John Requa and Glenn Ficarra have been writing partners for a decade or so, but when they got the call to adapt the true story of master con artist Steven Jay Russell, they decided that this might be the perfect vehicle for their directorial debut. In a conversation that touched on censorship, the Puritans, artistic… Read More »
Bjorn Lomborg Warns Us to COOL IT
Bjorn Lomborg has been writing about his alternative approach to the environmental crisis for many years, but COOL IT, the documentary based on his book, is Lomborg’s first foray into films. When we spoke on October 18, 2010, why he decided to go that route was one of the many questions I had for him. Lomborg is used to… Read More »
Randal Keynes Explains CREATION
I spoke to Randal Keynes on January 18, 2010 just as a particularly strong Pacific storm hit San Francisco. You can hear it as we talk about the film adaptation of the book he wrote about his great-great grandfather, Charles Darwin, who caused a storm of a different kind when he published his still controversial… Read More »
Richard Linklater Richard & Christian McKay on ME AND ORSON WELLES
ME AND ORSON WELLES is a fascinating glimpse of what it might have been like to work with Welles during his enfant terrible period. The film, interesting though the subject matter is, succeeds because of the way Christian McKay become Welles in all his brilliant, infuriating glory. The first thing I wanted to know when I talked… Read More »