Stories By Jennifer Blair
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Festivals
Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival 2018: Boundary-Pushing International Fare Thrives Amid Foliage of Upstate New York
March 7, 2019A sleepy college town in late fall. Changing leaves and crisp air. It’s a peaceful autumn...
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Acting
Flash Forward: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is Building a Promising Career With Good Instincts and His Family’s Steadfast Support
February 14, 2019“I just always loved and enjoyed watching movies,” says Jorge Lendeborg Jr. of how he got bit...
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Directing
“Do Something That Doesn’t Bore the Crap Out Of You”: How Rust Creek Dir. Jen McGowan Avoided a Cookie Cutter Career
January 14, 2019“I make material that I find interesting,” says director Jen McGowan. “I’m a feminist, so those...
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Directing
Embracing Change: Director Kendall Goldberg On Her Feature Debut When Jeff Tried to Save the World
December 6, 2018“I am a creature of habit,” says When Jeff Tried to Save the World director Kendall...
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Directing
“The Best Approach is a Calm Approach”: Welcome to Mercy Screenwriter and Star Kristen Ruhlin on Forging Your Own Moviemaking Path
November 8, 2018Kristen Ruhlin knows a thing or two about perseverance. The screenwriter and star of Welcome to...
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Festivals
Novel Ideas: Moviemakers Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Adapting a Book for the Screen and Building Atmosphere
October 29, 2018In September, director Jeremy Saulnier and screenwriter Macon Blair attended Fantastic Fest 2018 to present Hold...
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Festivals
Fantastic Fest 2018: Peak Programming and Premieres and a Self-Reflective Tone Shape the Austin Hotspot’s 13th Year
October 26, 2018At its heart, Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival: It’s a weeklong experience of...
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Other
Stayin’ Alive: What Keeps You Alive‘s Colin Minihan and Brittany Allen on Surviving a Career Wearing Multiple Hats
August 30, 2018Colin Minihan and Brittany Allen are no strangers to multitasking. Now on the road with What...
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Festivals
Fantasia International Film Festival 2018: Michael Ironside Talks Dune, Verhoeven, and Telekinesis in the Family
August 3, 2018Few personalities encapsulate the brilliantly mad spirit of genre cinema more completely than Canadian actor Michael...
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News
Fantasia International Film Festival 2018: Five Moviemakers Talk Genre Films in Montréal
August 2, 2018“I’m not joking when I say that Fantasia was our film school,” says François Simard of the Canadian...
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