The Dissolve sits down with the people behind the movies to talk about how they work and what drives them. Because the movies don't always tell the whole story.
by Simon Abrams
From the late 1970s to the late 1990s, Penelope Spheeris made three music documentaries that doubled as snapshots of a particular time in California. With the release of a new Blu-ray set, the director looks back on the process.
The comedian and actor talks about his first leading-man role, his past, and why he ended Kroll Show when he did.
The director of “Rejected,” “It’s Such A Beautiful Day,” and other cult stick-figure animation discusses, trying to direct a 4-year-old, his experiment on The Simpsons, and how his films make friends without him.
With an “unauthorized” R-rated cut of his thinly fictionalized portrait of Dominique Strauss-Kahn hitting theaters this week, director Abel Ferrara sounds off on the film’s troubled post-production.
A bout of stage fright led the actor/writer/director to seek the counsel of classical pianist Seymour Bernstein. That in turn led to Hawke’s first film as a documentary directory, Seymour: An Introduction. Here, Hawke discusses Bernstein and what growing older has taught him about creativity.
The stand-up and actor talks about the new documentary Tig, her lack of taste for fame, her rom-com love story, and keeping her cool while surrounded by cameras.
