Dan Barnes chats with Christy director David Michôd… Australian director David Michôd – known for films such as Animal Kingdom, The Rover, War Machine and The King – ventures into new territory with this Christy Martin biopic, the Sydney Sweeney-led dramatisation of the boxer’s tragic life story. David chatted to us about his inspiration for […]
Billy Wilder was our North Star: Screenwriter Patrick Cunnane and producer Trevor White on Eternity – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Eternity screenwriter Patrick Cunnane and producer Trevor White… Selected as the official closing night film for the Chicago International Film Festival, Eternity is a high-concept blend of genres (romantic comedy and drama) that primarily takes place in a bureaucratically imagined afterlife. The story centers on Larry (Miles Teller), who is sent […]
Exclusive Interview – Enigmatown writer and letterer Alex De Luca
Brad Cook chats with Enigmatown writer and letterer Alex De Luca… The last time I talked to Alex De Luca, he was busy promoting his steampunk adventure comic book series Dragon Whisperer, whose four-issue debut was followed by a six-part sequel, The Search for Obsidian. Now he has shifted gears, sticking with his publisher, Red […]
Art is Dependent on the Receiver: Paul Mescal on Hamnet
Robert Kojder chats with Hamnet star Paul Mescal… At this point, if Paul Mescal is in a film, you might as well bring the tissues to the theater. Tear ducts will open up; there’s no way around it. Somehow, Hamnet, in which he plays a grieving William Shakespeare channeling his pain into inspiration for Hamlet, […]
The Imperfections of People, Families, and Life: Director Alexander Woo on In Your Dreams – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with In Your Dreams director Alexander Woo… Having previously worked in Pixar’s animation department and directed animated shorts of various lengths, Alexander Woo’s Netflix-backed feature-length debut is In Your Dreams. While charming for children of all ages, the filmmaker is also interested in telling a personal, emotional story about families drifting apart […]
It’s A Life Story: Christy Martin – Exclusive Interview
At one point during David Michôd’s boxing legend Christy Martin biopic, succinctly and cleanly titled Christy, I became so overwhelmed by shock at what was transpiring on screen that I began to wonder how she was still alive, here at the screening I was attending in advance of interviews the next morning. If I weren’t […]
Creating A Polyphonic Character: Director Joachim Trier on Sentimental Value – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier… Back with Sentimental Value after turning the relatively unknown Renate Reinsve into a must-watch name with The Worst Person in the World, this collaboration once again sees her playing another messy character with her life in disarray. However, this time it’s a family affair, as Nora’s […]
Bringing Out The Melancholy In Each Other: Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas on Sentimental Value – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Sentimental Value stars Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas… Re-teaming with the writing/directing team of Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt on Sentimental Value, a layered and moving film about family and art, particularly sisterhood and the relations between a father and his daughters, Renate Reinsve is once again outstanding at playing […]
Exclusive Interview – Kevin Smith talks Dogma 25th anniversary and teases new Jay & Silent Bob movie
Kevin Smith sits down for an exclusive interview with Flickering Myth’s EJ Moreno… How is it possible that Dogma was already 25 years ago? Kevin Smith is overjoyed by the passage of time, regarding it as propelling his current projects. That hit of nostalgia gets us all going as we head towards whatever else the […]
Art Creates You As You Create It: Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning on Sentimental Value – Exclusive Interview
Robert Kojder chats with Sentimental Value stars Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning… In Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, a beautifully moving portrait of strained family connections and therapeutic art, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning respectively portray a once-great filmmaker and Hollywood star whom the former has coaxed into leading a deeply personal project about a family […]
