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September 2009
Interview: Whip it
Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut.
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ugust 2009
Interview: Taking Woodstock
Director Ang Lee takes on one of America's most iconic moments.
July 2009
Interview: Adam
Director Max Mayer directs Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne in a love story about two very different people.
June 2009
Interview: Lynn Shelton
The Spirit Award winning director talks about directing, performing, and getting her actors "over the hump."
Interview: David Guggenheim
From the new Melrose Place to An Inconvenient Truth, an examination of one of the most eclectic careers in Hollywood
May 2009
Interview: Rudo y Cursi
Carlos Cuaron makes his first foray into directing with a film about soccer, fame and two brothers
Interview: My Life in Ruins
Donald Petrie directs Nia Vardalos as she ponders her Hellenic roots and love.
April 2009
Interview: Tyson
An interview with director James Toback
Interview: Adoration
Atom Egoyan talks about his latest project.
March 2009
Interview: Phoebe in Wonderland
Elle Fanning stars as a little girl with a wild imagination that increasingly pulls her into the dark side.
Interview: Sunshine Cleaning
Amy Adams and Emily Blunt play sisters who solidify their bond and find meaning in their lives by cleaning up messy crime scenes.
February 2009
2009 Spirit Awards Nominations
Inside the American Narrative Nominating Committee
Behind-the-Scenes at the Spirit Awards
Save-the-Date 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival
Directors Close-Up
PREVIEW SCREENING: Two Lovers
PREVIEW SCREENING: O'Hoten
The Derek Luke Story
January 2009
Directors Close-Up
Conversations on the Art of Filmmaking line up of sessions.
Interview: Notorious
Director George Tillman Jr. talks about filming his feature on the life of slain rap star Notorious B.I.G.
December 2008
Interview: Waltz with Bashir
Israeli director Ari Folman tackles memory
loss and war in his latest film.
Interview: The Wrestler
Darren Aronofsky brings us into the life of a
washed up wrestler.
November 2008
Interview: Nothing Like The Holidays
Alfredo De Villa directs John Leguizamo
and Alfred Molina in a holiday drama about
a Chicago family with a secret.
Interview: Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle goes into the slums of India
for his next film, based on the novel Q & A
by Vikas Swarup.
October 2008
Interview: Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman delves into the missed
opportunities, lost relationships, illnesses
and deaths that come with middle life.
Interview: The Secret Life of Bees
Gina Prince-Bythewood brings Sue Monk
Kidd’s best selling novel about a young girl
in search of her mother and her own
identity, to life.
September 2008
Interview: Battle in Seattle
Directed and written by Stuart Townsend. Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue a demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings.
Interview: Miracle at St. Anna
Directed by Spike Lee. World War II has its heroes and its miracles Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
August 2008
Interview: Pineapple Express
David Gordon Green talks about the making of his new comedy thriller.
Interview: Trouble the Water
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal make their directorial debut chronicling the human disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
July 2008
Interview: Kabluey
Scott Prendergast stars in his first feature, Kabluey, as a down-and-out loser who finds a sense of purpose by re-acquainting himself with his dysfunctional family.
Interview: Step Brothers
Writer/Director Adam McKay takes on family dynamics in his latest comedy, Step Brothers, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
June 2008
Our Mission:
Cultivating a Diverse Community of Artists
Interview: Rich Raddon
The event's director discusses building the Los Angeles Film Festival into a world class event.
Interview: Anand Tucker
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Project:Involve: 15 Year anniversary
May 2008
Interview: Son of Rambow
Director Garth Jennings on his latest feature, an imaginative look back at childhood friendships.
Interview: The Promotion
Acclaimed writer Steve Conrad discusses the delicate balance of comedy and tragedy in his directorial debut.
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