Conversations
Florent-Emilio Siri talks to CWB's editor Rachel O’Meara about his film MY WAY
The French film Director, Florent-Emilio Siri, began his movie making career with the 1998 social film “Une Minute de Silence” (“One Minute of Silence”), which had good underground success. He continued in 2002 with the action film “Nid de Guêpes” (“The Nest”), before directing two critically acclaimed and highly successful ... Full story
"Lebanon is surprising – even to the Lebanese", Fareed Majari, director of SEX & BEIRUT
Fareed C. Majari director of Sex & Beirut is the new director of the Goethe-Institute Los Angeles. He studied English and Slavonic Studies in Marburg, Germany, and Coventry, U.K. and Film at the All-State Film Institute in Moscow. He worked ... Full story
Kang Je-kyu talks about his film, MY WAY, the most expensive film ever made in Korea
My Way, an epic telling of a WWII story that no one has ever heard before, is the latest film from Korea’s game-changing Director Jegyu Kang After emerging as bitter rivals and enemies as young marathon runners, Korean native Kim ... Full story
FIGHTVILLE
Fightville examines the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which over the past decade has grown from a controversial gladiatorial sideshow into a billion-dollar international industry. But Fightville looks beyond the spotlight of Las Vegas and focuses on the fighters, ... Full story
"17 Girls" at COL*COA 2012
17 Girls is based on a headline-grabbing incident in the U.S., sister directing duo Delphine and Muriel Coulin’s provocative debut feature - which they also co-wrote - follows the fallout in a sleepy French coastal town of Brittany, when a ... Full story
A Conversation With Alex Stapleton
An indie film renaissance is emerging, and filmmakers like Alex Stapleton are pioneering it. Stapleton is the director of “Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel,” a docu-tribute to Roger Corman, the B-movie master who launched the careers of so ... Full story
Shannon Kelley talks about UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema
A few days ago and after posting my interview with Parviz Sayyad, the Iranian filmmaker, Shannon Kelley, Head of Public Programs at UCLA Film & Television Archive, contacted me to clarify a few issues that was discussed in my interview ... Full story
Parviz Sayyad talks about filmmaking in exile and politics & Cinema
Parviz Sayyad actor, writer, film, theater and television director and producer is one of the most famous actors among the masses in Iran while among the film fans and film critics he is known films that he has directed and ... Full story
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo, on PBS
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo illuminates the phenomenon behind Lee's first and only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the 1962 film version, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Offering an unprecedented look into Lee's mysterious life, Emmy winning filmmaker Mary ... Full story
A conversation with Pamela Roberts about Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel engages leading historians, biographers and personal friends to reveal a complex woman who experienced profound identity shifts during her life and struggled with the two great issues of her day: the changing role of women and ... Full story
