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Greenland interviews: “It wasn’t your typical hero who’s going up there to punch a comet in the face”

7th December 2020 by Sarah Cartland

Wait, what? Is this a Gerard Butler film or isn’t it? Disasteroid flick Greenland – out in the US on 18 December online, and in the UK early in 2021 [UPDATE: 5 FEB] – is not, it turns out, your typical disaster film. Read my 4-star review and article here Director Ric Roman Waugh sees… Greenland interviews: “It wasn’t your typical hero who’s going up there to punch a comet in the face” Read More

Filed Under: Featured Bottom 3, Film Articles, Interviews Tagged With: AAA, asteroid, diaster movie, Gerard butler, greenland, morena baccarin, ric roman waugh, scott glenn

INTERVIEW: writer-director Natalie Erika James on her inter-generational horror story Relic

29th October 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“The idea that these memories could be within this never-ending sinister space, a labyrinth-like space, that was really the first image and the starting point.” Relic director and co-writer Natalie Erika James Natalie Erika James’s bold and shocking horror Relic takes place in an outwardly serene and beautiful family home in Australia, a home that inside… INTERVIEW: writer-director Natalie Erika James on her inter-generational horror story Relic Read More

Filed Under: Featured Bottom 3, Film Festivals, Interviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: AAA, australia, dementia, horror, Japan, natalie erika james, relic

Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.”

13th October 2020 by Sarah Cartland

“To know [women did these stunts] 100 and something years ago erases the question of ‘can they do it now?’ Well of course they can do it now. Look at what they did back then.” April Wright Women have been jumping from moving motorbikes onto moving trains for our movie pleasure since the 1910s. April… Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.” Read More

Filed Under: Featured Bottom 3, Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: AAA, april wright, heidi moneymaker, jadie david, jeannie epper, julie ann Johnson, lafaye baker, renae moneymaker, stuntwomen, stuntwomen the untold hollywood story

Actor Robert Pham on performing in live lockdown horror In The Shadow It Waits

29th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

Never mind living the dream, Robert Pham really is living the horror – acting in the supernatural lockdown tale In The Shadow It Waits, which is performed live each time, has meant his home is also a horror film set. Michael Beets’ study of isolation and loneliness is performed live by its Australian cast for… Actor Robert Pham on performing in live lockdown horror In The Shadow It Waits Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Lockdown Tagged With: AAA, horror, in the shadow it waits, live performance, lockdown, robert pham

Writer-director Michael Beets on his LIVE lockdown horror movie “In The Shadow It Waits”

29th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

“It looks like a film, but it hinges on the excitement of live performance. I’d love to give this format a name, so any ideas are welcome!” Michael Beets A study of isolation combined with modern living, In The Shadow It Waits sees a group of twenty-something colleagues, struggling with lockdown, become entangled in a… Writer-director Michael Beets on his LIVE lockdown horror movie “In The Shadow It Waits” Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Lockdown Tagged With: AAA, australia, horror, in the shadow it waits, live, lockdown, michael beets

Alive: Q&A with actor Angus Macfadyen

15th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

“Ambiguity is good, let it flow, let people read what they want.” Angus Macfadyen Horror film Alive – the story of two young people who wake up to find themselves held captive in an abandoned sanatorium by a sadistic doctor, with no memories of who they are – was recently released on digital in the… Alive: Q&A with actor Angus Macfadyen Read More

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: AAA, alive, angus macfadyen

INTERVIEW: Tyler Cornack on his movie Butt Boy, the colonic tonic we’ve been waiting for

9th June 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Tyler Cornack’s thriller-comedy-horror Butt Boy – the film that launched a thousand puns – is deadpan funny with a crazy premise, as detective Russel Fox (Tyler Rice) tries to bring to justice a man he suspects is kidnapping children by absorbing them up his bottom. But it’s also quite moving, in a non-laxative kind of… INTERVIEW: Tyler Cornack on his movie Butt Boy, the colonic tonic we’ve been waiting for Read More

Filed Under: Featured Bottom 3, Interviews Tagged With: AAA, butt boy, thriller, tyler cornack, tyler rice

INTERVIEW: closing in on Vivarium director Lorcan Finnegan

31st March 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Mortgages are so bizarre. It’s like even the words mort-gage, it’s like death gauge. Well, when are you going to die? Right. Okay. Oh, here’s some money. Lorcan Finnegan directed the gleefully terrifying Vivarium, a vivid (and scarily recognisable) vision of the inescapable horrors of family life and suburbia in a modern, capitalist society. Vivarium… INTERVIEW: closing in on Vivarium director Lorcan Finnegan Read More

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: AAA, horror, imogen poots, jesse eisenberg, london film festival, loran finnegan, scifi, suburbia, vivarium

INTERVIEW: artist Frank Gray on painting Lowrys for Mrs Lowry & Son

20th January 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Painter and photographer Frank Gray recreated six “Lowry’s” for the film Mrs Lowry & Son, starring Timothy Spall as the artist LS Lowry and Vanessa Redgrave as his mother. The film starts in 1934, when Lowry was in his late 40s – a rent collector by day and an attic painter by night, still living… INTERVIEW: artist Frank Gray on painting Lowrys for Mrs Lowry & Son Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: AAA, art, frank gray, Lowry, LS Lowry, mrs lowry and son

INTERVIEW: “Harpoon” director Rob Grant on his bloody brilliant lost-at-sea horror comedy

21st October 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Writer-director Rob Grant’s viciously funny horror comedy Harpoon, about three “friends” marooned on a drifting yacht with no food or water, explores the toxic relationships between the wealthy Richie, his girlfriend Sasha, and their friend Jonah. With a dispassionate narrator to push the story forward, the film’s characters are both relatable and authors of their own… INTERVIEW: “Harpoon” director Rob Grant on his bloody brilliant lost-at-sea horror comedy Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: comedy, harpoon, horror, indie, rob grant

INTERVIEW: “Peanut Butter Falcon” writer-directors Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz

18th October 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Peanut Butter Falcon, the hit indie comedy about Zak, a young man with Down syndrome who breaks out of his restrictive care home for adventures on the road (and rivers) of the American South, has been winning over audiences and earning plaudits since its world premiere at this year’s SXSW film festival. Zak, played by Zack Gottsagen, is a huge wresting… INTERVIEW: “Peanut Butter Falcon” writer-directors Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: down syndrome, independent cinema, michael Schwartz, peanut butter falcon, tyler nilsen, wrestling, zack gottsagen

“ANIARA” INTERVIEW: directors Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja on updating a Swedish sci fi classic for the 21st century

1st September 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“What I never understood before meeting Hugo is that sci-fi, it’s a lot about philosophy.” Pella Kågerman Swedish sci fi film Aniara is based on a well-known poem written in the 1950s by Harry Martinson, who later went on to become Sweden’s poet laureate. Originally written as his response to the hydrogen bomb tests, directors Pella… “ANIARA” INTERVIEW: directors Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja on updating a Swedish sci fi classic for the 21st century Read More

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: harry martinson, sci fi, space, sweden

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