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Interview: 'Bullhead' Director Michael Roskam & Matthias Schoenaerts

Bullhead is a damn solid gangster movie. It tells the story of Jacky Vanmarsenille, a Belgian cattle farmer who gets caught up in the illegal side of the beef trade. Jacky has his own dark past, one that he struggles with every day, and the film shows how everything in one's world can come to a screeching halt all at once. Bullhead played at Fantastic Fest 2011. I was lucky enough to catch it there and instantly saw how powerful and engaging it is. I'm not alone, as Drafthouse Films picked it up for distribution shortly after its premiere. What's more, Bullhead was one of five films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars.

⥤ Posted February 10 in Featured, Indies, Interviews | No Comments Yet

Interview: 'Chronicle' Director Josh Trank on Making Telekinesis Real

By Alex Billington

Meet Josh Trank. Get to know his name. You will be hearing it quite a bit in the near future. Not only is he the very talented filmmaker behind the superpowers found-footage film Chronicle, which I've seen and is awesome, but he's already being pursued for the new Fantastic Four movie, too. With Chronicle arriving in theaters this weekend, I met up with Josh on Skype for a video chat and interview/discussion on how he got here, how he made this movie, plus everything else in-between, with references to Blair Witch Project, Stand By Me, Akira and even Jaws. Josh is a big cinephile like all of us and it was great to talk with him.

⥤ Posted February 2 in Featured, Hype, Interviews, To Watch | 8 Comments

Sundance Interview: 'The Imposter' Director Bart Layton & Producer

By Alex Billington

The Imposter - Bart Layton & Dimitri Doganis

One of my favorite documentaries I saw at Sundance 2012 was The Imposter, about Frédéric Bourdin, known as "The Chameleon", who successfully pretended he was a 16 year old missing boy and was brought home to a Texas family back in 1997. It's a fascinating nearly-unbelievable doc (read my review) about how this guy could convince authorities and this entire family that he really was their missing son now found in Europe. At the end of the festival, we caught up with the doc's director Bart Layton and producer Dimitri Doganis for a discussion on how they made the doc, how it came together, and their stories along the way.

⥤ Posted February 2 in Indies, Interviews, Sundance 12 | No Comments Yet

Sundance 2012 Interview: Mark Webber - 'The End of Love' Director

By Alex Billington

One of my favorite late-fest discoveries at Sundance 2012 was The End of Love, a film directed/written by, and starring, Mark Webber and his 2-year-old son. It's a beautiful film about a single father trying to raise a son, and the way Webber captures the connection and dialogue he has with his real boy is incredible. You may recognize Webber from any number of acting roles, as the "Talent" in Scott Pilgrim, or indies ranging from Explicit Ills to Shrink to Weapons, but he's as talented behind the screen as he is on it. Luckily, Ethan and I were able to meet up with Mark at Sundance for a fantastic interview about making The End of Love.

⥤ Posted February 1 in Featured, Interviews, Sundance 12 | 2 Comments

Interview: Joe Carnahan Discusses 'The Grey' & His Directing Career

By Alex Billington

"You suffer for your art; we're going to suffer on this one." Now playing in theaters is The Grey, a survival thriller directed by Joe Carnahan, of The A-Team most recently, as well as Smokin' Aces, Narc and Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane. The film, starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo and Dallas Roberts, is about a group of Alaskan pipeline workers who crash in the wilderness and try to survive being hunted by wolves. I've seen the film a few times and it's awesome, I love it, so I jumped at the opportunity to speak with Joe Carnahan a few weeks back. We talk about his career and the incredible realism of The Grey.

⥤ Posted January 30 in Discussion, Featured, Interviews | 15 Comments

Sundance 2012 Interview: Tim and Eric and Their Billion Dollar Movie

By Ethan Anderton

Hopefully our video blog has already convinced some of you to check out Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie as the film is now available to rent on iTunes, YouTube and VOD right now (with a theatrical release coming in March), but now you can hear more about the film from Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim themselves as I sat down and interviewed the comedic duo during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Tim and Eric talk about how their film was sadly "Rango'd" by Robert Redford and the festival, the state of comedy today, a sensitive project with Chris Kattan, and what makes the best kind of Shrim. Watch below!

