Bob Swaim is an American in Paris who's managed the unique feat
of making a film career for himself on both sides of the Atlantic. After
studying film in Paris, he directed a series of award-winning shorts before
turning to features in 1977. His second picture, La Balance won the César
as Best French Film for 1982. Whether directing Michael Caine and
Sigourney Weaver in Half Moon Street Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly in "Masquerade"
(1988), or more recently John Hurt in The Climb (1998), Bo...
From the ripe old age of 14, when he was hired to appear
in Coppola's Appocalypse Now, until he played Othello at 34, Laurence
Fishburne has always looked older than his actual age.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times critic, takes Fishburne through his
acting career in movies that include the more recent Matrix, School Daze,
Boy'z In the Hood as well as his knockout performance as Ike Turner in "What's Love Got to Do With It?
Fishburne is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award and pr...
Feminist filmmaker Marleen Gorris, who won an Oscar for Antonia's Line, has just made her first film with a male lead, The Luzhin Defence. Marleen talks to FilmFestivals.com about the relationships between genius, chess and filmmaking....
In Timecode, Mike Figgis pushes the boundaries of cinema once more with the first commercially released feature filmed in one continuous take. He talks to filmfestivals.com about making the film, as well as music, anarchy, the Internet and his next projects....
The city of Edinburgh shows off all its colors during the festival....
In the first interview - A History, Khondji remembers his childhood, early films (where he played Dracula) and studying in New York. Responsible for the unforgettable look of Jeunet and Caro's films (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Alien Resurrection) Khondji most recently worked with Danny Boyle on The Beach and is widely regarded as one of the greatest cinematographers working today....
Khondji talks about his inspirations, lighting, digital filmmaking and the now famous Bleach-Bypass process that created the startling look in Seven....
With Purely Belter Mark Herman returns to the working class environments of Brassed Off and Little Voice. In this interview, Mark talks about making the film, casting the lead roles and his introduction to film through animation....
by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Both stars of the film won the Best Actor award at Chicago 2000 last month, where the film won the Grand prize and the Audience Choice Award. Following this success, the film went to Flanders Film Fest and once again took the Grand Prize....
Trevor Wood is the director of the oddly named Dry Hump Tilt, an independent Canadian feature that had some trouble getting into the Perspectives Canada section of the Toronto Film Festival. Wood blames this on what he perceives as a quota system for entrants, as all provinces have to be represented. In typically Canadian fashion however, his work was appreciated elsewhere, and the London Raindance Festival accepted his fim into the Canadian section of their program. Here he talks about his firs...
Rollercoaster Director. Born in Alberta and raised in British Columbia, Canada, Smith is a cinematographer, editor and director. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University and attended Norman Jewison s Canadian Film Centre as Director resident. Rollercoaster is his first feature. It is a film shot in 1998 which has toured the world festivals to critical acclaim and awards but\ndid not land a distributor. Hence Smith is releasing the film himself. Here he discusses coming to terms with the indus...
The 15th edition of the Fort Lauderdale Festival got under way on October 16th with its Mini Series program. As the haven of thousands of college students during Spring break, well known for its tropical climate and miles of gorgeous beaches, Fort Lauderdale is also gaining a growing reputation as a film town with one of the most active film commissions in the United States. Fest Director Gregory von Hausch met with us at the onset of the event, which is noted in the Guiness Book of World Record...
French screenwriter and director Virginie Wagon co-wrote with Eric Zonka the award-winning Dream Life of Angels in 1998. Although she has directed for TV, Le secret is her first feature film and the winner of the Tournage Award for best French film at the 17th Avignon Film Festival....
Shadow of the Vampire, directed by Merhige, tells the tale of F.W. Murnau, who directed the silent film classic Nosferatu. The film won the Tournage Award for best American film at the Avignon Film Festival this year....
Often confused with Claude Chabrol (the two look alike) and Ingmar Bergman (their styles are similar), this Bergmann has directed stage productions in New York for the last 20 years. Trifling With Fate is his second feature film. His first, Milk and Money (1997) also premiered at the French-American Film Workshop in Avignon....
Olivier Jahan is long associated with the Cannes Film Festival, particularly for being the second in command of Directors Fortnight. He has finally made his first feature film Faites commes si je n'étais pas là, which he wrote and directed....
Circle by Jafar Panahi, The Grand winner at Venice 2000, pleads openly against the restrictions of freedom in contemporary Iran. The story follows four women who have been sent to prison for petty crimes....
As Robert Altman arrived for the Gala Screening of Dr T and the Women, he shared a few thoughts on the value of festivals for filmmakers, including the fact that his career was launched at Cannes with Mash thirty years ago....
Sebastian Caine creates a formula that makes people invisible. When he tries the formula on himself, he discovers its unfortunate side effect, insanity....
Directed by Edward Norton, the story follows two best friends, a rabbi and a priest, who both fall in love with their childhood friend. ...
Directed by Ben Younger, Boiler Room follows a young broker in New York City who must decide how to leave his company when he realizes the illegal and dangerous ways its leaders make money....
Alone in New York City, Diana Guzman is floundering in the world. When she discovers competitive boxing, she finds a place where she just might belong. Directed by Karyn Kusama, the film tied for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance....
Directed by Adam and Kipp Marcus. James is under a family curse. When the men in his family fall in love, they always leave and the woman always go crazy. The film follows what happens when he falls in love with Sarah...
Set in Baltimore, 1954, the Kurtzman family learns what it means to be a Jewish family in a rapidly changing world. Directed by Barry Levinson. ...
Following the murder of his wife, Leonard Shelby risks everything to take justice into his own hands. Directed by Christopher Nolan. ...
