Alia Shawkat

  • Movie News

Duck Test: How Miguel Arteta and Alia Shawkat Made Their Taut Relationship Drama Duck Butter in 24 Hours

For most of her acting career thus far, Alia Shawkat has turned in indelible performances in supporting roles that enrich…

6 years ago
  • Interviews

Staging The Intervention: Writer-Director Clea DuVall Confronts Her Debut Feature, With Melanie Lynskey

When The Intervention, Clea DuVall’s debut film as writer and director, premiered at Sundance in January, an audience member asked…

8 years ago
  • Crossing the Line

“Making Sense of Something That is Beyond Us:” Anton Yelchin’s Spring 2016 Interview

The MovieMaker staff was shocked and saddened to hear about the untimely passing of actor Anton Yelchin on Sunday, June…

8 years ago
  • Interviews

Green Room Outtakes: Interviews with Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat and Imogen Poots

In Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room, a punk band dubbed The Ain't Rights (played by actors Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Joe…

8 years ago
  • Directing
  • Inside MM - Directing
  • Spring 2016

Back Against the Wall: Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room Lands like a Punch to the Gut

Is there a more overused word in film journalism than "visceral?" The adjective is applied and misapplied with such frequency…

8 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews

Go Ahead, Surprise Me: Sebastian Silva on the Unclassifiable Nasty Baby

With a penchant for clever, funny stories that deviate from genre conventions, Chilean moviemaker Sebastian Silva has bewildered and enthralled…

9 years ago