Tag: U.S. Indie Film Interview
Interview: Olivia Newman – First Match | 2015 January Screenwriters Lab
Selected for SXSW Film Festival's Narrative Feature Competition, Olivia Newman's First Match (read review) picked up an audience award before quickly bowing over at Netflix....
Interview: Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Way back in 2006, Robert Pickering “Bo” Burnham won our hearts with viral home videos during YouTube’s first legs. Since then, the 27-year-old hyphenate...
Video: Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade – 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Is Eighth Grade an affectionate critique of adolescence? A study on our relationship with technology? A self-love letter aimed at insecure adults? All of...
Interview: Elsie Fisher – Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Previously unknown aside from her voice acting in the Despicable Me series, Elsie Fisher is a star-in-the-making thanks to her performance in Bo Burnham’s...
Interview: Josh Hamilton – Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade | 2018 Sundance Film Festival
We caught up with film (recent Park City trips include Experimenter, Take Me to the River, Manchester by the Sea) and TV staple Josh...
Interview: Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman)
With the release of Disobedience and the Oscar nomination for A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) 2017, and now 2018 is indeed a special juncture in...
Interview: Janicza Bravo & Brett Gelman (Lemon)
I've been a fan of her work since being exposed to her gleefully sardonic award-winning short film Gregory Go Boom at Sundance back in 2014....
Interview: David Lowery (A Ghost Story)
Just prior to immersing himself into editing dock mode with the feature he shot earlier this summer (Old Man and the Gun - with...
Interview: Ana Asensio (Most Beautiful Island)
Winner of the 2017 Grand Jury Award at the SXSW film festival, I got to sit down with writer-director, producer and lead actress Ana Asensio at...
2017 Sundance Trading Card Series: #3. Alex Lipschultz (Menashe)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2016 discoveries”...
Alex Lipschultz: THE WITCH, TONI ERDMANN and THE LOBSTER were all quite brilliant.
Lavallee: With Menashe,...
2017 Sundance Trading Card Series: #2. Jade Healy (A Ghost Story)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2016 discoveries”.
Jade Healy: Photographer Robert Adams, the Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso, and the greek liquor “Tsipouro".
Lavallee:...
2017 Sundance Trading Card Series: #4. Ryland Aldrich (L.A. Times)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2016 discoveries”.
Ryland Aldrich: #1. They Call Me Jeeg. Gabrielle Mainetti’s Italian-language superhero crime actioner hit me...
Video Interview: Antonio Campos (Christine)
She never stood a chance or perhaps, she finally stood her ground. Via Craig Shilowich's original screenplay, an exploration of possible undiagnosed mental illness...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Travis Gutiérrez Senger’s Top Ten Films of All Time List
Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Travis Gutiérrez Senger (Desert Cathedral)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. A winner at the SXSW and Tribeca Film...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #11. Steven Caple Jr. (The Land)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Steven Caple Jr.: The story of Wendell Scott. 2) J.Cole's HBO documentary "Homecoming." 3) Eric...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #9. Bernardo Britto – Jacqueline Argentine
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Bernardo Britto: Jacques Demy’s Lola, Mexican singer Daniela Romo, Cool Cat Saves The Kids.
Lavallee: What...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #8. Camille Rutherford (Jacqueline Argentine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
This year I discovered Extras, the series Ricky Gervais did after The Office. It's so...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #14. Brett Potter – Jacqueline (Argentine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Brett Potter: Koji Shirashi - His documentary horror films are these sprawling, epic mysteries that...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #7. Tahir Jetter (How To Tell You’re A Douchebag)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Tahir Jetter: The Internet (band). Dough Doughnuts (a work of art). Ernie Barnes (Painter).
Lavallee: By...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #6. DeWanda Wise (How to Tell You’re a Douchebag)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
DeWanda Wise: #1. Justin Bieber (C'mon guys, Purpose is soooo good.). #2. Phuket, Thailand. Authentic...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #1. Charles Brice (How to Tell You’re a Douchebag)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”...
Charles Brice: Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly. Ta-Nehesi Coates' Between the World and Me. BoJack...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #15. Andre Hyland (The 4th)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Andre Hyland: 1. NORMAN GUNSTON, funny and weird Australian talk show host from the 70'-90s...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #10. Melody C. Roscher (Christine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Melody C. Roscher: (1) The 2009 album “Zebra” by Karl Blau. (2) Tybee Island, Georgia. (3)...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #5. Craig Shilowich (Christine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Craig Shilowich: That new Carly Rae Jepsen album (Emotion), Florida. Woolite (the product).
