by James Rocchi | Dec 6, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast, What's Hot
Justin Chang is the chief film critic for the venerable but lively trade publication Variety; this week on The Lunch, Justin joins regular host and fellow critic James Rocchi to talk about three films of 2013 that any serious film-lover should see before the...
by James Rocchi | Nov 28, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast
Shaul Schwartz was a photojournalist who spent decades covering global hotspots — but after covering the drug war in Mexico, he made the jump to documentary filmmaking with his new film, Narco Cultura. Contrasting the work of a CSI police officer in Juarez,...
by James Rocchi | Nov 22, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast
Joel Allen Schroder is the director and creator of Dear Mr. Watterson, a documentary about the life and work and legacy of Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson. It’s a film that travels through not only the very real places Watterson drew from in his...
by James Rocchi | Nov 14, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Interviews, Podcast
John Sayles is one of greatest and most prolific directors in American independent film — and with his latest, Go for Sisters, he’s still making rich, real films his way and offering both audiences and his actors the kind of films that reward you with character,...
by James Rocchi | Nov 12, 2013 | Interviews, Podcast
In 1999, Charlie Victor Romeo co-directors Patrick Daniels and Robert Berger created a theater piece that turned ‘Black Box’ recordings from airplane crashes and similar incidents into a a riveting piece of live art. 15 years later, they’ve not only...