Jonathan Rosenbaum Conversations with Ehsan Khoshbakht Jonathan Rosenbaum stands as one of the most eminent film critics in the English-speaking world. After working for Sight and Sound and Monthly Film Bulletin in London in the 1970s, he served for two decades as chief film critic for the Chicago Reader. Hailed as “one of the best”…
Patrick McGilligan Still Film Crazy (After All These Years) is an informal sequel to Film Crazy, his earlier collection of interviews featuring some of the most famous names of the Golden Age. Spanning fifty years of reportage, these conversations date back to the 1970s, and include Ken Russell, Ralph Bakshi, Peter Weir and Oliver Stone,…
Nathan Réra Expertly steered by Nathan Réra, these conversations showcase Chazelle’s deep and wide-ranging knowledge of cinema history and his mastery of film-making technique. They guide the reader from Chazelle’s little-seen debut, the student feature film Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (featuring music by his Harvard roommate-turned regular composer, Justin Hurwitz), through his…
Brian De Palma Conversations with Samuel Blumenfeld and Laurent Vachaud. Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, Casualties of War, Mission: Impossible and Carlito’s Way. Brian De Palma might have directed some of the most potent and stylish movie dramas of the last half century, but his lack of diplomacy and constant challenging of conventions have forever condemned…
Michel Ciment Conversations with N. T. Bihn Translated by Paul Cronin In A Shared Cinema, legendary French critic Michel Ciment takes us on a journey through his life, beginning as a film-obsessed youngster in 1950s Paris and early experiences in the United States and as a teacher, through to his long-standing association with Positif magazine,…