Stories By Carlos Aguilar
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Festivals
Florida’s Finest: Patrick Wilson Accepts Career Achievement Award at Gasparilla International Film Festival
March 8, 2017Tampa Bay’s hometown heroes don’t get much bigger than actor Patrick Wilson, who grew up in...
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Criterion Crash Course
Criterion Crash Course: Moviemaking Lessons From Criterion’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
March 1, 2017Whether you’re a moviemaker, critic or devoted film collector, lovers of cinema can all agree: A...
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Interviews
Before Her Time: Julie Delpy Reflects on the Before Trilogy, and Her Struggle for Respect as a Female Filmmaker
February 28, 2017French actress and director Julie Delpy is a part of the perfect trifecta of talent behind...
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Movie News
Independent Spirit Awards 2017: Spirits Stick to Their Essence, Rewarding Moonlight, The Witch and Spa Night
February 26, 2017Breaking with what in recent editions served as a preview to the Academy Awards, the 2017...
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Acting
Flash Forward: Everybody Loves Somebody Star Karla Souza Has Ambition to Spare
February 22, 2017Karla Souza is uninterested in pursuing work that perpetuates outdated depictions of Latinas in entertainment, thank...
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Acting
Janelle Monáe, Ruth Negga, Dev Patel and More: Eight Rising "Virtuosos" Dropped Serious Wisdom in Santa Barbara
February 17, 2017Through characters as eclectic as a kindhearted drug dealer, a woman heading to court for love,...
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Interviews
Two Languages, One Love: Catalina Aguilar Mastretta On Her Bilingual Rom-Com Everybody Loves Somebody
February 17, 2017Upon the return of a boyfriend from her younger years, Clara (Karla Souza), who has an...
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Festivals
Cimino, Chabrol, Hanson and Haneke: Isabelle Huppert Reflects on the Cinematic Masters
February 17, 2017Isabelle Huppert, often referred to as the greatest actress working today, is an artist with incomparable...
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Directing
Failed Fatherland: Martin Zandvliet Disarms a Dark Passage in Denmark’s History in Oscar-Nominated Land of Mine
February 13, 2017Describing a war film as “visually economical” goes against the expectation of grandeur associated with those...
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Acting
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017: La La Land Stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are the Perfect Team
February 9, 2017Range is one of a performer’s most valuable assets. A Jewish neo-Nazi; a drug-addicted teacher; a...
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Acting
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2017: Maltin Modern Master Denzel Washington Reflects on His Career
February 7, 2017Few names inspire as much respect as Denzel Washington’s. Audiences know him from, well, countless stellar...
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Directing
Dark Night of the American Soul: Tim Sutton’s Latest Feature is Beautiful, Tense and Provocative
February 3, 2017Fiction will always lose the battle against reality when it comes to mankind’s most inhumane and...
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Directing
Musical, Flesh-Eating Mermaids in 1980s Poland: With The Lure, Agnieszka Smoczyńska Holds Nothing Back
February 2, 2017In reference to unusual releases, the phrase “unlike anything you’ve seen before” gets bandied around a...
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Producing
"We Have a Progressive Philosophy:" Spotlight on Route One Producer Russell Levine (Landline, Colossal)
February 1, 2017How can producers make socially conscious films that also make money? That question is the core...
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Directing
"Trial By Fire:" 25 Years Later, Quentin Tarantino Looks Back on How Reservoir Dogs Tested Him at Sundance
January 31, 2017A fervent audience crowded the Eccles Theater to witness one of American Independent cinema’s most widely...
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Directing
“You Are a Person Seated in Court:” Asghar Farhadi Says Those Watching The Salesman Are More Than Spectators
January 25, 2017A door opens, a crime is committed, honor is transgressed, and the conflicts in a literary...
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Directing
An Island Unto Itself: Michaël Dudok de Wit Favors Quietude and Small Details in The Red Turtle
January 18, 2017As a child, director Michaël Dudok de Wit would walk at night through the forest near...
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Directing
Laughing With Pain: Director Maren Ade and Sandra Hüller on Their Hilarious Father-Daughter Dramedy Toni Erdmann
December 29, 2016Fake teeth, a raggedy wig, and the playful love of a father that knows no boundaries...
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Directing
Foreign Contenders: Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada Dissects Romanian Society Through a Confined Epic
December 15, 2016MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the...
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Directing
Foreign Contenders: Veteran Actor Rade Šerbedžija Turns Director for Macedonian Drama The Liberation of Skopje
December 13, 2016MovieMaker’s series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the...
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Directing
Foreign Contenders: Cloak-And-Dagger Thriller The Age of Shadows Has Kim Jee-woon Channeling His Inner Patriot
December 12, 2016MovieMaker‘s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for...
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Interviews
Divine Comedy: In The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael Imagines a Hilariously Petty God
December 9, 2016In our quest for meaning and purpose, humanity has always looked for a greater power for...
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Documentary
Foreign Contenders: Ukrainian Sheriffs is a Buddy Cop Doc Set Against the Annexation of Crimea
December 8, 2016MovieMaker‘s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for...
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Directing
Foreign Contenders: A Veteran Actor and a Newcomer are Partners in Crime in Venezuela’s Riveting From Afar
December 7, 2016MovieMaker‘s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for...
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