Cinematical http://www.cinematical.com Cinematical http://www.cinematical.com/media/feedlogo.gif Cinematical http://www.cinematical.com en-us Copyright 2008 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://podcasts.cinematical.com/rss.xmlCinematicalCinematical.com welcomes you to their podcasts -- featuring both audio interviews with top stars and directors and 'The Rocchi Review,' bi-weekly interviews with journalists and filmmakers featuring Cinematical"s James Rocchi. For more information -- or more movie news and reviews -- just go to www.cinematical.com.The Rocchi Review -- With Erik Davis of Cinematicalhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/05/05/the-rocchi-review-with-erik-davis-of-cinematical/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/05/05/the-rocchi-review-with-erik-davis-of-cinematical/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/05/05/the-rocchi-review-with-erik-davis-of-cinematical/#commentsFiled under: , , ,



What were the top films at this year's Tribeca Film Festival? What have been the breakout performances of this year's fest? What does Tribeca need to do to be even better next year? And finally, is the question of if Iron Man's box office will take a hit from Grand Theft Auto IV lazy journalism, or just plain stupid? Joining the Rocchi Review this week along with your regular host James Rocchi is Cinematical's Editor-in-Chief Erik Davis to talk about all these topics and much more. Cinematical's podcast is now available through iTunes; you can subscribe at this link. Also, you can listen directly here at Cinematical by clicking below:



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]]>Baby MamaBabyMamaBoy ABoyAgrand theft auto ivGrandTheftAutoIvIron ManIronManSpeed RacerSpeedRacerThe TruckerThe WacknessTheTruckerTheWacknessJames Rocchi2008-05-05T19:32:00 00:002008-05-05T19:32:00 00:00The Rocchi Review -- With Erik Davis of CinematicalJames Rocchi22:30The Rocchi Review -- With David Fear of Time Out New York!http://www.cinematical.com/2008/04/20/the-rocchi-review-with-david-fear-of-time-out-new-york/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/04/20/the-rocchi-review-with-david-fear-of-time-out-new-york/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/04/20/the-rocchi-review-with-david-fear-of-time-out-new-york/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,



What are the most anticipated movies at this year's Tribeca Film Festival? And has that (relatively) young festival in fact found a voice yet? And what does Tribeca's premiering Baby Mama and Speed Racer at this year's fest say about the uneasy relationship between high art and big headlines in New York's media world? Plus, what the end of New Line Cinema says about the state of the industry, and can Warner Brothers market The Dark Knight while still honoring Heath Ledger? Joining us this week on The Rocchi Review to talk about Tribeca and summer entertainment is film critic David Fear of Time Out New York as we discuss all of the above and more ... Cinematical's podcast content now has even better sound quality, and is now in iTunes; you can subscribe at this link. Also, you can listen directly here at Cinematical by clicking below:



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]]>Baby MamaBabyMamaDark KnightDarkKnightDavid FearDavidFearheath ledgerHeathLedgerMy WinnipegMyWinnipegnew lineNewLineSpeed RacerSpeedRacerThe Rocchi ReviewTheRocchiReviewJames Rocchi2008-04-20T21:30:00 00:002008-04-20T21:30:00 00:00The Rocchi Review -- With David Fear of Time Out New YorkJames Rocchi20:31The Rocchi Review -- Summer Movie Roundup With Scott Weinberg of Cinematical and FEARnethttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/04/04/the-rocchi-review-summer-movie-roundup-with-scott-weinberg-of/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/04/04/the-rocchi-review-summer-movie-roundup-with-scott-weinberg-of/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/04/04/the-rocchi-review-summer-movie-roundup-with-scott-weinberg-of/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



Is Paramount poised to have the best May imaginable at the box office between Mr. Stark and Dr. Jones? Can you take any movie with a monkey in it seriously? Will Pixar succeed again with WALL-E, or are robots the new Cars? Is a long-awaited sequel 'too little, too late' for X-Files fans? And will Hellboy 2 be the surprise smash of the season? Joining us this week on The Rocchi Review to talk summer's biggest movies is Scott Weinberg of Cinematical and FEARnet, and we try to answer all those questions and more. ... Cinematical's podcast content now has even better sound quality, and is now in iTunes; you can subscribe at this link. Also, you can listen directly here at Cinematical by clicking below:



