Rooftop Films @ SXSW: Lena Dunham's Creative Nonfiction
Danielle Kourtesis is the Music and Outreach Manager for Rooftop Films; look for more SXSW coverage from her and the rest of the Rooftop crew throughout the week. I spent Wednesday morning at the...
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Danielle Kourtesis is the Music and Outreach Manager for Rooftop Films; look for a few final SXSW posts from her over the coming days, and then we promise not to talk about it anymore — until next...
View ArticleRooftop Films @ SXSW: 7 Newish Bands That You'll Love
In her final post from SXSW 2009 (no we promise — no more until next year) Danielle Kourtesis, the Music and Outreach Manager for Rooftop Films reveals a few of the bands that have dominated her iPod...
View ArticleExclusive: Interview with Ben Steinbauer, Director of Winnebago Man
Acclaimed for his short films, Austin-based emerging filmmaker Ben Steinbauer is currently touring the festival circuit with his first feature Winnebago Man, a documentary that seeks to get to the...
View ArticleExclusive: Q&A with Visual Artist Turned Filmmaker Laurel Nakadate
Still from Stay the Same Never Change Laurel Nakadate is an American filmmaker, video artist, and photographer based in New York City; she was born in 1975 in Austin, Texas, and spent her childhood in...
View ArticleExclusive: Michael Paul Stephenson Talks Troll 2 and Best Worst Movie
Michael Paul Stephenson had his acting debut at the tender age of ten, when he was cast as the child star of the 1990 cinematic train wreck known as Troll 2. Years later, Troll 2 has become an...
View ArticleExclusive: Alejandro Adams Talks Organ Harvesting and His New Film Canary
Alejandro Adams is a film critic and director. Canary, his second feature film following 2008′s Around the Bay, is a futuristic satire that portrays a world in which organ harvesting has become a...
View ArticleExclusive: Q&A With In A Dream Filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar
Isaiah Zagar is known in Philadelphia for his intricate, larger than life mosaics and his contribution to the revitalization of South Street. For the past 40 years, he has covered the walls of derelict...
View ArticleExclusive: Q&A With The End of the Line Filmmaker Rupert Murray
Rupert Murray’s The End of the Line explores the devastating impact of overfishing on our oceans. Based on a book by journalist Charles Clover, the chilling documentary proposes that without the...
View ArticleExclusive: Interview With No Impact Man Co-Director Justin Schein
Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein’s documentary No Impact Man follows writer Colin Beavan and his family as they embark on a yearlong experiment to make “no impact” on the environment — ie., eating...
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