At the Moveable Feast, Stephen Saito interviews Charlotte Colbert, director and co-writer of She Will (2022). “[Making a film is] amazing because it’s complete world building. The only thing it lacks is obviously smell and taste, which I don’t know–I’m pondering how to bring in. [laughs] But it’s […]
NPR interviews The Onion‘s head writer, Mike Gillis, on writing an amicus curiae brief for the US Supreme Court that outlines the importance of parody. “He wrote most of the arguments and jokes, then The Onion‘s lawyers bulked it up with legal precedent and historical context in what […]
Our friends at the Projection Booth podcast watch Martha Coolidge’s Real Genius (1985)! “Chris Bricklemyer (Outside the Cinema) and Ryan Luis Rodriguez (The Coolness Chronicles) join Mike to discuss the 1985 film from Martha Coolidge, Real Genius. Written by Pat Proft and Neal Israel, the film stars Gabe […]
Giles Deacon talks about their designs for Gwendoline Christie’s Lucifer in Netflix’s Sandman series. There are also design sketches! See it all here.
Cartoon Brew has an animations test for Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye , plus some conversation with Tartakovsky about what happened. The full animatics were unfortunately taken down, but you can read the conversation and watch the test here. (Thanks, Ed!)
“Filmmakers Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman discuss honoring and following your instincts, changing mediums, and overcoming massive obstacles” creating the AfroFuturist musical Neptune Frost (Rwanda/USA, 2021). Read it here.