Jul 01, 2008 By Chris Tinkham Web Exclusive

Greta Gerwig is only two years out of Barnard College, but already she’s been touted as the queen of mumblecore, a catchword used to categorize the DIY aesthetic of Andrew Bujalski, the Duplass brothers, Joe Swanberg and other young directors who make small-scale, dialogue-driven features with nonprofessional actors.

Jul 01, 2008 By Chris Tinkham Jay Duplass

A week into last month’s Los Angeles Film Festival, Baghead gave filmgoers a laughably disorienting cinema experience when, during an early scene that’s set at a fictional underground film festival, a director fields sincere post-screening questions from the audience about his ridiculous indie film We Are Naked.

Jul 01, 2008 By Chris Tinkham Web Exclusive

While discussing her feature debut Frozen River, which won the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at Sundance in January, Hunt is serious, polite and soft-spoken, yet clearly enamored with the topic of conversation—cinema.

Jun 01, 2008 By Chris Tinkham Web Exclusive

Although 21-year-old Spanish actress Manuela Vellés dreamed of starring in films while growing up in Madrid, she could not have anticipated the unique demands and challenges of her screen debut as the title character of Julio Médem’s latest film Chaotic Ana (Caótica Ana).

May 02, 2008 By Chris Tinkham Web Exclusive

27-year-old French writer-director Céline Sciamma treaded familiar cinematic territory in conceptualizing her debut film Water Lilies, an achingly lyrical examination of teenage social structuring, friendship and desire.

May 02, 2008 By Chris Tinkham Joachim Trier

There appears to be a perpetual gleam in the eye of Norwegian director Joachim Trier. Although he remains politely soft-spoken and composed when discussing his directorial feature debut Reprise, his enthusiasm is nonetheless contagious as he gushes about the influence of artists as disparate as Alain Resnais and Bad Brains, whose work he both describes as punk.

Jun 02, 2007 By Chris Tinkham Web Exclusive

Breathtaking is a word that usually is not used literally, but go to a screening of La Vie en Rose, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s chronicle of the life of French singer and icon Édith Piaf, and listen to the folks seated near you at the end of the film. You will hear sniffling and slow gasps as actress Marion Cotillard illuminates the film’s final frames.

Dec 01, 2006 By Nick Hyman, Wendy Lynch & Mark Redfern Crispin Glover

Crispin Glover has been the epitome of the cult actor since the mid-’80s, when his star-making turn as Marty McFly’s dad in Back to the Future charmed audiences and his portrayal of Layne in River’s Edge guaranteed that he was a performer to watch no matter how big or small his roles. Though his persona has garnered him a devoted fanbase (including early-’90s fanzine, Mr. Density), for the most part, the actor, writer, and filmmaker was and still remains enigmatic to many.

Sep 02, 2006 By Gary Knight Web Exclusive

French director Michel Gondry is internationally renowned for his award-winning commercials, music videos, and feature films.