of identity, reality, and redemption as it posits a reality where the sky is suddenly filled with a duplicate of our home planet. When I spoke with co-writer and co-star Brit Marling on July 14, 2011, the conversation reflected that as it… Read More »
Gregg Araki Goes KABOOM
Gregg Araki made his reputation for uncompromising indie filmmaking with a the Doom Generation Trilogy. Those films explored the terror and exhilaration of being young, confused, and hormonal. His later film, MYSTERIOUS SKIN, was unflinching in its depiction of the effects of child sexual abuse on its victims. His latest, KABOOM, picks up many of… Read More »