Within the independent film world, Christian-themed cinema has been a vibrant undercurrent that has been quietly growing for a number of years. One of the newest filmmakers within this genre is Judah Thomas.
Film Interviews
On the “Weak Species”: An Interview with Filmmaker Dan Faltz
P.J.: An Interview with Filmmaker Russ Emanuel
Once in a while, a film comes along that forever changes our lives. Russ Emanuel manages to do this in P.J.—an award-winning film concerning an ordinary man’s extraordinary insight.
“My Mouth Lies Screaming”: Interview with Mike Legge
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Rising to “Saturday Morning”: An Interview with Filmmaker Rob Greenberg
Bringing Light to Black Metal: Interview with Filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites
Bright Lights, Big Cine: Interview with Bright Lights’ Editor Gary Morris
Bright Lights Film Journal, which offers some of the finest film writing out there, took the gamble and went virtual in 1996 after an on-off history in print.
Big Mad John: An Interview With John Cusack on War, Inc.
“Their game has been to privatize the entire essence of what it means to be a state–from military to disaster relief. They want these unaccountable elements. They want to turn everything that it means to be a state into a for-profit enterprise, including outsourcing the advanced interrogation techniques, which is torture.”
Interview with Surfwise Director Doug Pray
Interview with Wetlands Preserved Director Dean Budnick
“Wetlands was unlike any music venue or any nightclub I had ever entered, let alone one in New York City. I remember being blown away by the use of space, in particular the downstairs lounge, which was something of the ultimate chill zone.”
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Sherman Alexie
American Indian filmmaker/writer talks with Robert Capriccioso
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Ethan Hawke
“The great joy of acting is the collaboration. I get so much of that, I feel really drawn to the isolation and solitude of writing. It’s a real joy for me.”
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Natatcha Estebanez
“The film is about fear of losing oneself. Profoundly, it’s about holding, not assimilating, integrating but not assimilating. I think assimilation is one of the worst things…this country is obsessed with assimilation. When I think about you, I will think in Spanish, and if I were to think of you in English it will not feel the same.”
Posted in Film Interviews Tagged Blue Diner, Boston Filmmakers, Film Producers, Natatcha Estebanez, Robert Birnbaum
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James Ellroy
“I never specifically answer what’s real and what’s not in my books. I think that my vision is true to the moral thrust and the psychological thrust of history.”
Also posted in Author Interviews Tagged Cold Six Thousand, Crime Writers, James Ellroy, L.A. Confidential, Magazine Writers, Midwestern Writers, Novelists, Robert Birnbaum
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