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Talkhouse Film Contributors Talk the 2015 Academy Award-Nominated Films

By Filmmakers | February 21, 2015

By Filmmakers | February 21, 2015

Talkhouse Film Contributors Talk the 2015 Academy Award-Nominated Films

An overview of the films in contention at the Academy Awards this weekend, courtesy of Talkhouse Film's brain trust.

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

By Barry Jenkins | February 17, 2015

By Barry Jenkins | February 17, 2015

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Blending fantasy and reality, this soaring, star-studded success reveals a different side to the virtuosic Mexican master.

Stephin Merritt (the Magnetic Fields) Talks Antonio Sanchez’s score for Birdman

By Stephin Merritt | December 1, 2014

By Stephin Merritt | December 1, 2014

Stephin Merritt (the Magnetic Fields) Talks Antonio Sanchez’s score for Birdman

Is this highly tuneful songwriter qualified to write a Talkhouse piece about a movie score that's basically a drum solo? The answer may surprise you.

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman

By Barry Jenkins | October 17, 2014

By Barry Jenkins | October 17, 2014

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman

Blending fantasy and reality, this soaring, star-studded success reveals a different side to the virtuosic Mexican master.