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BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Amanda Rose Wilder (Approaching the Elephant) Talks Ryan McGarry’s Code Black

By Amanda Rose Wilder | June 25, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Amanda Rose Wilder (Approaching the Elephant) Talks Ryan McGarry’s Code Black

Code Black, Ryan McGarry's documentary about doctors in training at Los Angeles County Hospital, and my film Approaching the Elephant...

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: John Magary (The Mend) Talks Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley

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By John Magary | June 24, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: John Magary (The Mend) Talks Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley

Were it not for its boyish, entrepreneurial spirit, Silicon Valley might be too depressing to bear.

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Mike Cahill (I Origins) Talks James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence

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By Mike Cahill | June 23, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Mike Cahill (I Origins) Talks James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence

Set on the night of the passing of Miller's Comet, Coherence is about a dinner party for a group of eight friends...

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Zachary Wigon (The Heart Machine) Talks Lav Diaz’s Norte, the End of History

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By Zachary Wigon | June 20, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Zachary Wigon (The Heart Machine) Talks Lav Diaz’s Norte, the End of History

One of the great paradoxes – and ironies – of cinema is that, despite the fact that the medium is built around...

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Joanna Hogg’s Exhibition

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By Lawrence Michael Levine | June 19, 2014

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Joanna Hogg’s Exhibition

Watching Joanna Hogg's new film, Exhibition, I was reminded of the pioneering landscape work of the artist Robert Irwin...

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Jan Ole Gerster’s A Coffee in Berlin

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By Randy Russell | June 18, 2014

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Jan Ole Gerster’s A Coffee in Berlin

7:59 a.m. (All times are approximate.) (Soon-to-be-ex-) girlfriend’s place. Every day is like every other day, except for the ones that aren’t...

Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) Talks Bobcat Goldthwait’s Willow Creek

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By Lloyd Kaufman | June 17, 2014

Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) Talks Bobcat Goldthwait’s Willow Creek

A Generational Dispute Erupts Between Troma President Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Student Enterprise Observer Jaime Meyers...

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks David Michôd’s The Rover

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By David Lowery | June 16, 2014

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks David Michôd’s The Rover

I’ve been obsessing a bit over the fact that David Michôd’s new film, The Rover, takes place in the future. “10 Years After the Collapse”...

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Lukas Moodysson’s We Are the Best! and the Joy of Starting a Band

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By Amy Klein | June 14, 2014

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Lukas Moodysson’s We Are the Best! and the Joy of Starting a Band

My first attempt to start a band ended in a group trip to TCBY. But before that, the four of us spent a nerve-wracking almost half-hour in my room...

Chad Hartigan (This is Martin Bonner) Talks Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s 22 Jump Street

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By Chad Hartigan | June 13, 2014

Chad Hartigan (This is Martin Bonner) Talks Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s 22 Jump Street

I am, almost on principle, not interested in sequels. That wasn’t always the case, of course. When I was a teenager, I would dutifully go...