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After an extremely successful time at AOL, Brad Zions cashed out at the right time and began looking at his next challenge: making it in the film world. Zions connected with Jennifer Westfeldt and Eden Wurmfeld and helped fund and produce the indie gem,
Kissing Jessica Stein. The rest, as they say, is history. Chris Neumer talks to Zions to get the full story.
After a bad experience on a troubled production in 1996, Debra Winger stepped down from her position atop the Hollywood leaderboard. Coaxed into doing one more project by her husband, Arliss Howard, Winger sits down with Chris Neumer to get into the ups-and-downs of indie filmmaking, why Iranian cinema is boring and how having a reputation as a temperamental witch can help you on set.
Actress/screenwriter, Jennifer Westfeldt, was one of the major driving forces behind the delightful indie,
Kissing Jessica Stein/. Chris Neumer chats with Westfeldt about frat boys watching lesbian romantic comedies, creating a female Alvy Singer and why happy endings aren't always the best way to go.
Writer/director Kimberly Peirce has been working on her latest film,
Stop Loss, for more than five years. Peirce talks to Chris Neumer about this process and gets inside why the 'truth' is out there and discusses the concept of an audience member breaking up with a director.
Writer/director Michael Wilson is in a very unusual place: he is in the midst of a heated bidding war for his first film... and he isn't close to being done with it yet. These are the benefits of making a documentary called
Michael Moore Hates America. Chris Neumer talks to the not-quite-yet rookie filmmaker to get this one-of-a-kind story.
