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Andy Serkis Interview
Andy Serkis is the least recognized actor with major roles in The Lord of the Rings series, King Kong and The Rise of the Planet of Apes. Playing Gollum, King Kong and Cesar, Serkis' countenance has been shrouded in a mask of pixels, but this doesn't bother him a bit. For him, it's all about the character.[ Read More... ]
Arliss Howard Interview
Arliss Howard is best known for his portrayal of Cowboy in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. Co-writing, directin and acting in Big Bad Love,?i> this is poised to change. Howard talks to Chris Neumer to get inside this American independent gem.[ Read More... ]
Bill Paxton Interview
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.[ Read More... ]
Billy Bob Thornton Interview
Billy Bob Thornton has made a career out of playing what he calls "the asshole". Nobody has done it better than Thornton. From Mr. Woodcock to Bad Santa, what Thornton has, you don't see very often.[ Read More... ]
Bob Balaban Interview
Actor/writer/director Bob Balaban is a true scholar and a gentleman. Balaban sat down to talk to Chris Neumer to get inside the state of American comedy today, the beauty of working with great directors and Brad Pitt's love life.[ Read More... ]
Brad Zions Interview
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.[ Read More... ]
Bruce Campbell Interview
Bruce Campbell is one of the most charismatic actors and tireless self-promoters on the planet. In between conversations about Sam Raimi, hitting Gene Hackman with a 2x4 and dealing with fans, Campbell pushed his new book, his old book and rewatching The Evil Dead. And, dammit, if they aren't all worth a look.[ Read More... ]
Candace Cameron Bure Interview
In an industry where beauty and image are everything, actress Candace Cameron Bure stands out from the crowd thanks to her focus on doing the right thing. She sits down with Chris Neumer to get inside the perils of growing up on TV, putting on weight and why Tiger Woods' marital strife isn't all that surprising.[ Read More... ]
Carsten Norgaard Interview
When actor Carsten Norgaard was cast in Alien vs. Predator, he realized his character was going to try to do something that only two men had done previously: fight the Predator and live. Norgaard talks to Chris Neumer about stunt choreography and what it's like to film a fight sequence for two days in a row with broken ribs.[ Read More... ]
Chris Eyre Interview
Writer/director Chris Eyre is the only Native American filmmaker to have entered the mainstream. He talks to Chris Neumer about why Indians can wear things other than loin cloths, what patriotism is and why voyeurism is so damned fascinating.[ Read More... ]
Conrad Vernon Interview
Conrad Vernon directed the third highest grossing film in American history and you've never heard of him. Shame on you. Chris Neumer shares a margarita with Vernon and gets into why Vernon calls the experience "absolutely horrendous".[ Read More... ]
Curtis Armstrong Interview
Curtis Armstrong is one of the seminal actors of the eighties. He not only appeared in Risky Business and Better Off Dead but left his mark in history as The Revenge of the Nerds' Booger. Chris Neumer spoke to Armstrong about the preparation necessary for a role, by stand-ups make bad actors and what it's like to (literally) play God.[ Read More... ]
Dana Brown Interview
Documentarian Dana Brown comes from a family of surf filmmakers. His father, Bruce Brown, made The Endless Summer and his son, Wes Brown, produced Highwater. Chris Neumer sits down with Dana Brown to discuss filming waves, getting away from the image of Spicoli and what Wisconsin has to do with surfing.[ Read More... ]
David R. Ellis Interview
CHRIS NEUMER: Thanks for taking some time out of your schedule to chat.
DAVID ELLIS: No problem.
