Interview: Ian Cheney

We talk with Ian Cheney, director of this month's Hot Docs Doc Soup entry, The Search for General Tso.

Slamdance 2015 Interview: Gabrielle Demeestere

One of the last additions to Slamdance’s lineup this year was a world premiere Special Screening of Yosemite. The film is written and directed by Gabrielle Demeestere, a former classmate of James Franco who produces and costars. While the film was not in competition for Slamdance’s audience or jury awards, Demeestere’s strong debut did earn […]

Slamdance 2015 : “Coffee with James Franco” Video

On the final day of Slamdance 2015, the festival presented a Special Screening of Yosemite. The film was produced by James Franco, who also acts in a supporting role because he literally can not stop arting all over the place. Franco’s prolific artistic output was the primary topic of discussion when Franco sat down with Variety’s Scott […]

Slamdance 2015 Interview: Nisan Dag & Esra Saydam

Event though the festival is now officially over, we will continue to roll out Slamdance 2015 coverage for the next couple days, mostly interviews with the filmmakers we conducted while we there. Our interview Nisan Dağ & Esra Saydam, the writer/ director team of Across the Sea,  is particularly exciting since they went on to win the Audience Award […]

Slamdance 2015 Interview: the RATTER team

Our interview with Ratter writer/ director Branden Kramer and producers Tom Kropp, Stefan Haverkamp and Jan Jaworski will have you covering up the cameras on all of your devices. See our review of the film here.  

Slamdance 2015 Interview: Patrick Ryan and Emma Eliza Regan

We caught up with Darkness on the Edge of Town writer/ director Patrick Ryan and star Emma Eliza Regan right before their North American premiere at the Slamdance film festival. Here is a synopsis of the film: A troubled teenage sharpshooter (played by Emma Eliza Regan) decides to avenge the death of her estranged sister after she […]

Slamdance 2015 Interview: Britni West

As part of our continuing coverage of the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival, we sat down with filmmaker Britni West to talk about her lyrical look at life in rural Montana, Tired Moonlight. Dork Shelf: This movie has very free flowing feel to it. Can you walk me through the process a little, from writing, to shooting […]