Interviews

Interview: Director Lisa Downs Talks About Flash Gordon Documentary LIFE AFTER FLASH

Director Lisa Downs’ Life After Flash is an excellent feature-length documentary which not only looks at the making of the 1981 cult hit Flash Gordon, but also the life of its star, Sam J. Jones. Filled with plenty of heart and anecdotes, [...]

August 29, 2018

Interview: Director Tony Zierra Talks About His Stanley Kubrick Documentary FILMWORKER – Part 2

This is second part of Movies In Focus‘ interview with Tony Zierra, the director behind the excellent Stanley Kubrick/Leon Vitali documentary, Filmworker (read part one of the interview). This time around Zierra talks about the origins of the [...]

May 17, 2018

Interview: Director Tony Zierra Talks About His Stanley Kubrick Documentary FILMWORKER – Part 1

Movies In Focus had the opportunity to chat with director Tony Zierra about his brilliant Leon Vitali/Stanley Kubrick documentary, Filmworker. The film looks at the relationship between Vitali and Kubrick after the pair formed a bond on the set of [...]

May 15, 2018

Interview: BEYOND THE WOODS Star John Ryan Howard

Beyond The Woods is a highly entertaining Irish horror film from writer-director Sean Breathnach. When I reviewed it I said it was a small movie that packs a hefty punch which features strong performances and characterisation (read the review [...]

April 4, 2018

Interview: Director Simon West Talks GUN SHY, CON AIR & Action Cinema

Few directors know their way around an action movie like Simon West. He cut his teeth making music videos before graduating to the big screen with the 1997 action classic Con Air. He has also helmed the likes to Tomb Raider, The General’s [...]

January 11, 2018

Roger Donaldson Interview Part Two: The Bounty, Conan, Bond, Cocktail & Working With Movie Stars

This second part of Movies In Focus‘ interview with director Roger Donaldson to talk about his documentary McLaren, looks at his impressive career behind the camera (read part one). We discuss such diverse films as The Bounty, No Way Out, [...]

May 31, 2017

Roger Donaldson Interview Part One: Embracing Documentary Filmmaking With McLAREN

Roger Donaldson is a secret directing weapon. You may not be overtly familiar with his name, but you’ve surely seen and enjoyed at least one of his films. He’s able to flit from one genre to the next, navigating his way around film [...]

May 25, 2017

Interview: DON’T KILL IT Director Mike Mendez

Mike Mendez is a director who understands the horror genre. He knows how to embrace its tropes and create films which incorporate plenty of humour alongside the darker aspects, understanding the ridiculous without ever losing sight of what [...]

November 28, 2016

Interview: Cobie Smulders On Fitness Comedy RESULTS And The Joys Of Marvel

Cobie Smulders first came to global prominence in How I Met Your Mother, the hit sitcom that ran for nine years (2005-2014). She’s clocked up a host of interesting credits (Safe Haven, Delivery Man. The Lego Movie) and also played Maria Hill in [...]

May 30, 2015

Interview: Director Nick Willing On THE HAUNTING OF RADCLIFFE HOUSE And How To Make Genre Movies

Nick Willing is a writer-director-producer who has directed numerous television mini-series that have tackled many famous tales. From the likes of Alice In Wonderland (1999) and Jason And the Argonauts (2000) to Tin Man (2007) and Neverland (2011), [...]

May 25, 2015

Interview: John Carpenter Talks Music, Movies And Hollywood

Photo by Kyle Cassidy © Storm King Productions John Carpenter is one of the most influential filmmakers of the last 50 years. He began his career with Dark Star before making the cult classic Assault In Precinct 13. He then hit career pay dirt [...]

May 11, 2015

Interview: Brett A. Hart On Bringing AIN’T IT COOL WITH HARRY KNOWLES To PBS

Movies In Focus was lucky to see 50 minutes of PBS’ forthcoming Ain’t It Cool With Harry Knowles. The Kickstarter funded show builds on the webisode series that Knowles had on Nerdist, opening it up to a whole new audience. I spoke with the [...]

January 27, 2015

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