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Catching Up with Jay Chandrasekhar

By Mark Rozeman at 11:45 AM on May 14, 2013

In a conversation with Paste, the Super Troopers and Beerfest director/actor spoke at length about the film’s origins, directing TV and how he approaches getting bad reviews. read more

Seven Films We're Looking Forward to at Rooftop Films 2013

By Michael Dunaway at 10:29 AM on May 14, 2013

Springtime in New York City can only mean one thing — the awesome Rooftop Films series. Rooftop always brings a fascinating slate, and this year is no different. Here are seven we can especially recommend.... read more

Catching Up With Bill Ross of Tchoupitoulas

Catching Up With Bill Ross of <i>Tchoupitoulas</i>

By Joe Peeler at 9:50 AM on May 14, 2013

In more than a few of its slim 80 minutes, Tchoupitoulas feels like it accomplishes the impossible. Tchoupitoulas, before you keep asking, is pronounced “CHOP-ih-TOO-lus,” and it’s the second movie from Bill and Turner Ross, collectively known as the Ross Brothers. It is ostensibly a documentary, but the movie lands in a hazy area between fiction and nonfiction. You won’t find any issues being discussed, or any world problems solved, only a bleary-eyed, overnight New Orleans adventure with three teenage brothers. From the very first shot, we’re inside the brain of the younger brother, privy to his internal dialogue, and... read more

TONIGHT: Ondi Timoner Project Offers Shepard Fairey T-Shirts, Amanda Palmer Episode

By Michael Dunaway at 8:29 PM on May 13, 2013

We’ve been keeping you in touch with our friend and sometime collaborator Ondi Timoner’s new project, A Total Disruption, about the innovators shaping our collective future, and its Kickstarter campaign. Tonight, for the last night of the campaign, Ondi has given backers a very special twofer.... read more

A Musical Firefight: SFIFF Rescores Silent Film Classic Waxworks

By Jeremy Mathews at 12:09 PM on May 7, 2013

If there’s one thing Matthias Bossi knows about his first gig accompanying a silent film, it’s that he has no idea what his music will sound like.... read more

Dumbing Down The Great Gatsby: Will Baz Luhrmann's Spectacle Miss the Point?

By Jessica Roake at 4:17 PM on May 3, 2013

The Great Gatsby is part satire, part tragedy, and a successful film adaptation would require depth, irony, and nuance. read more

Catching Up With Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, and Will Slocombe of Pasadena

Catching Up With Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, and Will Slocombe of <i>Pasadena</i>

By Michael Dunaway at 2:26 PM on April 30, 2013

One of the nicest surprises of the always-excellent Sarasota Film Festival this year was Will Slocombe’s Pasadena, starring Peter Bogdanovich and Cheryl Hines. It’s a pressure cooker of a family drama with a very personal connection to its writer/director. Anchored by Bogdanovich and Hines, plus standouts like Sonya Walger, Wilson Bethel, and especially a bravura performance by Alicia Witt, the film wasn’t always pleasant to watch, but it was never less than fascinating. Paste sat down with Slocombe, Bogdanovich, and Hines to discuss family connections, awkward silences, and how John Cassavetes saved Bogdanovich’s premiere once upon a time.... read more

Kickstarter Pick of the Month: Ondi Timoner's A Total Disruption

Kickstarter Pick of the Month: Ondi Timoner's <i>A Total Disruption</i>

By Michael Dunaway at 6:26 PM on April 9, 2013

Each month, your friends at Paste scour Kickstarter to find projects worthy of your support and love. Support independent art today by becoming a backer, and spread the word, why dontcha?... read more

Catching Up With Katee Sackhoff on Sexy Evil Genius

Catching Up With Katee Sackhoff on <i>Sexy Evil Genius</i>

By Michael Dunaway at 10:41 PM on April 8, 2013

Since the close of Battlestar Galactica, Katee Sackhoff has been one of the most active of the cult classic’s illustrious alumni. She had a long run on 24, of course, but she’s also had significant multi-episode roles in CSI and Robot Chicken, as well as her central role in the A&E series Longmire. But her latest project is one she feels a different kind of passion for, and not just because she’s a producer. Sexy Evil Genius (out today on DVD, VOD, and digital download) was written by Scott Lew, the development-executive-turned-screenwriter who is waging a brave battle with ALS.... read more

This Was Roger Ebert's Happening

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 10:09 AM on April 5, 2013

When you love something, you stick with it. read more

My Roger Ebert

By Tim Grierson at 11:10 PM on April 4, 2013

[Ebert's] writing style was welcoming and warm, and it assumed you were smart enough to appreciate the sorts of movies he was praising. read more

Check out Issue #87 of PASTE.COM featuring Danny Boyle

By Paste Staff at 3:42 PM on April 2, 2013

From zombie movies to heartwarming kids' tales, Danny Boyle is one of our most versatile and talented directors—he's on this week's issue of PASTE, which also features actress Jane Levy, soul singer Charles Bradley and three young bands—Telekinesis, Brown Bird and CHVRCHES. read more

Catching up with Anna Camp and Ashley Williams of Sequin Raze

Catching up with Anna Camp and Ashley Williams of <i>Sequin Raze</i>

By Michael Dunaway at 8:48 PM on March 26, 2013

Two of the best performances we saw at SXSW this year came in a narrative short. Sarah Gertrude Shapiro’s Sequin Raze does more in twenty minutes than most features do in nearly two hours. Anna Camp (The Help, Pitch Perfect, True Blood) and Ashley Williams (How I Met Your Mother, Margin Call) sat down with Paste to talk about dropping pizza, drinking tequila, and accidentally sleeping together.... read more