McElwee discusses, among other things, his new film and staring down the loss of his son.
Padilha may not be a household name in the U.S., but the Brazilian filmmaker has developed quite a reputation in his home country.
Getting the opportunity to chat with her, I want to probe deeper, but will she think this is prying? Will she be cagey or inviting in her responses?
The California-born playwright, now 54, has become one of the preeminent Asian-American voices in the theater.
Meeting Doremus to chat about his new film Like Crazy, I couldn’t help but call the director “Mr. Douchebag,” after his breakout feature.
Swanberg recently spoke with Slant about his work to date, the making of Silver Bullets, and the mumblecore movement.
Slant had the opportunity to discuss McKee’s decade-long career, as well as his latest film, The Woman, with the writer-director.
Mise-en-scène choices, improvised pietàs, and the leading lady’s driving arrangements were some of the topics of our discussion.
Cabaret, drag, and performance artist, Joey Arias is a potent experience all by himself.
Slant chatted with LaBruce about L.A. Zombie, his follow-up to Otto; or, Up with Dead People.
In 3, Tykwer addresses issues of home and family, choice and regret, birth, death, and ghosts.
Nothing is quite what it seems in Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s Invasion!
Slant talked with Winding Refn about Drive’s inception, its potent juxtaposition of light and dark, and his own burgeoning artistic relationship with Ryan Gosling.
The writer-director often embodies the inquisitive and restless blue-collar spirit of an artist like Sam Fuller.
Hellman has led a long cinematic career that could mirror the winding journeys of the characters in his films.
Bellflower instills a series of distrusting traumatic memories within a crumbling universe of mechanized poetry.
David Greenspan sets the tone for a delightful evening of theater magic by jumping onto a jewel-box stage set at the start of The Patsy.
It’s hard to imagine a better pairing of talent and material than Steve James, Alex Kotlowitz, and the street-savvy, impassioned antiviolence crusaders of The Interrupters.
Smoke Fairies conjure up a beguiling blend of folk and blues, rich with pastoral harmonies and swampy gutter guitars.
With Project Nim, James Marsh has created a documentary that feels more like a biopic—and one that avoids the genre’s usual pitfalls.
A new play at the Classic Stage Company, Unnatural Acts, takes us back to period of intolerance that is hopefully unthinkable today.