Best of What's Next 2009: Bradley Rust Gray & So Yong Kim [Filmmakers]

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 11:00 AM on August 14, 2009

Hometowns: Kettering, Ohio (Gray); Busan, South Korea (Kim)Films: Treeless Mountain (Kim), The Exploding Girl (March 2010, Gray)For Fans of: Ramin Bahrani, Andrew Bujalski, Kelly Reichardt...  read more

Best of What's Next 2009: Jesse Eisenberg [Actor]

By Sean Gandert at 10:00 AM on August 14, 2009

Hometown: New YorkFilms: Adventureland, ZombielandFor Fans Of: Michael Cera, John Krasinski, Emily BluntThough he’s appeared on television and in films for the past decade, Jesse Eisenberg still hasn’t realized that he’s an actor. “I’m so shocked that they put me in movies,” the 25-year-old says. “Every time I get a part in something, I can’t believe it, and then afterwards I feel like I ruined the thing.”...  read more

Best of What's Next 2009: Jenny Lumet [Screenwriter]

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 9:00 AM on August 14, 2009

Hometown: New York Films: Rachel Getting Married, Remember Me (2010) For Fans Of: Noah Baumbach, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Sarah Polley...  read more

Salute Your Shorts: District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp's Science-Fiction Reality

By Sean Gandert at 3:00 PM on August 13, 2009

After several years working as a 3D animator, Neill Blomkamp has gone from music video/commercial director to feature director remarkably fast...  read more

Catching Up With... Thirst's Park Chan-wook

By Steve Dollar at 4:00 PM on August 7, 2009

Something of a surprise from the director of the Korean cult classic Oldboy, Park Chan-wook’s Thirst is, like all vampire movies, a really screwed-up love story...  read more

John Hughes: Finding “We” in the Me Generation

By Scott Sloan at 1:30 PM on August 7, 2009

To the uninitiated, the name John Hughes might not immediately ring a bell, but as soon as you rattle off a list of his films...  read more

Salute Your Shorts: Tezuka Osamu's Experimental Animation

By Sean Gandert at 4:00 PM on August 6, 2009

With Phil Mulloy’s films, it’s easy to see the gradual development of an artist. Even though he’d been working in the industry for years, Mulloy’s animation had a textbook level of gradual improvement that’s easy to follow from point A to B. By the time Osamu Tezuka began working in animation, he was already a widely popular manga artist and seemed to arrive fully formed...  read more

Catching Up With... Beeswax's Andrew Bujalski

By Jeffrey Bloomer at 8:00 AM on August 6, 2009

People like to make easy sense of Andrew Bujalski, but his work...  read more

Catching Up With... The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner

By Josh Jackson at 2:00 PM on August 4, 2009

Ninety percent of all war movies can be summed up in three words...  read more

Salute Your Shorts: Phil Mulloy's Extreme Animation

By Sean Gandert at 4:30 PM on July 30, 2009

Mainstream or no, one of the values most appreciated in animation is beauty...  read more

Catching Up With… Deadgirl's Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel

By Steve Dollar at 10:12 AM on July 24, 2009

I first met Los Angeles filmmakers Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel last October, outside a screening of their coming-of-age creep-out Deadgirl in Sitges, Spain...  read more

Salute Your Shorts: The Way We Live Now

By Sean Gandert at 11:00 AM on July 23, 2009

Since the late '90s, one of the main ways for a young filmmaker to get noticed and, with any luck, make his or her way into feature films...  read more

Catching Up With... Daniel Radcliffe

By James Ford at 9:55 AM on July 14, 2009

The star of the Harry Potter series discusses his poetry, the need to take risks in acting, and just what he’s done with the money he's earned from the highest-grossing movie franchise ever...  read more

Catching Up With... Emma Watson

By James Ford at 9:50 AM on July 14, 2009

The 19-year-old costar of the Harry Potter series talks about her passion for reading, growing up on set, and life after the franchise she’s devoted nearly half her life to.  read more

Snitches Get Stitches: Full-Contact College Quidditch Sweeps the Nation

By Julia Askenase at 9:30 AM on July 14, 2009

When any creative project starts out small and humble and then vastly expands, those involved face the proverbial challenge of staying grounded...  read more

Harry Potter and the Supposed Allegiance with the Devil

By Ani Vrabel at 9:00 AM on July 14, 2009

During the Middle Ages, hundreds of people who suffered from fits or other seemingly inexplicable behavior were immediately suspected of being in cahoots with the devil...  read more

Brad Neely's Wizard People, Dear Reader: Deconstructing Harry Potter and the Hero's Journey

By Michael Saba at 8:30 AM on July 14, 2009

Brad Neely is the face of comedy in the internet age...  read more

Paste Presents: The Harry Potter Takeover

By Paste Staff at 8:00 AM on July 14, 2009

It's been a dozen years since the first of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books debuted...  read more

Lil Wayne is a Bullfrog: Paste Puts the Patronus Charm on Nine Musical Artists

By Paste Staff at 7:45 AM on July 14, 2009

In Harry Potter’s world, a patronus is an animal protector created by a spell. Harry’s patronus is a stag...  read more

The Super-Impossible Brain-Busting Harry Potter Trivia Quiz

By Michael Saba at 7:30 AM on July 14, 2009

Think you're steeped in the wizard lore of the Harry Potter books? Think that you can recall the trivia and minutia of the Harry Potter universe...  read more