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Interviews

Interview: Angela Schanelec

By Jordan Cronk
January 3, 2017
Time-space continuum: the director of bifurcated drama The Dreamed Path discusses the role poetry, books, and dogs play in her project of contingent enigmas

Common Sense

By Amy Taubin
December 26, 2016
American Indie axiom Jim Jarmusch talks about the art of routine in Paterson (and the assembly of chaos in Gimme Danger)

Interview: Alexander Lemke

By Violet Lucca
December 19, 2016
Out of the computer-generated shadows: a VFX veteran discusses the demands of making something out of nothing

Interview: Ted Fendt

By Matías Piñeiro
December 16, 2016
Working man's lament: the director of Short Stay discusses the economics that shape his scripts and overall approach to filmmaking

Interview: Mia Hansen-Løve

By Eric Hynes
December 2, 2016
Life after life: the director of Things to Come and Eden discusses her reserved approach to narrative

Interview: Paulo Branco

By Raquel Morais
November 28, 2016
Time regained: Raul Ruiz's longtime producer speaks about his collaborations with the Chilean auteur

Interview: Deborah Stratman

By Nick Pinkerton
November 17, 2016
Local legends: the director of The Illinois Parables describes her audiovisual lasagna approach to filmmaking

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

The State That I Am In

By José Teodoro
November 3, 2016
In Neruda and Jackie, shape-shifting filmmaker Pablo Larraín portrays two national icons through refracted storytelling and unexpected emotion

Interview: Claire Atherton

By Tina Poglajen
November 2, 2016
Interiors: Chantal Akerman's longtime editor discusses staging a new installation comprised of the filmmaker's work