Lavallee: You've worn...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #12. Nick Case (Christine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Nick Case: 1.) Recording Artists: They aren't brand new bands, but I listed to...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #3. Anna Rose Holmer (The Fits)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Anna Rose Holmer: Kiah Victoria. Choreographer Lin Hwai-min & Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan....
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #2. Royalty Hightower (The Fits)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Royalty Hightower: K.C. Undercover. Flying. I got to take my first airplane ride to Venice,...
2016 Sundance Trading Card Series: #4. Lisa Kjerulff (The Fits)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2015 discoveries”.
Lisa Kjerulff: Dettifoss in Iceland. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria.
Lavallee: On...
Video Interview: Filmmaker Josh Mond (James White)
After producing (as one-third of the Borderline Films crew) such seminal films as Antonio Campos' Afterschool and Sean Durkin's Martha Marcy May Marlene, its...
Video Interview: Christopher Abbott, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi & Makenzie Leigh (James White)
If you visit Borderline Films' mini catalog of short and feature films you'll notice that they have a genuine knack for discovering and unearthing...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Reed Morano (Meadowland)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema....but we would be disingenuous in categorizing this month's...
Video Interview: Daniel Barber (The Keeping Room)
Five years after the Michael Caine vehicle Harry Brown hit theaters, director Daniel Barber has returned to the director's seat with a revisitation to period drama,...
Video Interview: Producer Riel Roch Decter
It's not just the writer, director and docu lab fellows that are the long term beneficiaries of the support offered by the Sundance Institute. In this...
Video Interview: Denis Villeneuve (Sicario)
While some filmmakers only find out the night before, Cannes Film Festival's Thierry Frémaux informed Denis Villeneuve that he'd be part of the Main Comp...
Video Interview: David Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter)
Decidedly the psychological state of the protagonist (Rinko Kikuchi) in the David and Nathan Zellner's Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is slightly off its axis, yet she...
IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Lance Edmands (Bluebird)
IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. Prior to the film's TriBeCa Film Festival world...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #45. Josh Hamilton (Take Me to the River)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Josh Hamilton: Book: Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon. Record: The Clean -- Anthology.
Movies:...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #44. Rachel Morrison (Dope)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Rachel Morrison: Polish film "Ida" (brilliant 4:3 B&W cinematography). Positano, Italy (off season) Must...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #43. Judith Godrèche (The Overnight)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Judith Godrèche: Transparent (TV show). 20,000 Days on Earth (Nick Cave documentary). The Difficulty of...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #42. James Ransone (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
James Ransone: Movie: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut is an absolute masterpiece. 15 years ago...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #41. Robin Weigert (Take Me to the River)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Robin Weigert: I've become a big jazz fan this year. Its newly my music...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #38. Hannah Gross (Christmas, Again)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Hannah Gross: Jean Rhys. Sharon Lockhart. The Bridge (Bron, Broen) / The Fall / *re*discovering...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #37. Matt Gallagher (Bob and the Trees)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Matt Gallagher: Hana, Maui. 5 pound Gummy Bears. Not wearing underwear.
Lavallee: Could you describe that...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #34. Christopher Abbott (James White)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Christopher Abbott: 1). Richard Hawley's records Cole's Corner and Truelove's Gutter. 2). Marc Maron's WTF...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #24. Shih-Ching Tsou (Tangerine)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”...
Shih-Ching Tsou: I was secretly searching for the best french toast in New York city....
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #12. Timo Chen (Advantageous)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Timo Chen: I worked a lot in 2014 so I didn't get out much. That...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #11. Heather McIntosh (Z for Zachariah)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Heather McIntosh: MaddAddam Trilogy, Margaret Atwood. Volumina for Organ, György Ligeti. Mind Brains (Orange Twin...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #6. Daniel Garcia (H.)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries” ...
Daniel Garcia: Putting my iPhone in a cup or bowl or something to amplify...
2015 Sundance Trading Card Series: #4. Matthias Grunsky (Results)
Eric Lavallee: Name me three of your favorite “2014 discoveries”…
Matthias Grunsky: The amazing "Collection de l'Art Brut" in Lausanne, Switzerland. The record "Lieblingsfarben und...