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]]>Hellboy 2Hellboy2indiana jones 4IndianaJones4iron manIronManprince caspianPrinceCaspianRevenge of the SithRevengeOfTheSithspeed racerSpeedRacersummer2008The Dark KnightTheDarkKnightWall-EJames Rocchi2008-04-04T21:02:00 00:002008-04-04T21:02:00 00:00The Rocchi Review --Summer Movie Roundup With Scott Weinberg of Cinematical and FEARnetJames Rocchi22:06The Rocchi Review -- With Karina Longworth of SpoutBlog!http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/22/the-rocchi-review-with-karina-longworth-of-spoutblog/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/22/the-rocchi-review-with-karina-longworth-of-spoutblog/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/22/the-rocchi-review-with-karina-longworth-of-spoutblog/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,



What were the big films at SXSW? What buzzword's rapidly becoming synonymous with lazy film journalism? And what happens when an alternative to the Oscars documentary nomination process follows close in the Academy's wake? Joining us this week on The Rocchi Review to talk abot SXSW and the Cinema Eye Honors is Karina Longworth of SpoutBlog (and Cinematical's founding Editor) to answer all those questions and more, after the jump. ...

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]]>Cinema Eye HonorsCinemaEyeHonorsYeastJames Rocchi2008-03-22T20:02:00 00:002008-03-22T20:02:00 00:00The Rocchi Review -- With Karina Longworth of SpoutBlog!James Rocchi20:01The Rocchi Review -- Live from SXSW with Cinematical's Editor-in-Chief Erik Davis!http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/08/the-rocchi-review-live-from-sxsw-with-cinematicals-editor-in/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/08/the-rocchi-review-live-from-sxsw-with-cinematicals-editor-in/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/08/the-rocchi-review-live-from-sxsw-with-cinematicals-editor-in/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



South by Southwest -- the little festival that could -- has outgrown its origins as a chance for music industry mavens to ear barbecue in March; it's expanded, grown, come to incorporate interactive technologies -- and, as you've been reading here at Cinematical, film. But what role does SXSW serve? What are some of the films to most look forward to this year? What truly separates SXSW from big sister Sundance, held a few months before? And what, to a film critic, would the best film festival in the world really be like? Joining us this week on The Rocchi Review, live from Austin to talk about all this and more, is Cinematical's own Editor-in-Chief, Erik Davis. Cinematical's podcast content now has even better sound quality, and is now in iTunes; you can subscribe at this link. Also, you can listen directly here at Cinematical by clicking below:



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]]>Erik DavisErikDavisSXSW podcastSxswPodcastJames Rocchi2008-03-08T11:02:00 00:002008-03-08T11:02:00 00:00The Rocchi Review -- Live from SXSW with Cinematical's Editor-in-Chief Erik Davis!James Rocchi22:15Interview: 'Chicago 10' Director Brett Morgenhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/28/interview-chicago-10-director-brett-morgen/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/28/interview-chicago-10-director-brett-morgen/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/28/interview-chicago-10-director-brett-morgen/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , , ,




Director Brett Morgen doesn't make conventional, talking-head, "impartial" non-fiction films; he himself notes "I'm certainly more interested in creating modern-day mythologies than historical documentaries." After co-directing On the Ropes and The Kid Stays in the Picture, he next, ambitiously, decided to use state-of-the-art techniques to bring a 40-year old event to life in Chicago 10. Combining computer-animated footage and dramatic interpretations of court transcripts with footage and audio from 1968 -- some of it previously undiscovered -- Morgen's film audaciously animates and recreates the trial of activists Abbie Hoffman, Bobby Seale and others that followed in the wake of the protests they organized outside the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1968. Speaking with Cinematical from New York, Morgen talked about the level of digging required to unearth the unseen archival material he found, the differences he encountered between his actors who had done animation before and those who hadn't, what he learned about the '60s from making the films and much more: "This is a timeless story, that I think is relevant at any time -- and more relevant during wartime."