CHRIS NEUMER: I’ve got to admit that I was a little bit excited about this. Maybe that seems a little unusual to you. …
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Debra Winger Interview #1
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.[ Read More... ]
Debra Winger Interview #2
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.[ Read More... ]
Dolph Lundgren Interview
Dolph Lundgren is one of the true action heroes of the late 80s and early 90s. He made a triumphant return to the big screen in The Expendables. Lundgren sits down with Chris Neumer to discuss why there aren't any new action stars, why Taken is a near perfect action flick and what stunts you have to cut out from your life as you age.[ Read More... ]
Eden Wurmfeld First Interview
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.[ Read More... ]
Emilio Ferrari Interview
Emilio Ferrari sits down with Chris Neumer on the set of his film, Baby on Board, to discuss the financial side of filmmaking. Ferrari and Withers touch on several points including why comedy is a tough genre to sell overseas, how important your A.D. is and why no one except the producer cares about money that you won't see anywhere else.[ Read More... ]
Fernando Meirelles Interview
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 …
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Gale Anne Hurd Interview
CHRIS NEUMER: I don’t see it as a bad thing that you are doing The Coven, which is something different. As a matter of fact I see that as a good thing it seems also like it would be …
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Hans Petter Moland Interview
Director Hans Petter Moland's first English language film, The Beautiful Country, was fraught with so many problems and issues--it was shot on two different continents, involved water, children, animals and lots of extras--that it is hard to believe it came together. Moland talks to Chris Neumer about the perils he encountered.[ Read More... ]
Harald Zwart Interview
Thus far in his career, Norwegian director, Harald Zwart, has carved out a niche for himself directing commercials. He recently got to do his first studio feature, One Night at McCool's, and was amazed at how wonderful working in Hollywood was. Chris Neumer and Zwart discuss abrupt endings, playing against type and why it's always beneficial to have people encouraging you to spend more money.[ Read More... ]
Heather Graham Interview
Actress Heather Graham is a true free spirit. She flops down on a bed on location of her film, Baby on Board and talks to Chris Neumer about fleshing out a character, why actors have no idea what they're doing and why she doesn't like thinking too much.[ Read More... ]
Holmes Osborne Interview
Holmes Osborne is one of those character actors who you’ve seen many times, but whose name you don't know. I spoke to him about his role as Donnie Darko’s father, Eddie, in director Richard Kelly’s first movie Donnie Darko. The role provided Osborne with some interesting acting moments, including the opportunity to spend an entire afternoon crying in front of teamsters.[ Read More... ]
Jeff Nathanson Interview
Jeff Nathanson made a name for himself scripting Rush Hour 2, Catch Me If You Can and The Terminal. Moving from behind the laptop to behind the camera for the first time on The Last Shot, Nathanson talks to Chris Neumer about the craziness that is today's Hollywood and when the right time is to bring in a rubber chicken.[ Read More... ]
Jennifer Beals Interview
Jennifer Beals burst onto the scene in 1983's Flashdance and has been a Hollywood mainstay ever since. Chris Neumer chats with Beals about her participation in Roger Dodger, how many people have her home phone number (3), and the unfortunate nature of putting down others to make yourself feel better.[ Read More... ]
Josh Lucas
Actor Josh Lucas has anchored the casts of movies both big (Glory Road and Poseidon) and small (Undertow and Little Murder). More impressively, he has done so while making a name for himself as a stylish, intelligent and charismatic on-screen force.[ Read More... ]
Josh Lucas Interview #2
Josh Lucas is one of Hollywood's most talented actors. He can do the role of the psychopath better than anyone, can also do 'sweet', 'wholesome', 'gruff' and 'sexy'. Not only that, he holds his own opposite history in Glory Road and a boat in Wolfgang Peterson's Poseidon.[ Read More... ]
Kimberly Peirce Interview
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.[ Read More... ]
Klaus Badelt Interview
Klaus Badelt got his start in Hollywood when he literally walked into composer Hans Zimmer's studio and asked for a job. Since then he has gone on to score some of the biggest movies in the world, including Pirates of the Caribbean. Badelt and Chris Neumer discuss creating movie music, why Mahler's 2nd is amazing and whether a one-note score could ever work.[ Read More... ]
Larry Clark Interview #2
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.[ Read More... ]
Lou Diamond Phillips Interview
Actor Lou Diamond Phillips got his big break in 1988 in the Richie Valens biopic, La Bamba. Since then, Phillips has been involved in projects of every type, good and bad, big and small, as a star and in cameos. Chris Neumer went to lunch with Phillips to get the full story on his career.[ Read More... ]
Luc Besson
Renowned French writer/director Luc Besson is retiring. There are, however, enough asterisks and footnotes to that statement that the movie-going public doesn’t need to worry about an absense of Besson in any conventional sense.
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Luc Besson Interview
Luc Besson is one of the greatest cinematic talents ever to have come out of France. From Big Blue to The Professional to The Fifth Element, Besson has carved out quite a reputation for himself. He chats with Chris Neumer about retirement, casting British actors and the pains of paying to make things look worse.[ Read More... ]
Luis Guzman Interview
Luis Guzman is one of the most recognizable character actors in Hollywood. He talks to Chris Neumer and gets the trust he needs to have in a director, why having fun on set is imperative and why he will drop everything for Steven Soderbergh.[ Read More... ]
Mark Bowden Interview
Mark Bowden is one of the foremost journalists in the United States today. Having written the stories behind Money for Nothing, Killing Pablo and Black Hawk Down, Bowden sat down with Chris Neumer to talk about the truth, creating narratives where there aren't any and how money plays a part in writing.[ Read More... ]
Martin Donovan Interview
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.[ Read More... ]
Matthew Vaughn Interview
MATTHEW VAUGHN: Where’s your revenue from? Mostly from advertising?
