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Bill Paxton has starred in
Titanic, Twister and
Apollo 13. Prior to
Frailty though, he'd never gotten behind the camera to direct. Chris Neumer speaks to Paxton to get the story on being a first time director, how to create a ruse and the positive aspects of serial killing.
Brian Herzlinger is the most upbeat filmmaker in the world. He took his winnings from the gameshow
Taboo, bought a video camera at Circuit City and spent 30 days filming his attempts to land a date with Drew Barrymore. Now his warm, delightful film is getting a nationwide theatrical release. Chris Neumer talks to Herzlinger about life, love and happiness.
Director Bruce Brown's seminal film,
On Any Sunday, remains the best motorcycle movie ever made several decades after its initial release. Brown chats with Chris Neumer about filming life in the (racing) pits and what it took to get this Oscar nominated film made... namely Steve McQueen's checkbook.
About a month ago, Genius Entertainment sent me a lovely DVD three-pack, the Maneater Collection, featuring three so-bad-they’re-good movies involving down-on-their-luck actors battling enormous animals with a predilection for human flesh. I tore through the films in hasty fashion, enjoyably …
Producer Eden Wurmfeld was handed an unenviable task: grab the producer reins of a small, $1 million movie being made in New York with two unknowns in the lead... and make it good. And Wurmfeld delivered. Here she talks to Chris Neumer about the difference between shooting in New York and LA, what having no money means and how making indie films can influence your friendships.
CHRIS NEUMER: There’s a lot of interesting stuff out there, it’s just exciting and vibrant, and bold. It seems pretty synonymous with the way you go about things. It’s a different color scheme, and a different style of shooting, and …
Virtually no actor had a better breakout year in 2003 than Queens, New York native, Franky G (it stands for Gonzales... don't ask). The seventh letter of the alphabet starred in
Manito, The Italian Job, Wonderland and
Confidence. From here, the sky is the limit.
Larry Clark is the most controversial American director in mainstream cinema. Chris Neumer sits down with Clark to talk about skateboarding, what Paris Hilton had to do with his latest film,
Wassup Rockers, and what would happen if Clark attempted to direct
Sweet Home Alabama 2.
When Chris Neumer found out that Gary Busey--a man who can and does blink his eyes one at a time--would be matching wits with a hungry tiger in the movie
Maneater, he grabbed his laptop and began taking notes. Because you don't pass up opportunities to write about gold like this.
Martin Donovan is one of the most soft-spoken and subtly charismatic actors at work in the film industry today. Donovan sits down with Chris Neumer to discuss the differences between working in New York and LA, what makes a film set focused and why getting paid more wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.
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.
It was probably inevitable, but 'filmmakers' are now shooting projects on their cell phones.
Actor Scott Cohen plays the token male character in
Kissing Jessica Stein, a role he relishes immensely. Cohen talks to Chris Neumer about the energy of New York City, playing dark characters and why you should never get arrested early in the morning after a late night of shooting.
CHRIS NEUMER: I was really surprised when I heard about your film. The first time I heard about Dogtown, I thought it was about the barrios.
STACY PERALTA: Oh that’s great, I’m stoked.
CHRIS NEUMER: They asked if I …