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]]>Abbie HoffmanAbbieHoffmanBobby SealeBobbySealeBrett MorgenBrettMorgenChicago 10Chicago10Hank AzariaHankAzariaJerry RubinJerryRubinMoe the BartenderMoeTheBartenderRoy ScheiderRoyScheiderThe Kid Stays in the PictureTheKidStaysInThePictureYipiesJames Rocchi2008-02-28T21:02:00 00:002008-02-28T21:02:00 00:00Interview: 'Chicago 10' Director Brett MorgenJames Rocchi14:07The Rocchi Review -- With Michael Lerman, Co-Writer and Co-Director of 'Natural Causes'http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/23/the-rocchi-review-with-michael-lerman-co-writer-and-co-direc/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/23/the-rocchi-review-with-michael-lerman-co-writer-and-co-direc/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/02/23/the-rocchi-review-with-michael-lerman-co-writer-and-co-direc/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,



Can you program one film festival and show your film at another? Is South By Southwest now, officially, cooler than Sundance? And what are the challenges of a modern romance film, and how much of your life can you get away with turning into art? Joining us this week on The Rocchi Review is Michael Lerman, co-writer and co-director of the SXSW Emerging Visions selection Natural Causes. Cinematical's podcast content now has even better sound quality, and is now in iTunes; you can subscribe at this link. Also, you can listen directly here at Cinematical by clicking below:



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]]>IndieWireMichael LermanMichaelLermanNatural CausesNaturalCausesThe Cannon BrothersTheCannonBrothersJames Rocchi2008-02-23T20:02:00 00:002008-02-23T20:02:00 00:00The Rocchi Review -- With Michael Lerman, Co-Writer and Co-Director of 'Natural Causes'James Rocchi17:58Sundance Interview: 'Goliath' Writer-Director-Editor-Producer Team David and Nathan Zellnerhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/27/sundance-interview-goliath-writer-director-editor-producer-te/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/27/sundance-interview-goliath-writer-director-editor-producer-te/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/27/sundance-interview-goliath-writer-director-editor-producer-te/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



After several of their shorts played Sundance to acclaim, David and Nathan Zellner make their feature-length debut at this year's festival with Goliath, playing Sundance as part of the Spectrum selection. David wrote, directed and starred in Goliath; Nathan produced, edited, and played a pivotal role on-camera. The Zellners spoke with Cinematical about classic pet movies like Old Yeller, the acting applications of used medical equipment, and what they have in common with their peers in the so-called 'mumblecore' movement. As David explains, Goliath starts with a very simple event: "It's about a man; his cat has gone missing, and that kind of sends him into a tailspin. ..."

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]]>David ZellnerDavidZellnerGoliathMumblecoreNathan ZellnerNathanZellnersundanceSundance2008Sundance2008buzzThe Zellner BrothersTheZellnerBrothersJames Rocchi2008-01-27T11:02:00 00:002008-01-27T11:02:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Goliath' Writer-Director-Editor-Producer Team David and Nathan ZellnerJames Rocchi13.39Sundance Interview: 'Funny Games' Star Brady Corbethttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-funny-games-star-brady-corbet/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-funny-games-star-brady-corbet/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-funny-games-star-brady-corbet/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,



As the junior partner in the pair of white-clad killers in Michael Hanekne's English-language remake of his own Funny Games, actor Brady Corbet may be one of the lesser-known names in the cast, but his work as a smiling, shy sociopath makes for a haunting performance. At the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Corbet spoke with Cinematical about Haneke's working process, what it's like to play someone who's already playing a role, and his take on Funny Games's combination of entertainment and commentary: "The first (version) asked the question 'Why are you watching this?' And the new film asks 'Why are you watching this again?'"

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]]>brady corbetBradyCorbetfunny gamesFunnyGamesMichael HanekeMichael PittMichaelHanekeMichaelPittNaomi WattsNaomiWattssundanceSundance2008Sundance2008BuzzTim RothTimRothJames Rocchi2008-01-26T21:00:00 00:002008-01-26T21:00:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Funny Games' Star Brady CorbetJames Rocchi13.20Sundance Interview: 'Funny Games' Star Michael Pitthttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-funny-games-star-michael-pitt/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-funny-games-star-michael-pitt/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-funny-games-star-michael-pitt/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



After a startling, striking debut in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Michael Pitt wound up having what many young actors would consider a dream career, mixing parts in big-studio films (Murder by Numbers, The Village) with parts in independent movies by legendary directors (The Dreamers, Last Days). As the ringleader of the murderous duo in Michael Haneke's Funny Games, Pitt combines charisma and coldness to create a truly unique and riveting villain. Pitt spoke with Cinematical about breaking the fourth wall, playing a psychopath and how while working with Haneke made him feel excited, it also left him more than a little bit nervous: "I was constantly on my toes ... just always working on it, always. I knew I needed to do that." This interview, like all of Cinematical's podcast offerings, is now available through iTunes; if you'd like, you can subscribe at this link. Also, you can listen directly here at Cinematical by clicking below:





