SXSW 2011: Sean Hogan and Simon Rumley Talk LITTLE DEATHS
Three fiercely independent filmmakers met at Fantastic Fest in 2006 and that meeting eventually led to their making a movie together. Their psycho-horror anthology flick Little Deaths kicked off the SxFantastic sidebar in rousing fashion at SXSW last night, with... More »
  

PSIFF 2011: CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE & WORK OF JACK CARDIFF--A Few Questions For Craig McCall

Thirteen years in the making, Craig McCall's documentary profile of cinematographer Jack Cardiff reveals an impassioned artist who literally painted with light and dramatically transformed the art form of cinematography through his chiaroscuric B&W lighting and his early experiments in... More »
  

STUART HAZELDINE: BRITISH FILMMAKER, HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER
When he's not busy scripting Hollywood blockbusters for the likes of Alex Proyas and Scott Derrickson, UK based screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine is wringing his hands menacingly and plotting his own directorial career. Allusions to cartoonish super-villainy aside, Hazeldine has crafted... More »
  

Alan Clarke and Alkaseltzer - A Conversation with DOWN TERRACE's Ben Wheatley
Winning accolades and fans across the festival circuit for the past year, and comparisons to material as far and wide as Ken Loach and The Sopranos (although in all fairness it is neither of those things, more like deader-than-deadpan Coen... More »
  

Hacksaws, Flying Saucers, and Improv: Round 2 with MONSTERS' Gareth Edwards

[Can't get enough of MONSTERS? Or maybe you don't have time to explore/enjoy Kurt's ultra-in-depth interview at the moment? Well, here's another option for you, a quick Q&A from Peter with our man of the hour, Gareth Edwards]Team Twitch has... More »
  

Allegories, Expectations and Effects: Round 1 with MONSTERS director Gareth Edwards
One of the more patient and subtle genre films to come along in some time, Gareth Edwards' directorial debut, Monsters, is a film with a title iconic and nebulous enough moniker to build a certain set of expectations like an... More »
  

TIFF 2010: Interview With Programmer Colin Geddes
Per TIFF's website: "Colin Geddes selects cutting-edge films for the Toronto International Film Festival's Real to Reel, Vanguard, Visions and Midnight Madness programmes. Since joining TIFF in 1998, he has introduced new talent and programmed many notable world premieres... More »
  

Anthony Hayes talks BENEATH HILL 60, THE SQUARE, MYLES BARLOW and new projects!!
Actor, writer and director Anthony Hayes has many nicknames. While "Tony" or "Hayes" are obvious, he's also been called "the John Turturro of Australian acting" given his tendency to nail standout supporting roles and the fact that filmmakers tend to... More »
  

NOT NECESSARILY NOIR: Interview With Elliot Lavine
"Of the darkness in men's minds; what can you say?"--Joni Mitchell, "The Wolf in Lindsay" Not to counter Joni's world-weary query; but, in fact, when it comes to the darkness in men's minds, film writers have a lot to say... More »
  

Gemma Arterton Talks THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED
J Blakeson's twisty UK thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed has been winning fans for itself around the globe on the festival circuit for the past year and this coming Friday general audiences in North America will finally get the... More »
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ANIMAL KINGDOM: Interview With David Michôd
Back in the mid to late '70s, long before I began writing on film, I had recently arrived in San Francisco and was already enjoying its thriving movie culture, which at the time included the key titles in what was... More »
  

MIFF2010: Richard Gray talks up his hot feature debut SUMMER CODA!
Forget marauding rubber tyres, world's greatest dads, machete maidens and 3D cane toads, the hottest ticket at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival is Richard Gray's debut Summer Coda. The romantic drama was the first film to sell out at the... More »
  

Fantasia 2010: Simon Rumley and Tim League Talk RED, WHITE AND BLUE
[Our thanks to Kier-La Janisse and the fine people at Fantasia for allowing us to reprint the following interview with Tim League and Simon Rumley originally conducted for the Fantasia blog.]Simon Rumley blew my mind in 2006 with his debut... More »
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Fantasia 2010: Philip Ridley Talks HEARTLESS
[Our sincere thanks to the Fantasia Festival and Kier-La Janisse for offering up some of the excellent, exclusive materials from the festival blog for wider consumption here at Twitch.]Fantasia is extremely proud to be hosting the North American premiere of... More »
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FRAMELINE34 2010: Interview With Executive Director K.C. Price
I waited almost a little too long to interview Michael Lumpkin, Frameline's former Executive Director, before his unexpected retirement. I told myself not to hazard the same mistake twice and to make a more concerted effort to get to know... More »
  

DAVID CAESAR talks PRIME MOVER!
Before Australian writer/director David Caesar became a filmmaker, he was a truck driver. And while his short stint on the open road ended abruptly when he crashed his truck, the impressions of the culture stayed with him and informed his first... More »
  

JOSEPH LOSEY: PICTURES OF PROVOCATION: A Few Questions for Brecht Andersch
Like ships passing in the night, Brecht Andersch and I literally met on the BART train on our way home from a PFA screening, introduced by our mutual friend Brian Darr. His essay "Venus In and Out of Furs:... More »
  

JOSEPH LOSEY: PICTURES OF PROVOCATION: A Few Questions For Peter Conheim

My first conscious exposure to the films of Joseph Losey was with regard to the Film Noir Foundation's successful efforts to strike a restored print of Losey's 1951 eerie noir The Prowler. I say "conscious" because--though I had seen... More »
  

SXSW 2010: Sean Byrne Talks THE LOVED ONES
When Australian horror film The Loved Ones had its world premiere as part of the Toronto International Film Festival I had the chance to sit and talk with director Sean Byrne about his loving ode to the high school years.... More »
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THE MAGNIFICENT TATI: Interview With Michael House
It seems that every 10-15 years Jacques Tati is reintroduced to the American moviegoing public. The last wave was in the late '90s when the recently-restored color print of Jour de Fête (1949)--Tati's first directorial feature--traveled the art house... More »
  
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