‘Sweat’ Director von Horn Isn’t into Critiquing Social Media
Director Magnus von Horn didn’t make Sweat to be a critique about social media despite what everyone thinks.
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Blood and Money – Four Filmmakers on Making B-Movies in These Times
Why do B-movies endure in the modern age? Filmmakers Richard MacQueen, Shawn Burkett, M. J. Dixon, B. J McDonnell weigh in.
The Way They Kiss in ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’
Julie Andrews’ 1960s musical Thoroughly Modern Millie does its anti-authoritarian, anarchic-chaotic thing in a different key.
Seaton’s What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? Thumbs Its Tucan-Size Nose at the Establishment
An airborne virus infects the cogs in the capitalist machine in George Seaton’s What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? and makes people subversively happy.
Antonia Kilian on Her Documentary About Syrian Women Fighters ‘The Other Side of the River’
Director Antonia Kilian talks with PopMatters about unveiling the complexities of life in Northern Syria, especially for women, in The Other Side of the River.
Life Irritates Art in These Stanley Kwan and James Cruze Talkies
Kwan’s art-house Center Stage and Cruze’s vulgar The Great Gabbo both touch on the tragic tropes of performers whose careers suck up their lives.
‘In the Cards’ Actress Eleanore Pienta on Pushing Back Against Correctness
Actress Eleanore Pienta talks with PopMatters about the challenges of indie film work, the appeal of broken characters, and our era of political correctness.
‘Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts’ Filmmakers on Art in Troubled America
Filmmakers Jeffrey Wolf and Sam Pollard talk about artist Bill Traylor, born into slavery, whose works define this singular creative voice in American art.
‘The Railway Children’ Shows the World Needn’t Be Beastly
Lionel Jeffries’ film version of Edith Nesbit’s The Railway Children is rich with a charm rooted in a bedrock of social awareness as hard as Charles Dickens.
Director Emmett Brennan on the Meditative Urgency in His Environmental Film, ‘Reflection: A Walk with Water’
Director Emmett Brennan talks with PopMatters about telling an environmental story that can benefit our lives with Reflection: A Walk with Water.
Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland on ‘Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation’
Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland talks with PopMatters about her documentary about two great American writers, Truman Capote and Tennesee Williams.