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Insular Musician; Collaborative Filmmaker: Director A.T. White on ‘Starfish’

Insular Musician; Collaborative Filmmaker: Director A.T. White on ‘Starfish’

Director A.T. White reflects on his deliberately obtuse debut feature, Starfish, and letting go of a character, a version of himself to the film's actress, Virginia Gardner.

Perfection, Caffeinated: Director Rock Baijnauth on His Documentary, ‘Baristas’

Perfection, Caffeinated: Director Rock Baijnauth on His Documentary, ‘Baristas’

Director Rock Baijnauth talks with PopMatters about spending time with Barista Champions and their pursuit of coffee perfection for his latest documentary, Baristas.

Our Private Prisons: Interview with ‘Still’ Director, Takashi Doscher

Our Private Prisons: Interview with ‘Still’ Director, Takashi Doscher

Takashi Doscher reflects on Still's emergence from a personal lifetime commitment and whether time transforms the meaning of our social constructs and relationships.

The Un-Disneyfied Family: Director Jeremiah Zagar on ‘We the Animals’

The Un-Disneyfied Family: Director Jeremiah Zagar on ‘We the Animals’

Staying true to its source and to everyday life as a messy reality, We The Animals is the antithesis of the Disneyfied family narrative.

Like Ice to Water: Interview with ‘The Song of Sway Lake’ Director, Ari Gold

Like Ice to Water: Interview with ‘The Song of Sway Lake’ Director, Ari Gold

If The Song of Sway Lake moves its audience, as Gold hopes, then they will feel it much like the way the water in a lake gradually lets go of its winter ice.

Fire on Fire: The Orchard

The Best Albums of 2008

The Best R&B of 2008

The Best Albums of 2008: 50-41

Lizz Wright: The Orchard