⥤ Posted January 30 in Interviews, Sundance 12 | 4 Comments

Interview: David Fincher Discusses Having Final Cut, Themes & More

By Alex Billington

To me, he is a legend. David Fincher, like Chris Nolan or Terrence Malick or the Wachowskis, is one of those incredibly talented (and fan favorite) but unreachable directors, not many people ever get to interview him. So when I got the opportunity to actually interview him in New York recently, mano-a-mano, it was one of those moments where my heart was already racing while replying "yes, I'll be there!" Our focus was obviously on Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, his new film based on Stieg Larsson's novel, now playing, but we also cover topics from having final cut, to themes that interest him in these stories and so much more.

⥤ Posted December 23 in Editorials, Featured, Hype, Interviews | 17 Comments

Video Interview: Jeremy Irvine - Young Star of Spielberg's 'War Horse'

By Alex Billington

Meet Jeremy Irvine. He plays Albert in Steven Spielberg's War Horse, the role of a lifetime to launch a budding young actor's career. I'm a Spielberg fanatic and enjoyed War Horse and jumped (no pun intended) at an opportunity to speak with Jeremy, the young lead, when it was offered. With the release coming this weekend, here is my interview with Jeremy, who's now 21 years old and looks a bit older than he does in the film. We have a great chat about making War Horse and his love for acting all around, including a story about a summer of riding horses with fellow stars Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch. View below!

⥤ Posted December 20 in Featured, Interviews, To Watch | No Comments Yet

Interview: 'M:I Ghost Protocol' Director Brad Bird on IMAX and More

By Alex Billington

Arriving in IMAX theaters starting this weekend is Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, the return of the beloved Mission Impossible series. But who would've thought that hiring a director from Pixar, making his first live-action feature, would completely pay off? That director is Brad Bird, behind The Incredibles and Ratatouille, making his live-action debut with an action-packed blockbuster that shows even animation directors can deliver kick ass real-life entertainment. I interviewed Bird months ago after seeing footage, but was told to hold onto this until release, so here it is. We chat about IMAX, Pixar comparisons and lots more.

⥤ Posted December 16 in Featured, Interviews, To Watch | 4 Comments

Video Interview: Director Guy Ritchie on 'Sherlock Holmes' & Sequels

By Alex Billington

"I got a lot of expensive equipment moving very fast..." There's nothing like an interview with Guy Ritchie. This is the third time I've spoken with him and it is always an amusing experience, thankfully this time I captured it all on camera. Last week I interviewed Guy Ritchie, director of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, the sequel to his "reboot" of the classic Arthur Conan Doyle character Sherlock Holmes in 2009. Our chat ranges from the franchise being like a bouncing boulder, to growing up with Conan Doyle's Holmes, to working with the "volcano of creativity" Downey Jr. This is a good one, you've got to see it!

⥤ Posted December 14 in Featured, Hype, Interviews, To Watch | 7 Comments

Interview: 'Muppets' Producers David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman

By Alex Billington

This is what we call the Muppet Show! Arriving in theaters this week is Disney's The Muppets, the return of everyone's favorite Jim Henson puppets, starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and just about every Muppet you can remember, plus newcomer Walter. But how did this movie even get made? I interviewed David Hoberman & Todd Lieberman, who together run Mandeville Films and produced The Muppets movie we're now seeing up on the big screen. We spoke about what went into creating this Muppets movie and the challenges, and briefly about the Phineas & Ferb movie at the end, which they're making next. View below!

⥤ Posted November 23 in Hype, Interviews, To Watch | No Comments Yet

Video Interview: 'The Muppets' Co-Writer & Filmmaker Nick Stoller

By Alex Billington

Remember Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it ended with that awesome Dracula musical with Muppet puppets? Yep, that's the origin behind The Muppets movie we're about to see this week. A few weeks ago I met with screenwriter Nicholas Stoller, credited with Jason Segel for writing The Muppets script, for a chat on bringing back the beloved puppets to the big screen and how to make them funny and accessible to all ages. Stoller is also the director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek and the upcoming comedy The Five-Year Engagement, so I tossed in a few comedy questions at the end, too. View the interview below!

⥤ Posted November 21 in Hype, Interviews, To Watch | No Comments Yet

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