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Daniel Eagan

Interview: Tomoko Tabata on Shinji Sômai’s Moving

By Daniel Eagan
August 5, 2024
Early start: the renowned Japanese actress discusses her 1993 debut in a landmark film by director Shinji Sômai

Interview: Ulrike Ottinger

By Daniel Eagan
February 13, 2023
Field of dreams: the great director of form-bending classics like Freak Orlando discusses her penchant for breaking rules

Interview: Sylvia Chang

By Daniel Eagan
May 18, 2018
A golden harvest: the actress and director who has worked with King Hu, Tsui Hark, Johnnie To, Stanley Kwan, and Jia Zhangke speaks about her career

Interview: D.A. Pennebaker

By Daniel Eagan
August 25, 2017
In memory of documentary pioneer D.A. Pennebaker (1925-2019): the filmmaker discusses the aesthetics and politics that underpin his documentaries (and working with Bob Dylan)

NYAFF: Hong Kong’s Eric Tsang

By Daniel Eagan
July 25, 2017
Dramatic tendencies: the Golden Harvest director and Lifetime Achievement Award honoree at New York Asian Film Festival discusses his latest role in Mad World

Lois Weber and The Dumb Girl of Portici

By Daniel Eagan
February 10, 2017
History was silent: a long-overlooked female filmmaker gets her due as a major player thanks to new restorations

Interview: Kenneth Lonergan

By Daniel Eagan
November 11, 2016
Grief management: the director of Manchester by the Sea and Margaret discusses guilt and collaborating with Casey Affleck

NYFF Interview: Bill Morrison

By Daniel Eagan
October 6, 2016
Panning for nitrate: the director of Decasia returns with Dawson City: Frozen Time, a historical X-ray of a Yukon mining town

Interview: Shunji Iwai

By Daniel Eagan
August 11, 2016
Sweet pop idols of youth: the director of All About Lily Chou-Chou and A Bride for Rip Van Winkle discusses his teen-focused dramas

Interview: Mark Lee Ping-Bing

By Daniel Eagan
June 20, 2016
A magical realism: a defining cinematographer for Hou Hsiao-hsien and other directors dissects specific sequences from The Assassin and more

Jeff Nichols on Midnight Special

By Daniel Eagan
March 21, 2016
The filmmaker discusses telling stories inside the studio system—and surviving audience feedback cards

Choosing The National Film Registry

By Daniel Eagan
December 11, 2015
Defining importance: a look at the criteria for selecting canonical American films

The Long Journey of Aloha Wanderwell

By Daniel Eagan
November 3, 2015
Foreign correspondent: rediscovering the female silent film pioneer and adventurer who motored across continents

Back Home: Les Blank’s A Poem Is a Naked Person

By Daniel Eagan
March 16, 2015
Behind the music film about the great Leon Russell, unreleased for decades and premiering at South by Southwest

Making Film: Behind the Scenes with Beckett

By Daniel Eagan
December 8, 2014
New archival evidence illuminates the avant-garde playwright's lone foray into the eight art

Review: Samsara

By Daniel Eagan
August 31, 2012
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world you need a 70 mm camera to catch it all: Ron Fricke's latest travelogue