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]]>Funny GamesFunnyGamesMichael HanekeMichael PittMichaelHanekeMichaelPittNaomi WattsNaomiWattssundanceSundance2008Sundance2008buzzSundnaceTim RothTimRothJames Rocchi2008-01-26T20:02:00 00:002008-01-26T20:02:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Funny Games' Star Michael PittJames Rocchi8:13Sundance Interview: 'Kids + Money' Director Lauren Greenfieldhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-kids-money-director-lauren-greenfield/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-kids-money-director-lauren-greenfield/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/26/sundance-interview-kids-money-director-lauren-greenfield/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,



An award-winning photographer, Lauren Greenfield's work has appeared in magazines, newspapers and her own books; her debut documentary, Thin, was an impressive and sensitive examination of eating disorders in America through the lives of women at an outpatient center recieving treatment for their problems. She's back at Sundance with her short Kids + Money, an examination of shopping and spending among L.A. teens. Greenfield spoke with Cinematical about finding her subjects, whether school uniforms help keep kid consumerism at bay, and her own high school years in Los Angeles. Greenfield thinks her mix of L.A. kids -- from striving lower-class ones to pampered and privileged ones -- all have something to say about the mindset of teen America: "Sometimes the stories that they tell seem shocking or seem extreme, but I really think they speak to the mainstream that young people are experiencing all over the country."


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]]>Kids MoneyLauren GreenfieldLaurenGreenfieldSundanceSundance2008sundance2008buzzsundance2008interviewsSundanceBuzz2008James Rocchi2008-01-26T16:09:00 00:002008-01-26T16:09:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Kids Money' Director Lauren GreenfieldJames Rocchi17:11Sundance Interview: 'Anvil!' Director Sascha Gervasi and Producer Rebecca Yeldhamhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-anvil-director-sascha-gervasi-and-produce/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-anvil-director-sascha-gervasi-and-produce/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-anvil-director-sascha-gervasi-and-produce/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



Sascha Gervasi wrote The Terminal for Steven Spielberg; Rebecca Yeldham has helped produce high-class adaptations like The Motorcycle Diaries and The Kite Runner -- so what are the two of them doing making a movie about a Canadian metal band that's been rocking since Ronald Regan was in office? Anvil! The Story of Anvil has been playing to standing ovations here at Sundance, depicting the lifelong friendship -- and lifelong struggle -- of friends and bandmates Steve "Lips" Ludlow and Robb Reiner, members of the obscure-yet-influential (and vice-versa) rock band, Anvil. Gervasi and Yeldham spoke with Cinematical about the long and odd genesis of their film, the terrifying Eastern European post-Soviet heavy metal fan base and how while Anvil! The Story of Anvil may rock hard, it's not just shredding to the converted. Gervasi knows the film's about a metal band, but " ... there's so much more, and that's what's been really exciting for us; people know it's going to be a fun experience, but I don't think they understand the real level of emotion."


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]]>AnvilAnvil! The Story of AnvilAnvil!TheStoryOfAnvilRebecca YeldhamRebeccaYeldhamSacha GervasiSachaGervasisundancesundance2008sundance2008buzzJames Rocchi2008-01-24T18:02:00 00:002008-01-24T18:02:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Anvil!' Director Sascha Gervasi and Producer Rebecca YeldhamJames Rocchi15:30Sundance Interview: 'American Teen' Director Nanette Bursteinhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-american-teen-director-nanette-burnstein/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-american-teen-director-nanette-burnstein/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-american-teen-director-nanette-burnstein/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



One of the biggest word-of-mouth buzz hits of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Nanette Burstein's American Teen follows a handful of high school students in Indiana for 10 months; the resulting documentary somehow has the look and feel of a Hollywood-manufactured piece of teen fiction, with stylish and surreal animated sequences -- and still offers a touching, bold, you-are-there window into the state of adolescence in America. Paramount Vantage purchased the documentary's rights only a few days ago, but when the director met Cinematical, it looked as if her schedule hadn't gotten any less harried. Asked if she has a future project in mind, Burstein laughs ruefully: "The next thing I'd like to do is sleep for a really long time." Burstein spoke with Cinematical about how she came to be in Indiana, the media-savvy of today's kids, the sequences she had to lose from her original "8 hour cut," and much more.


