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2020: A Year in Review
2020 has been a difficult year on every front, and even deeply affecting cinema releases and how we consume films. Streaming services and...
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oliverjlwebb
Dec 27, 20207 min
An Interview with Benjamin Wiessner
Benjamin Wiessner is a producer. His credits include Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Beast Beast, and The Grief of Others. I spoke...
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Corey McKinney
Dec 23, 20203 min
A few words on the films of Jim Cummings
Jim Cumming’s feature debut, 2018’s Thunder Road, had sat dormant for a while on my watchlist before finally being nominated as one of...
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oliverjlwebb
Dec 5, 20208 min
An Interview with Sam Bain
Sam Bain is a BAFTA award-winning writer and co-creator of Peep Show, Fresh Meat, and Babylon. He has also co-written acclaimed films...
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oliverjlwebb
Nov 30, 20204 min
An Interview with Eva Habermann
Eva Habermann is an actor and producer known for her work on Lexx, Dr Klein, Deichbullen, and Trolls World. I spoke with Eva about...
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oliverjlwebb
Nov 18, 20202 min
An Interview with Alena Von Stroheim
Alena Von Stroheim is an actor known for her work on Hacker’s Game, Found Footage 3D, and The Activist. I spoke with Alena about her...
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oliverjlwebb
Nov 11, 20206 min
An Interview with Jakob Ihre
Jakob Ihre is a cinematographer known for his work on films including Louder Than Bombs, Thelma, Oslo, August 31st, Reprise, The End of...
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oliverjlwebb
Nov 1, 20207 min
An Interview with Elizabeth Marmur
Elizabeth Marmur is an actor known for her work on Peep Show, Coupling, Black Books, Doctors, and My Family. I spoke with Elizabeth about...
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oliverjlwebb
Oct 25, 20204 min
Film of the Week: Greed (1924) with an introduction by Alena Von Stroheim.
I don’t know that I have much (particularly profound) to add to the conversation… this film has such a wildly storied history; thank you...
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oliverjlwebb
Oct 22, 202013 min
An Interview with Florian Hoffmeister
Florian Hoffmeister is a cinematographer known for his work on Official Secrets, A Quiet Passion, The Deep Blue Sea, In Secret, Great...
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oliverjlwebb
Oct 17, 202013 min
An Interview with Ulf Brantås
Ulf Brantås is an acclaimed cinematographer. He has shot films including Show Me Love, Together, Lilya-4-Ever, We are the Best, and The...
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oliverjlwebb
Oct 11, 20206 min
An Interview with Kate Magowan
Kate Magowan is an actor and producer known for her work on Stardust, 24 Hour Party People, Spotless, A Lonely Place To Die, and Dream...
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oliverjlwebb
Oct 6, 202015 min
An Interview with Mark Harelik
Mark Harelik is an actor known for his work on series including The Morning Show, Preacher, Wings and The Big Bang Theory. He has also...
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oliverjlwebb
Sep 30, 20206 min
An Interview with Jeffrey Jur
Jeffrey Jur is an acclaimed cinematographer. He has shot films including The Last Seduction, Dirty Dancing, Panic and My Big Fat Greek...
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oliverjlwebb
Sep 26, 20208 min
An Interview with Alejandro Edda
Alejandro Edda is an actor known for his work on acclaimed series such as, Narcos: Mexico, Fear the Walking Dead, and The Bridge, as well...
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oliverjlwebb
Sep 23, 20203 min
An Interview with Julie Christie
Julie Christie is one of cinema’s most legendary and iconic actresses. Having won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in...
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oliverjlwebb
Sep 22, 20202 min
Film of the week: Don’t Look Now (Roeg, 1973)
Nicolas Roeg’s haunting masterpiece retains its place in cinema as one of the greatest horror films ever made. Adapted from Daphne du...
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oliverjlwebb
Sep 20, 202012 min
An Interview with Dean Cundey
Dean Cundey is an Academy Award nominated cinematographer. From his early collaborations with John Carpenter, to his collaborations with...
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Michael Collins, Esquire
Sep 20, 20203 min
Hallowed be thy maim!
It is the year of our lord 2020 and a mooted sequel to Halloween [2018] beckons with all the audience enthusiasm of a whimpering corpse...
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oliverjlwebb
Sep 13, 202011 min
An Interview with Kate Isitt
Kate Isitt is an actor. Her credits include, Coupling, Is It Legal?, Philophobia, Half Light, Strictly Confidential, Jonathan Creek, Last...
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