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The Movies That Made Me: An Interview with Stelahr

by Mika Manning

Barefoot on stage, black silk, white-bleached hair: this is Stelahr. Born in London, raised in Berlin, Stella Franke was nurtured in an environment surrounded…

Berlinale 2015, Festivals

Ixcanul: An Interview with Director Jayro Bustamante

by David Perrin

Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante is at the Berlinale this year with his debut feature, “Ixanul Volcano” – a soothingly slow, sensitive film about a…

Berlinale 2015, Festivals, Interviews

Queen of Earth: An Interview with Director Alex Ross Perry

by David Perrin

After his loquacious vitriolic comedy, “Listen Up, Philip”, American independent filmmaker Alex Ross Perry is at the Berlinale this year with an altogether different…

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in screening room for photo shoot for People Weekly, June 13, 1984; Chicago

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Interviews

‘Life Itself:’ An Interview with Director Steve James

by Verena von Stackelberg

Life Itself is a documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. It is a…