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]]>American TeenAmericanTeenNanette BurnsteinNanetteBurnsteinsundancesundance2008sundance2008buzzJames Rocchi2008-01-24T16:02:00 00:002008-01-24T16:02:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'American Teen' Director Nanette BurnsteinJames Rocchi12:33Sundance Interview: 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' Director Morgan Spurlockhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-where-in-the-world-is-osama-bin-laden-dir/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-where-in-the-world-is-osama-bin-laden-dir/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/24/sundance-interview-where-in-the-world-is-osama-bin-laden-dir/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,



Morgan Spurlock's new documentary Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? sees the abominable showman, who lived on fast food for a month in Super Size Me, tackle an even more indigestible subject -- the complex and challenged relationship between America and the Middle East. Spurlock spoke with Cinematical about his globe-spanning adventure, the possible personal payback from living his life on-camera, how his life's changed since he first came to Park City, and how it felt to be in real danger on his surreal journey: "When we were embedded with the military ... they target the military. Being with people who are automatic targets is really hard; those (soldiers) are heroes for what they do."

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]]>Morgan SpurlockMorganSpurlocksundancesundance2008sundance2008buzzSuper Size MeSuperSizeMeWhere in the World is Osama bin Laden?WhereInTheWorldIsOsamaBinLaden?James Rocchi2008-01-24T10:02:00 00:002008-01-24T10:02:00 00:00Sundance Interview: "Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?' Director Morgan SpurlockJames Rocchi12:49Sundance Interview: 'Gonzo' Director Alex Gibneyhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/22/sundance-interview-gonzo-director-alex-gibney/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/22/sundance-interview-gonzo-director-alex-gibney/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/22/sundance-interview-gonzo-director-alex-gibney/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



Director Alex Gibney has tackled greed (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) and war (the Oscar-shortlisted Taxi to the Dark Side); with his new documentary Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, he tackles a new set of sins and excesses -- from Thompson's then-radical new journalism blending of fact and fiction in the '60s, to Thompson's legendary appetite for self-destruction. Gibney's film includes interviews with a host of people who knew Thompson and his work -- from Hell's Angels leader Sonny Barger to ex-President Jimmy Carter; Thompson moved in eccentric circles, and Gibney's documentary captures Thompson's bizarre orbit though American letters and politics with extensive use of archival footage but also through recreations, animation and more. Asked if Thompson's legacy of mixing fact and fiction made it easy to make a less-than-conventional documentary, Gibney's answer is swift: "I think it made it mandatory; we had to go there. ..."


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]]>Alex GibneyAlexGibneyGonzoHunter S. ThompsonHunterS.ThompsonJohnny DeppJohnnyDeppSundanceSundance2008sundance2008buzzJames Rocchi2008-01-22T10:02:00 00:002008-01-22T10:02:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Gonzo' Director Alex GibneyJames Rocchi9:48Sundance Interview: 'Smart People' Stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Churchhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/21/sundance-interview-smart-people-stars-dennis-quaid-sarah-jes/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/21/sundance-interview-smart-people-stars-dennis-quaid-sarah-jes/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/21/sundance-interview-smart-people-stars-dennis-quaid-sarah-jes/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,



In Smart People, Dennis Quaid plays a lonely, semi-broken academic trying to re-connect with his work, repair his relationship with his fractured family (including his daughter, Ellen Page, and his adopted brother, Thomas Haden Church) and conduct a tentative romance with Sarah Jessica Parker's E.R. doctor -- who used to be one of his students. The feature-film debut of award-winning commercial director Noam Murro, Smart People's warm and winning script, by novelist Mark Poirier, is funny, yet never forced; rich, but always real. Parker, Church and Quaid spoke with Cinematical at Sundance about Murro's unexpected directorial choices, the film's surprising sense of stillness and grace ... and less noble topics, like dueling and character hair cuts, too: "One of the added benefits of doing a movie with Sarah Jessica Parker," Church explains, "is that you also have access to her hair and make-up people. ..."

