Interviews

As curious humans with a predilection for creative types, our writers offer an inside scoop of conversation from the directors, musicians, and entertainment professionals currently turning everyone’s heads.

Kivanç Sezer

Kivanç Sezer

Interviews

Turkish director Kivanç Sezer’s powerful debut feature, My Father’s Wings, puts the spotlight on the workplace safety crisis that is currently taking place in his homeland. Lily and Generoso Fierro spoke with Sezer at SEEFest 2017 about his film and his need to draw attention to this issue.

Keith Morris

Keith Morris

Interviews

Ink 19 slings a few questions to the punk rock pioneer Keith Morris on Trump, Calexit and looking back.

Anca Miruna Lǎzǎrescu

Anca Miruna Lǎzǎrescu

Interviews

That Trip We Took With Dad is the debut feature by acclaimed Romanian short film director Anca Miruna Lǎzǎrescu. Generoso Fierro sat down with Lǎzǎrescu during SEEFest to discuss the comedy and drama within the adaptation of her deeply personal family story for the screen.

Jon Langford

Jon Langford

Interviews

Ink 19 asked musician and artist Jon Langford about Trump, Brexit and how a punker from Wales came to love country music.

Dash Shaw

Dash Shaw

Interviews

Dash Shaw has been one of the most innovation cartoonists of the last decade. His new animated film, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, voiced by Reggie Watts, Lena Dunham, and Jason Schwartzman, was illustrated by hand over a six year period. Lily and Generoso Fierro sat down with Shaw at AFI Fest for an interview.

Sarah Adina Smith

Sarah Adina Smith

Interviews

One of the biggest surprises of this year’s AFI Fest came with Buster’s Mal Heart, the impressive second feature by director Sarah Adina Smith that stars Rami Malek, Kate Lyn Sheil, and DJ Qualls. Generoso Fierro spoke at length with Smith about the film, its Y2K era setting, and the race and class discussions contained within.

Juho Kuosmanen and J.P. Passi

Juho Kuosmanen and J.P. Passi

Interviews

Lily and Generoso Fierro were fortunate enough to speak with director Juho Kuosmanen and cinematographer J.P. Passi after the debut of their sweet and poignant new film, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, the true story of the famed Finnish boxer and his shot at becoming the 1962 World Featherweight Boxing Champion.

Remembering WWI’s Bloodiest Battles

Remembering WWI’s Bloodiest Battles

Interviews

In remembrance of Veterans’ Day and the centennial of World War I’s bloodiest year, the UCLA Film and Television Archive is screening a series of related films. Generoso and Lily Fierro speak to the series’ programmer about the lasting impact of war films.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Interviews

Apichatpong Weerasethakul speaks with Lily and Generoso Fierro at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Matías Meyer

Matías Meyer

Interviews

In a fascinating look at Mexican cinema and its culture, Generoso and Lily Fierro review Yo and speak with the film’s director, Matías Meyer, about his newest work and his diverse filmography.

Peter Asher

Peter Asher

Interviews

He heard I Want to Hold Your Hand before George and Ringo did - and went on to become one of modern popular music’s genuine giants. Singer/guitarist/producer/manager Peter Asher discusses invading the States with Steve Stav.

Lloyd Cole

Interviews

The singer-songwriter discusses his latest album, Standards , and an upcoming Commotions retrospective with Steve Stav.

Thomas Dolby

Interviews

Doomed lighthouses, flying saucers above British coastal villages, and a grandmother who prepared to poison the Nazis… Thomas Dolby discusses the many eye-opening aspects of his film, The Invisible Lighthouse - now the anchor of a unique concert/visuals tour of the U.S. - with Steve Stav.

Thomas Dolby

Interviews
Doomed lighthouses, flying saucers above British coastal villages, and a grandmother who prepared to poison the Nazis... Thomas Dolby discusses the many eye-opening aspects of his film, The Invisible Lighthouse - now the anchor of a unique concert/visuals tour of the U.S. - with Steve Stav.

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