Lena Dunham: Tiny Furniture
At a young age, writer-director-actor Lena Dunham has shown an exciting and subtle style in project after project. Her new film, Tiny Furniture, is the latest example. She explains her point of view.
24 Nov 201028min
Bill Carter: The War for Late Night
Conan O’Brien or Jay Leno? New York Times television writer Bill Carter (The Late Shift, Desperate Networks) covers a different kind of war reporting, talk show wars. His new book, The War for Late Night, is news from the front.
17 Nov 201028min
Jeff Malmberg: Marwencol
The documentary Marwencol is about a man finding himself after a tragedy. The film was a similar journey for Jeff Malmberg. Elvis hosts director and editor Jeff Malmberg to talk about his award-winning documentary Marwencol, which tells the extraordinary story of Mark Hogencamp. Having survived a horrific beating by five men near his hometown of Kingston, New York in 2000, Hogencamp's long road to recuperation became focused on art, specifically building a fictional Belgian town (Marwencol) in his backyard and populating it with figures from World War II using military figures and Barbie dolls.
10 Nov 201028min
Lucy Walker: Waste Land
The Amish, blind mountain climbers, fighting for nuclear disarmament... Director Lucy Walker's (Countdown to Zero, Devil’s Playground, Blindsight) new film, Waste Land, is about waste becoming art. It's drama and non-fiction.
3 Nov 201028min
Jody Hill and Danny McBride: Eastbound & Down
Between them, actor Danny McBride and director Jody Hill have brought the 70's anti-hero to comedy, first with the indie film, The Foot Fist Way, and now, with Eastbound & Down on HBO. It's awfully...funny.
20 Okt 201029min
UpClose: Matthew Weiner
Mad Men's creator Matthew Weiner discusses Midwestern manners, Carnal Knowledge and Jon Hamm.
14 Okt 201059min
Katie Aselton: The Freebie
With such films as The Puffy Chair and Cyrus, actress Katie Aselton has worked a lot in improvisation. With her new film, The Freebie, she also directs a film that doesn't rely a script.
13 Okt 201029min
Mark Romanek: Never Let Me Go
The stark minimalism of Never Let Me Go might scare off most film directors. That very quality drew Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo; music videos, including Nine Inch Nails Closer & Hurt, Beck’s Devil’s Haircut) to the material. He talks about making loneliness visual.
6 Okt 201029min
