Q/A: Chris Hegedus, Nick Doob, and D.A. Pennebaker
In 1993, The Independent ran a story about The War Room, directed by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker. The film…
Interviews
Q&A – Larry Clark
Larry Clark’s films are shocking. There’s Kids, about drug-using, AIDS-carrying, sexually active Manhattan teenagers; Bully, the true story of a…
Q&A – James Schamus
Writer, producer, and film executive James Schamus has had about as brilliant a career in independent film as they come,…
Q&A: Linda Goldstein Knowlton and Linda Hawkins Costigan
For most people in America, “Sesame Street” warrants no introduction. The long-running PBS program and landmark, nonprofit children’s educational organization,…
Shaking the Tree
Five years ago, when Deepa Mehta was about to start making her film Water in the holy city of Varanasi,…
Q/A: Rosario Dawson and Talia Lugacy
Rosario Dawson was sleeping when I arrived on the set of Descent at Brooklyn’s Galapagos bar/gallery on a slushy morning…
Q&A: David Strathairn
If you’ve seen a John Sayles movie, you know who David Strathairn is. Sadly, if you’ve not seen a John…
On the Same Page
Earlier this year, I got a call from a friend of a friend—a former executive producer of a children’s television…
Q/A: Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling brought me flowers when we met for this interview on a hot Sunday in July. Our earlier scheduled…