Jennifer Blair

  • Winter 2019

Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival 2018: Boundary-Pushing International Fare Thrives Amid Foliage of Upstate New York

A sleepy college town in late fall. Changing leaves and crisp air. It’s a peaceful autumn idyll for some, a…

5 years ago
  • Winter 2019

Flash Forward: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is Building a Promising Career With Good Instincts and His Family’s Steadfast Support

"I just always loved and enjoyed watching movies,” says Jorge Lendeborg Jr. of how he got bit by the proverbial bug. “My…

5 years ago
  • Directing

“Do Something That Doesn’t Bore the Crap Out Of You”: How Rust Creek Dir. Jen McGowan Avoided a Cookie Cutter Career

“I make material that I find interesting,” says director Jen McGowan. “I’m a feminist, so those themes are present, but…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Embracing Change: Director Kendall Goldberg On Her Feature Debut When Jeff Tried to Save the World

“I am a creature of habit,” says When Jeff Tried to Save the World director Kendall Goldberg. “But while I…

5 years ago
  • Directing

“The Best Approach is a Calm Approach”: Welcome to Mercy Screenwriter and Star Kristen Ruhlin on Forging Your Own Moviemaking Path

Kristen Ruhlin knows a thing or two about perseverance. The screenwriter and star of Welcome to Mercy—a trippy dive into…

5 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Novel Ideas: Moviemakers Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair on Adapting a Book for the Screen and Building Atmosphere

In September, director Jeremy Saulnier and screenwriter Macon Blair attended Fantastic Fest 2018 to present Hold the Dark—a fully-immersive cinematic…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Fantastic Fest 2018: Peak Programming and Premieres and a Self-Reflective Tone Shape the Austin Hotspot’s 13th Year

At its heart, Fantastic Fest is not simply a film festival: It's a weeklong experience of controlled extremity, in which…

6 years ago
  • Other

Stayin’ Alive: What Keeps You Alive‘s Colin Minihan and Brittany Allen on Surviving a Career Wearing Multiple Hats

Colin Minihan and Brittany Allen are no strangers to multitasking. Now on the road with What Keeps You Alive, the…

6 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Fantasia International Film Festival 2018: Michael Ironside Talks Dune, Verhoeven, and Telekinesis in the Family

Few personalities encapsulate the brilliantly mad spirit of genre cinema more completely than Canadian actor Michael Ironside. In attendance at…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Fantasia International Film Festival 2018: Five Moviemakers Talk Genre Films in Montréal

“I’m not joking when I say that Fantasia was our film school,” says François Simard of the Canadian directing trio RKSS, who…

6 years ago
  • Festivals

Bentonville Film Festival 2018: At This Fun, Forward-Thinking Fest, Calls For Inclusivity Are Backed By Hard Data

“I’ve always felt that the gender disparity on screen is the most easily-fixed area of inequality,” says Bentonville Film Festival…

6 years ago