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Tag: Drama

Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) Talks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Still Alice

Film
By Brea Grant | February 19, 2015
By Brea Grant | February 19, 2015

Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) Talks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Still Alice

A deeply personal look at this moving portrait of an Alzheimer's patient featuring an Oscar-nominated performance from Julianne Moore.

Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler) Talks Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy

Film
By Calvin Lee Reeder | January 27, 2015
By Calvin Lee Reeder | January 27, 2015

Calvin Lee Reeder (The Rambler) Talks Peter Strickland’s The Duke of Burgundy

This festival favorite about the twisted relationship between two lesbian lovers — and also the study of insects — has many pleasures to offer.

Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year

Film
By Michael Tully | December 24, 2014
By Michael Tully | December 24, 2014

Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year

The increasingly versatile New York-based writer-director creates a very grounded, textured thriller set in Gotham in the early 1980s.

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep

Film
By David Lowery | December 18, 2014
By David Lowery | December 18, 2014

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep

Its heady seriousness and three-hour running time make this year's Palme d'Or winner a daunting prospect, but the film holds slow-burning pleasures.

Ti West (The Sacrament) Talks Chris Rock’s Top Five

Film
By Ti West | December 10, 2014
By Ti West | December 10, 2014

Ti West (The Sacrament) Talks Chris Rock’s Top Five

The new directorial effort by one of the funniest men in Hollywood goes beyond humor to reach something personal, and in that lies its greatness.

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs

Film
By David Lowery | September 16, 2014
By David Lowery | September 16, 2014

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs

Watching a new work by a favorite director, the Texas filmmaker dwells on a long, suspended moment in this austere portrait of poverty.

Kat Candler (Hellion) Talks János Szász’s The Notebook

Film
By Kat Candler | September 3, 2014
By Kat Candler | September 3, 2014

Kat Candler (Hellion) Talks János Szász’s The Notebook

Kat Candler's been very busy with her film recently, but her husband's been needling her about not writing for Talkhouse Film, so she wrote this, OK?

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Richard Linklater’s Boyhood

Film
By David Lowery | July 16, 2014
By David Lowery | July 16, 2014

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Richard Linklater’s Boyhood

“It’s always right now,” the young protagonist of Boyhood says in the final moments of the film...

Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Robin Thicke’s Paula

Music
By Rjyan Kidwell | July 2, 2014
By Rjyan Kidwell | July 2, 2014

Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Robin Thicke’s Paula

By naming his seventh album Paula, Robin Thicke imbues the album with a concrete identity that is immediately understandable and irrevocable.

Screenwriter Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith (Legally Blonde) Talks Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child

Film
By Kirsten Smith | June 11, 2014
By Kirsten Smith | June 11, 2014

Screenwriter Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith (Legally Blonde) Talks Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child

Where has Jenny Slate been all my life? Turns out, for the last few years she’s been doing great, steady work as a supporting actress on shows...

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