KJ Doughton

  • Festivals

Festival Diary: Seattle International Film Festival 2015, Part Two

Part 2 of our extended coverage of the Seattle International Film Festival, one of the top festivals in North America…

9 years ago
  • Festivals

Festival Diary: Seattle International Film Festival 2015, Part One

Brag as they might, top fests like Sundance, Cannes, and SXSW have nothing on the Seattle International Film Festival when…

9 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews
  • Spring 2015

The Dogs of War: Unprecedented Animal Realism in Kornél Mundruczó’s White God

“This one has heart.” That’s the scariest line from White God, Kornél Mundruczó’s poignant, profound film. Why? Because it’s a…

9 years ago
  • Articles - Auteur
  • Articles - Directing
  • How They Did It

East of Eden: Megan Griffiths’ Harrowing Tale of Sex-trafficking and Survival

Eden, Megan Griffiths’ stunning new film, exists within the perverted—and unsettlingly pervasive—world of human sex trafficking. A lucrative global industry,…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Directing
  • Articles - Moviemaking

Steve “Lips” Kudlow Gets Heavy in Anvil!

He-Man headbangers beware: Anvil! The Story of Anvil will make you weep like a little girl. Screenwriter (The Terminal), first-time…

15 years ago
  • Articles - Acting
  • Articles - Moviemaking

Colin Hanks Bucks the Trend

Colin Hanks is intrigued by my tape recorder. It’s an old, gray, brick-sized JC Penney model with only a cassette…

15 years ago
  • Articles - Directing

King of the Ants

Stuart Gordon In King of the Ants, the latest cringe-fest from director Stuart Gordon, actor Chris McKenna appears to endure…

17 years ago
  • Articles - Screenwriting

Slevinth Heaven

Lucy Liu and Josh Harnett in Paul McGuigan’s Lucky Number Slevin (2006). Photo: The Weinstein Company Watching cinema scribes hit…

17 years ago