EatSleepLiveFilm sat down recently with The Cabin In The Woods director Drew Goddard and star Jesse Williams. They talked to us about horror clichés, spoilers, Buffy, making out with wolves and being ‘the virgin’. Please note that this interview is effectively one gigantic spoiler, so if you haven’t seen the film – and want to be surprised – come back and read after viewing. Q: Drew, could you give us… Read More »
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Interview: Weekend director Andrew Haigh and actor Chris New
Weekend was a breakout hit at film festivals throughout 2011. A simple but effective and engaging love story played out over two days and nights, it’s an honest, funny movie with a lot to say about modern relationships, fleeting moments of connectedness between strangers and what we do with those moments once we have them in our grasp. There is something quietly revolutionary about the film, in that it is a movie about… Read More »
Interview: Tom Harper, director of The Swarm – Plus ‘Making Of’ and Poster Giveaway
Earlier on in the week, we gave you the chance to watch Tom Harper’s new alien invasion short film The Swarm, a project that came into life after Xperia challenged the director to shoot an entire short using nothing but their mobile phones. The result was rather impressive and can be viewed here: Not only has Tom been very generous with his time and answered a few questions for the… Read More »
Interview: Coriolanus director Ralph Fiennes
RALPH FIENNES may be better known among younger film fans as the man without the nose intent on killing boy wizard Harry Potter – Lord Voldemort – but he’s made a return to his first love, Shakespeare, for his next feature. The star of films including In Bruges and Red Dragon is a self-confessed fan of the Bard, so in his first foray behind the camera, he has decided to… Read More »
Interview: Mike Mills, director of Beginners
After charming audiences with 2005′s Thumbsucker, Mike Mills is back with his second feature film Beginners teaming up with a talented cast including Ewan McGregor, Mélanie Laurent and Christopher Plummer available on DVD & Blu-ray Monday 14th November, you can watch the exclusive interview we have with the director below. From writer/director Mike Mills comes a comedy about how deeply funny and transformative life can be, even at its most serious… Read More »
Interview with John Hurt
JOHN HURT may well be acting royalty, but the movie legend is deadly serious when he admits he’s still learning his craft. It’s hard to believe that a bonafide star of the silver screen – with a career spanning almost 50 years – has anything else to learn. Then he was cast in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia. Von Trier’s famous for his controversial and heavy themes, and his latest creation… Read More »
Exclusive interview with Sean Pertwee
BRITISH actor Sean Pertwee has found himself in some sticky on-screen situations in the past. He’s been mauled by werewolves and massacred on a time-travelling spaceship. But none of those compare to his experience of starring in John Langridge’s claustrophobic thriller Four. Four is the story of a jilted husband who kidnaps the lover of his wife in a bid to scare him – but the plan goes horribly wrong…. Read More »
FrightFest 2011 Interview: Emily Hagins, Director of My Sucky Teen Romance
Playing on the Discovery Screen at FrightFest 2011 next weekend, My Sucky Teen Romance is a smart, sharp and fun comedy mocking those who think the world of vampires begins and ends with Twilight. In this special bonus podcast, Ian interviews writer/director Emily Hagins, who at only 18 years old has already directed 3 full features and was the subject of acclaimed documentary Zombie Girl: The Movie. In this half… Read More »
Interview: Director Eyad Zahra talks The Taqwacores
THERE are moments in life when a story strikes a chord with people. It can be anything – but for debut director Eyad Zahra, it was Michael Muhammad Knight’s novel The Taqwacores. The story of a young muslim – Yusef (Bobby Naderi) – who, during a year at college in Buffalo, New York, moves into a house inhabited by fellow muslims. But there’s a difference – they love punk rock… Read More »