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]]>Dennis QuaidDennisQuaidEllen PageEllenPageNoam MurroNoamMurroSarah Jessica ParkerSarahJessicaParkerSmart PeopleSmartPeopleSundancesundance2008sundance2008buzzsundance2008interviewsSundancebuzz2008Thomas Haden ChurchThomasHadenChurchJames Rocchi2008-01-21T16:45:00 00:002008-01-21T16:45:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Smart People' Stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden ChurchJames Rocchi10:13Sundance Interview: 'Baghead' Writer-Directors Jay and Mark Duplasshttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/21/sundace-interview-baghead-writer-directors-jay-and-mark-dupla/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/21/sundace-interview-baghead-writer-directors-jay-and-mark-dupla/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/21/sundace-interview-baghead-writer-directors-jay-and-mark-dupla/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



In Baghead, the writing-directing team of Mark and Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair) combine not two, but three separate traditions of American Indie Cinema: It revolves around two couples; it celebrates and mocks the world of indie film ... and it takes place in an isolated cabin in the woods where a masked stranger hovers outside in ominous silence. Cinematical spoke with the brothers at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival about delusions of adequacy, clumsy passes, awkward pauses and genre-melding on a minimal budget. Mark tries to sum it up: "Baghead is a movie about the funny, horrific, tragic, terrible life of being a desperate actor."

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]]>BagheadDuplass BrothersDuplassBrothersJay DuplassJayDuplassMark DuplassMarkDuplasssundanceSundance2008sundance2008buzzJames Rocchi2008-01-21T14:32:00 00:002008-01-21T14:32:00 00:00Sundace Interview: 'Baghead' Writer-Directors Jay and Mark DuplassJames Rocchi11:53Sundance Interview: 'Ballast' Director Lance Hammerhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/20/sundance-interview-ballast-director-lance-hammer/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/20/sundance-interview-ballast-director-lance-hammer/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/20/sundance-interview-ballast-director-lance-hammer/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,



Set in the here-and-now Mississippi Delta, Lance Hammer's Ballast follows a trio of characters -- a man in crisis and a single mother trying to keep ahead of disaster and her rootless son -- in a very American setting with a very European sensibility. It is one that evokes the Dardenne brothers, where the camera is hand-held but the emotions are kept at arm's length. Hammer spoke with Cinematical at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival about his decision to work with non-professional actors, the news that Ballast will be playing at this year's Berlin Film Festival, and what drew him to the Mississippi Delta for his debut: 'There's a sadness that lays upon the land (in the Delta) that's very moving to me. "

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]]>BallastLance HammerLanceHammersundancesundance2008sundance2008buzzJames Rocchi2008-01-20T17:32:00 00:002008-01-20T17:32:00 00:00Sundance Interview: 'Ballast' Director Lance HammerJames Rocchi10:15Sundance Interview: Colin Hanks and Emily Blunt, Stars of 'The Great Buck Howard'http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/20/sundance-interview-colin-hanks-and-emily-blunt-stars-of-the-g/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/20/sundance-interview-colin-hanks-and-emily-blunt-stars-of-the-g/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/20/sundance-interview-colin-hanks-and-emily-blunt-stars-of-the-g/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,



In The Great Buck Howard, Colin Hanks (King Kong, Orange County) plays the newly-hired road manager to the title mentalist and performer (played by John Malkovich); Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada, Dan in Real Life) plays the publicist assigned to Buck's not-quite-comeback tour. Hanks and Blunt spoke with Cinematical at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival about working opposite Malkovich, the wonder and terror of show business, and the gap between their on-screen romantic scenes and the off-screen preparation for them. As Hanks explains, "At one point (The Great Buck Howard's writer-director Sean McGinley) had us rehearse (romantic scenes) on a dirty floor in an abandoned office, and I remember thinking 'Yeah, I don't know if this is going to do anything ... I don't know if this is going to help us.'"

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]]>Colin HanksColinHanksElily BluntElilyBluntsundancesundance2008sundance2008buzzThe Great Buck HowardTheGreatBuckHowardJames Rocchi2008-01-20T15:02:00 00:002008-01-20T15:02:00 00:00Sundance Interview: Colin Hanks and Emily Blunt, stars of 'The Great Buck Howard'James Rocchi11:27Sundance Interview: 'In Bruges' Director Martin McDonaghhttp://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/19/sundance-interview-in-bruges-director-martin-mcdonagh/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/19/sundance-interview-in-bruges-director-martin-mcdonagh/http://www.cinematical.com/2008/01/19/sundance-interview-in-bruges-director-martin-mcdonagh/#commentsFiled under: , , ,



Martin McDonagh's plays -- The Pillowman, The Lieutenant of Inishmore -- has earned him acclaim in the world of the theater; with In Bruges, McDonagh's moving from the stage to the silver screen in his feature film debut. In Park City, McDonagh spoke with Cinematical about the differences between theater and film, working with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, and how in some ways having his film as the opening night selection at Sundance " ... would not be my first choice for a weekend away."

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