Camera Q&A: William Lustig on his New York City Maniacs

Who: William Lustig is a Bronx-born filmmaker who is currently based in Los Angeles, where he runs film distributor Blue Underground — which specializes in re-releasing classic cult and exploitation…..

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February 9, 2013

Ryan Uytdewilligen's Top 10 Favorite Films of 2012

10. Hitchcock Anthony Hopkins stars as the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. In the film, Hitchcock struggles to finance and direct his highly-regarded thriller Psycho (1960) while dealing with his promiscuous…..

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January 22, 2013

Camera Q&A: Walter Mosley on adapting his novels for the screen

Who: Walter Mosley is a New York City-based author, whose 37+ book literary career goes back to 1990’s Devil in a Blue Dress. That novel kicked off a series revolving…..

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June 8, 2012

Camera Q&A: Basia Lewandowska Cummings on African films

Who: Basia Lewandowska Cummings is a writer and film critic who writes for Sight & Sound, Africa is a Country blog The Wire, and Little White Lies. She is also an associate programmer…..

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January 26, 2012

Fantasy Location Primer: Pulp Mythology

From 1905’s Ulysses and the Giant Polyphemus (L’Île de Calypso: Ulysse et le géant Polyphème), and up to 2011’s Immortals and 2012’s Wrath of the Titans, Greek mythology has long proven…..

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May 11, 2011

Fantasy Location Primer: Conan in Zingara (Spain)

“Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of. And unto this, Conan, destined to wear the…..

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April 21, 2011

Camera Q&A: Patsha Bay Mukuna on Viva Riva! and Kinshasa

Who: Patsha Bay Mukuna is a Congo-born singer and star of the Kinshasa-set film, Viva Riva!. He was selected by director, Djo Tunda Wa Munga to play the physically-demanding role…..

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April 9, 2011

Camera Q&A: Zina Saro-Wiwa on Nigeria's Nollywood cinema

Who: Zina Saro-Wiwa is a Nigerian-born and New York-based documentary filmmaker whose production company, AfricaLab made the recent HBO documentary This is My Africa. The AfricaLab-produced art exhibition, “Sharon Stone…..

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February 21, 2011

Camera Q&A: Billy Corben on Miami’s cocaine ‘n pot haulin legacy

Who: Billy Corben is a Miami-based documentary filmmaker and area native who co-founded and operates film company, Rakontur with his longtime friends/producers Alfred Spellman and David Cypkin. Their 2006 film,…..

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September 27, 2010

Gotham City, Illinois

It was Washington Irving who pegged New York City with the alias of “Gotham” back in 1807, and modern readers of Batman comic books now know Gotham City as a…..