CHRIS NEUMER: Both. We have… if we sell our cover ads, that’s it we’re done.
MATTHEW VAUGHN: You’ve only got three cover adds.
CHRIS NEUMER: That’s what I’m saying. It’s nice.…
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Patrice Chereau Interview
French writer/director Patrice Chereau has a wonderful new film out, Intimacy, that investigates the unique nature of relationships. Only, no one is talking about that. They're only talking about the blowjob scene. Chris Neumer talks to Chereau to get the low down on the movie, its origins and, yes, its sexual content.[ Read More... ]
Peter Guber Interview #1
Peter Guber is at the top of his game. And having previously produced films like Batman and The Color Purple, this is saying something. Guber sits down with Chris Neumer to talk about adversaries in the industry, why Rain Man could have been made for TV and why understanding the past in no way prepares you for the future.[ Read More... ]
Phil Alden Robinson Interview
Director Phil Alden Robinson created one of the most touching and well made baseball movies of all time in Field of Dreams. In honor of the film's 15th anniversary, Robinson spoke with Chris Neumer about life, work and what makes Kevin Costner tick.[ Read More... ]
Ron Jeremy Interview
Ron Jeremy is the busiest man in America. When I met with him in December at Chicago’s House of Blues Hotel, he hadn’t been to sleep in nearly two days. So he more than made up for it during our …
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Scott Cohen Interview
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.[ Read More... ]
Stacy Peralta Interview
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 …
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Steve James Interview
Steve James is one of the most respected and influential documentarians of our time. Chris Neumer chats with James and discuss how best to display truth, the impact of reality TV on the genre and why pandering never works.[ Read More... ]
Thomas F. Wilson
Actor Thomas F. Wilson struck it big in his first feature, playing Biff Tannen in Back to the Future. The immediate fame enabled Wilson to gain instant perspective on both stardom and the type of career he wanted. Chris Neumer chats with Wilson to get insight into what success really is.[ Read More... ]
Todd Solondz
CHRIS NEUMER: Yup, the last interview we did was 10 years ago… and by phone.
TODD SOLONDZ: Wow.
CHRIS NEUMER: I realized that I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile either. So I was looking forward to that too. …
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Todd Solondz Interview
Todd Solondz is one of the film world's most off-beat writer/directors. He is the only filmmaker Chris Neumer has ever spoken with who professes an utter disdain for his line of work. "Some people love the process of making a film," Solondz states in his near trademarked, high-pitched voice, "I just don’t happen to be one of them." Neumer investigates.[ Read More... ]
- Andy Serkis Interview
- Arliss Howard Interview
- Bill Paxton Interview
- Billy Bob Thornton Interview
- Bob Balaban Interview
- Brad Zions Interview
- Bruce Campbell Interview
- Candace Cameron Bure Interview
- Carsten Norgaard Interview
- Chris Eyre Interview
- Conrad Vernon Interview
- Curtis Armstrong Interview
- Dana Brown Interview
- David R. Ellis Interview
- Debra Winger Interview #1
- Debra Winger Interview #2
- Dolph Lundgren Interview
- Eden Wurmfeld First Interview
- Emilio Ferrari Interview
- Fernando Meirelles Interview
- Gale Anne Hurd Interview
- Hans Petter Moland Interview
- Harald Zwart Interview
- Heather Graham Interview
- Holmes Osborne Interview
- Jeff Nathanson Interview
- Jennifer Beals Interview
- Josh Lucas
- Josh Lucas Interview #2
- Kimberly Peirce Interview
- Klaus Badelt Interview
- Larry Clark Interview #2
- Lou Diamond Phillips Interview
- Luc Besson
- Luc Besson Interview
- Luis Guzman Interview
- Mark Bowden Interview
- Martin Donovan Interview
- Matthew Vaughn Interview
- Patrice Chereau Interview
- Peter Guber Interview #1
- Phil Alden Robinson Interview
- Ron Jeremy Interview
- Scott Cohen Interview
- Stacy Peralta Interview
- Steve James Interview
- Thomas F. Wilson
- Todd Solondz
- Todd Solondz Interview