Karina talks about herself, which means making references to Fred Astaire and PET SEMATARY in the same sentence. A-gain.
Steven Boone talks to Hunter S. Thompson’s documentarian about, among other things, how the writer “got very depressed when Bush won in ‘04 and not long after that he committed suicide.”
Can he do this? Is this legal? How does he do it? What interview questions does he ask? What does he tell publicists he’s going to do? Will any of them ever let him do it again?
All of those questions, and surely more, are sparked by Jamie Stuart’s latest video, In Spring. Described as a [...]
Cheating is fair, steroids are good for you, France loves Mike Tyson and the best films at Cannes weren’t in Cannes

FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids [31:03m]:
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Maybe you don’t feel paranoid, but a couple movies beg to differ as they look into our current culture of paranoia

FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia [27:37m]:
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We’re bringing back The Media Diet, our long-dormant series of interviews with filmmakers and indie industry people about the movies, music and assorted pop cultural detritus that they like to consume. This week we’re talking to Harmony Korine, whose incredible Mister Lonely (see our review from SXSW) comes out in NY and on IFC On [...]
If you’re visiting a theater and tired of the same old movie clichés, conventional wisdom would point you to the independent movie selection. However, a string on indiewood flicks–most recently The Visitor (opening tonight)–are caving in on their own “indie” clichés. Like rogue environmentalists tracking an invasive species in an Appalachian creek bed, we digest [...]

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An audio interview with Jennifer Phang, director of HALF-LIFE.

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Karina gets her interview on with Frank Ross and the cast of PRESENT COMPANY at SXSW

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Interviewing Tommy Davis, director of ONE MINUTE TO NINE, 87 minutes of documentary that reduced all of Paul’s adjectives to “powerful”

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