I heard that your first idea, or one of the first images that you had, was the green screen prologue. Why was that the right way to start the film?
Bertrand Bonello: It’s the first thing I wrote. Because for everyone, or for every audience, green screen is related to the idea of virtuality.
Can you talk about the decision to set the film in 2013, and why that specific year was the right choice for this story?
Austin Peters: If you think about where we, as a country, were at in 2013… It was such a different time.
Why did you decide to set this story on screen and not on stage?
Annie Baker: It’s never like an intellectual decision. For me it’s very instinct driven. What is a play and what is a movie?
This is a movie that shows real love for the Bay Area. Where did the story come from?
Ryan Fleck: Well, it starts with that Too $hort song, this really nasty song called Freaky Tales that I heard way too young, maybe nine or ten. I grew up with hippie parents. We had Beatles records and Janis Joplin and then my friends played me Freaky Tales and I was like, What is going on?!
South Africa, 1990. When the crumbling Apartheid regime affords Marie Abrahams an opportunity to sell the family farm, her daughter Inge fights to keep their ancestral land.
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD NAMED 2015 BEST FILM OF THE YEAR BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW *** 2015 Gala to be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 hosted by Willie Geist New York, NY – (December 1, 2015) – The National Board of Review has named MAD MAX: FURY ROAD the 2015 Best Film of the […]
In 2006, Hansu Siirala suffered two major strokes that left one half of her body immobile. She now lives in an assisted living home in Vancouver, Canada. Combining a phone conversation with abstract and animated visuals, Hansu Solo is an intimate portrait about how she spends her days and thinks about the passing of time.
Jim Brenner, a former drummer, spent years away from his passion after being diagnosed with Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease when he was only thirty. Now, he returns to his instrument, teaching others with the disease and finding solace through rhythms and community.
Nainai summons a demon to resurrect her dead grandson in exchange for a series of tributes, including her life.
