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Interview: IRON SKY director Timo Vuorensola | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:06:01 +0000

When someone asks whether you’d be interested in interviewing the chap who made a movie about moon Nazis, you’d be mad to say “nein”.

His name is Timo Vuorensola and his movie is Iron Sky, a wonderfully absurd sci-fi comedy that ponders what might have happened had the Nazis retreated to the dark side of the moon to regroup. It also ponders what might happen [...]

Interview: The Varava Brothers, creators of TUMBLEWEED! | By Tom Clift

Tom Clift — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:04:55 +0000

From an undermanned relay team searching desperately for a final runner, to a soft-core porn director taking on an ambitious new project, the story trajectories of the short films by the Los Angeles based Varava Brothers (director Jared and writer Justin) are nothing if not unpredictable. Their latest short, entitled Tumbleweed!, is certainly no exception.

A nature mockumentary about the least vegetative form of vegetation and one such weed who [...]

Berlinale Interview: Molly Stensgaard, Editor for Lars von Trier | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:41:11 +0000

Outspoken Danish director Lars von Trier could do with the editing finesse of Molly Marlene Stensgaard during his run-ins with the press, not just his films. The gracious and soft-spoken Stensgaard has edited Trier’s most highly regarded works, including Dancer in the Dark, Dogville and Melancholia. After appearing on a panel at this year’s Berlinale Talent Campus discussing the collaborative process between editors, directors and screenwriters, Stensgaard took time aside [...]

Interview: Stephan Elliott, director of A FEW BEST MEN | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:26:44 +0000

In 2004, Australian filmmaker Stephan Elliott fell from a cliff whilst skiing, breaking his back, pelvis and legs. He was given 20 minutes to live, but given that this is not a posthumous interview, live is what he did. The road to recovery was long, but this near-death experience renewed Elliott’s vigour to make movies, much of which he’d lost after a decade of disappointing followups to his breakout hit The [...]

Interview: Johan Earl, co-director of FORBIDDEN GROUND | By Katina Vangopoulos

Katina Vangopoulos — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:43:35 +0000

There was a name change, long days and mostly good weather on set for Forbidden Ground (previously The Front), the latest film from Sydney-based Rebellion Pictures which wrapped up filming before Christmas. Moviedex caught up with Swedish-born co-director/writer/producer/actor Johan Earl on set in Wongarbon, NSW (18km south-east of Dubbo) almost midway into the 16-day location shoot, in an exclusive where we had a chat as Johan was in makeup ahead [...]

Interview: Chris Miller, director of PUSS IN BOOTS | By Dan Gear

Dan Gear — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:10:03 +0000

Director Chris Miller has been a story artist and dialogue writer for DreamWorks Animation since the studio’s debut feature Antz in 1998. Since then he has provided the voice for various characters in the Shrek series and other DreamWorks films. With Puss in Boots, Chris has also taken on the role of director, revealing the background story of a character that has emerged from the Shrek family to become a [...]

Interview: Jonathan Teplitzky, writer/director of BURNING MAN | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:25:24 +0000

Hot on the heels of its lauded premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, the sexually-charged Australian drama Burning Man starring Matthew Goode (A Single Man) and Bojana Novakovic (Edge of Darkness) is set to open this week across Australia. The non-chronological film tells the personal tale of writer/director Jonathan Teplitzky, who after losing his wife to a battle with cancer almost [...]

Interview (syndicated): Joe Nussbaum, director of Disney’s PROM | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:44:22 +0000

With Disney’s Prom making its way to DVD and Blu-Ray November 2nd, director Joe Nussbaum (pictured top left) had a few things to say about the film’s DVD release and recalls the casting process of the movie.

Prom follows a group of high school students as they learn the complex truths of growing up, balancing relationships and enjoying the most memorable time of their lives.

Note: This interview was conducted in-house by [...]

Interview: Daniel Nettheim, director of THE HUNTER | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:33:19 +0000

Australian director Daniel Nettheim has helmed his fair share of TV episodes in the form of Rush and All Saints, but it’s been over a decade since he’s made a feature film. He returns to the big screen with The Hunter, a mystery drama about a US mercenary (Willem Dafoe) who is sent to the Tasmanian wilderness to track down the supposedly extinct Tassie Tiger. Adapted from the novel [...]

Interview: James Cromwell, star of SECRETARIAT | By Anders Wotzke

Anders Wotzke — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:26:18 +0000

James Cromwell, the Oscar-nominated actor who famously said “That’ll do, pig” in 1996′s Babe, now plays millionaire horse trainer Ogden Phipps in Disney’s Secretariat. He stars across from Diane Lane as Penny Chenery, the courageous owner of the titular racehorse that has often been described as the greatest of all time.

Phipps was a wealthy and influential player in the racing world [...]