Interview w/ Scott Cooper
Scott Cooper is sitting back, resting in a wicker chair. An awning protects him from most of the San Diego sun, except for a few speckled slivers of light that lattice over his shirt. It’s a Wednesday morning, around 10:40, when he peers over the top of the Ivy Hotel, in which he now sits, to take in the sights of downtown. Cooper looks exhausted, but his smile is lively and genuine. I shake his hand and ask about his...
Interview w/ Robert D. Siegel
Slicked in a kind of skewed war paint, Paul Aufiero, a diminutive New Yorker, slings his runty arms around his best buddy, Sal, as they participate in the ritualistic fervor of being a football fan – or, more specifically, a Giants fan. Paul lives with his howling mother, who barks at him for slashing his fist through the air when he calls into a local sports radio station, as he reads off reams upon reams of scribbled...
Interview w/ Carlos Cuarón
A dirty soccer ball is plowed through by a player’s foot, the impact looks like a bag of flour was ripped open, its contents wafting through the air like a miniature dustbowl. But behind the rowing of legs, the zipping of penalty kicks, and the branding of grass stains, Carlos Cuarón is crafting one of the most endearing films of the early year. Known for christening bushels of blank paper with the ink of a...
Interview w/ James Gray
Leonard Kraditor, a man suffering from an acute sense of loss over his last relationship, skulks about in his room in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Heavily shuffling his feet one moment, then feigning confidence the next, Leonard’s emotions flutter impulsively through two women’s lives, creating a volatile spiral of hurried naiveté. In creating the story of Two Lovers, director James Gray made his most personal film to date. Gray...
Interview w/ Paul W.S. Anderson
Walls splinter from the rapid drumming of machinegun fire, white hot explosions wash away weathered terrain, and Paul W.S. Anderson, using his camera in place of a conducting baton, orchestrates the strange, cacophonous symphony with the zeal of a great composer. Anderson, known for his high-volume action sequences, has directed such films as Resident Evil, Alien vs. Predator, and this year’s Death Race with Jason Statham. The English...
