Muddy Corman got FilmQuest off to a great start as the opening night film this year. The comedy made lots of people, even the festival programmers, think of Wes Anderson and Napoleon Dynamite, but in the post-screening Q&A, director Jon McDonald said his influences were Brian De Palma and Mike Nichols. One Utah local even […]
A Hundred Streets premiered at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival. The British film is an ensemble piece starring Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton as a couple dealing with infidelity, Franz Drameh as a gang member who forms a relationship with an older man (Ken Stott), and Kierston Wareing and Charlie Creed-Miles as a married […]
I discovered Man Vs. Snake: The Long And Twisted Tale of Nibbler at Fantastic Fest, where I got to meet champion gamers Tim McVey and Dwayne Richard, the subject of the film. This weekend, attendies at Filmquest got to discover Man Vs. Snake before its release on Friday, June 24, so I present my interview […]
Beyond the Gates won the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Nightfall Award for director Jackson Stewart, so I’m glad I talked to Stewart and his cast when they were in L.A. Chase Williamson and Graham Skipper play brothers sorting through their father’s belongings. They find a VHS board game and decide to play it. Barbara Crampton […]
A Hundred Streets is set and filmed in London but it had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The ensemble drama tells three story. Max (Idris Elba) and Emily (Gemma Arteron) play a couple dealing with infidelity. Kingsley (Franz Drameh) is a young gang member who befriends an older man, Terence (Ken […]
Madison Wolfe is going to scare you the most in The Conjuring 2. She plays Janet Hodgson, a British girl possessed by the spirit of Bill Wilkins. The story is based on the case of the Enfield Poltergeist, a true story from the files of Ed and Lorraine Warren. In The Conjuring 2, Patrick Wilson […]
The Conjuring 2 is James Wan’s third horror franchise. He never expected Saw would create such a long running saga, which is scheduled to return at that. Insidious became a series of chapters, and the success of The Conjuring made a sequel inevitable. The real life Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) […]
Darren Lynn Bousman directed more Saw movies than any other Saw director. As the first director after James Wan, he stayed on for three straight films. Since Saw he’s branched out within the horror genre with a musical (Repo! The Genetic Opera), a remake (Mother’s Day) and even a roadshow (Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival). Abattoir […]
I met Todd Berger at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival for an interview for the post-apocalyptic comedy he wrote and directed, It’s a Disaster. While I waited for him to direct another movie, he wrote a book instead. Showdown City is the first book by Todd Berger. Showdown City is a modern day western. Mr. Swords […]
Back at Fantastic Fest, I reviewed the horror film The Invitation and loved the way it made social pressures the horror. I also got to have a great conversation with director Karyn Kusama and co-writer Phil Hay. Now that the film is coming out in theaters this Friday, I can present you the spoiler-free conversation […]