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LITTLE MEN — Ira Sachs & Theo Taplitz Interview

August 12, 2016 By Leave a Comment

LITTLE MEN — Ira Sachs & Theo Taplitz Interview

I’m still not convinces that Theo Taplitz >isn’t< a well-preserved 40-year-old masquerading as an adolescent. Still too young to vote, he’s already made two short films that are whimsical, yet solid (click here for links), and given a performance in Ira Sachs’ LITTLE MEN that is wise beyond his years. We started my interview with… Read More »

Tagged With: audition, box boy, cassette, casting, father-son, gender, LaGuardia High School, Ozu, sexuality, The 400 Blows, The World of Henry Orient, Walkman

Maryam Keshavarz & Reza Sixo Safai and CIRCUMSTANCE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Maryam Keshavarz and Rexa Sixo Safai knew that making a film that was critical of the repressive regime running Iran would have repercussions, Both have family still living there that they might not be able to see again soon. When I spoke with them on May 3, 2011, that was the first thing I wanted… Read More »

Tagged With: debut feature film, drug addiction, hajib, Iran, LGBT, narrative, sexuality

Bess Kargman Takes FIRST POSITION

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Bess Kargman Takes FIRST POSITION

The entire experience of making FIRST POSTION was an exercise in kismet for first-time director Bess Kargman. From happening upon the competition that became the subject of her documentary, to how she crossed paths with one of the dancers she most wanted to follow in her film, there is the undeniable sense that this was… Read More »

Tagged With: adolescent dancers, Aran Bell, ballet, Bess Kargman, cinema, competition, dance competition, dancers, eating disorders, movie, race, San Francisco DocFest, sexuality, Youth American Grand Prix

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