The Lunch with Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair of ‘Blue Ruin’

by James Rocchi | Apr 24, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, Staff Picks, What's Hot

Blue Ruin may be one of the strongest American independent films of 2014: It’s a revenge saga, but it isn’t; the hero isn’t a terse one-man army but instead a shy, silent man driven to desperate, dangerous acts; it isn’t about swift, cinematic...

The Lunch with ‘Jodorowski’s Dune’ Producers Travis Stevens and Stephen Scarlatta

by James Rocchi | Apr 17, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, Staff Picks, What's Hot

A film-lover’s dream documentary, Jodorowsky’s Dune is a chronicle of magnificence, obsession, impracticality and excess, all culminating in one of the greatest films that never existed. Chronicling the attempts by noted director Alejandro Jodorowski to...

The Lunch with Alison Willmore, Film Critic for BuzzFeed

by James Rocchi | Apr 3, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, What's Hot

Alison Willmore is the newly-hired Film Critic for BuzzFeed — and the first time that mighty site has created a position with “Critic” in the title. After dining at Golden State, on Fairfax, Ms. Wilmore and I talked about her new position, what...

The Lunch with Tom and Matt Berninger of ‘Mistaken for Strangers’

by James Rocchi | Mar 27, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, Staff Picks, What's Hot

Matt Berninger (R) is the lead singer for Brooklyn-based band The National; his younger brother Tom Berninger (L) was a would-be-filmmaker residing in his parent’s house when Matt asked him to work as a roadie and shoot documentary footage on a ocean-crossing...

The Lunch, with Anne Thompson, Journalist and Author of ‘The $11-Billion Year’

by James Rocchi | Mar 20, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, What's Hot

Anne Thompson may be best known for her fast-paced and fresh take on the film industry via her Indiewire column, Thompson on Hollywood – but she’s also the author of the superb new book, ‘The $11-Billion Year: From Sundance to the Oscars, a Look at...