Sam Jaeger: First A Love Story, Then 'Parenthood'
“I just said, ‘Honey, you’re going to have to tuck those things in somehow, or we’re going to have a major continuity problem.’” read more
Interactive Feature: Where Margaret Got Its Title
It looks like _Margaret_ will finally get a life of its own, just like legendary playwright and occasional filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan intended. See the interactive study guide below for the poem that inspired the film's title. read more
Little Rock Film Fest Wrapup, Part One
photo by Byba Sepit After his success at Cannes, Mud director Jeff Nichols returned home to Arkansas—where the story began and where the film was made.... read more
Paste's Kickstarter Pick of the Month: Eliza Dushku's Untitled Albania Project
This month we have another very personal project from another familiar face, another rocking project worthy of your attention. Support independent art today by becoming a backer, why dontcha? read more
Our Seven Favorite Movies at the 2012 Rooftop Film Festival
Summer officially started this week, so if you live in New York, what better way to celebrate than by checking out some of the offerings of the annual Rooftop Film Festival? Somewhere between a film festival and a film series, it’s one of the best curated selections of cinematic art, year after year. Here are our seven favorites from this year’s offerings; check out complete schedules here.... read more
Catching Up With Matthew Lillard
In my travels, I’ve found that the people who don’t like Matthew Lillard know him only from Scooby Doo, Scream, or any number of disposable teen rom-coms from the late ‘90s, but have never seen SLC Punk! or his wonderfully understated performance in The Descendants.... read more
Aubrey Plaza Can't Guarantee Your Safety
“Being on a television show is so good for me as an actor,” Plaza says, “because I’m able to work with different directors every week. Some people that just do movies, maybe you do 20 movies in your lifetime and that’s 20 directors. I’m working with 22 directors in a year.” read more
Alex Karpovsky: Homemade Success
Alex Karpovsky took this year’s Tribeca Film Festival by storm. Perhaps the most promising talent of those novice professionals roaming around the Manhattan-based festival, Karpovsky wrote, directed and starred in the psycho-sexual thrill ride Rubberneck. and, despite the film’s title, played the leading role in Daniel Schechter’s editing room dramedy, Supporting Characters . The multifaceted Boston native has continued to gain momentum in the independent film community since his 2005 debut as a filmmaker with The Whole Story and noted performance as Jed in Lena Dunham’s highly acclaimed Tiny Furniture. In Rubberneck, Karpovsky seamlessly departs from the quirky, dry witted,... read more
Daryl Wein & Zoe Lister Jones: Independent Versus Studio
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister Jones, the talented, young and spirited duo behind the micro-budget DIY (Do-It-Yourself) indie Breaking Upwards, have come a long way since their hilariously absurd pleas for distribution and shameless self-promotion by way of reggae and rap videos onto Vimeo. The real-life couple’s personalities perfectly compliment each other, both professionally and personally, equating in balanced films that place a unique scope on modern relationships—and yield results that are anything but your average romantic comedy. This proves the case for Lola Versus, the first stab by Wein (who co-writes and directs the film) and Lister Jones’ (who... read more
Your Sister’s Sister: Kinship with a Dose of Hilarity
If you are familiar with the critically acclaimed 2009 indie hit Humpday, then filmmaker Lynn Shelton needs no introduction. For Your Sister’s Sister, her fourth feature effort as both writer and director, Shelton incorporates the same improvisation-based technique that is a signature of the mumblecore movement, and which subsequently results in a hilarious and thought-provoking triangular relationship with a grieving Jack (Mark Duplass), his best friend, Iris (Emily Blunt), and her lesbian sister, Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt). After a drunken fling occurs in a remote cabin between Hannah and Jack, and a morning surprise visit from Iris interrupts their hangover, commotion... read more
Hit So Hard: Hole Drummer's Rock Doc
P. David Ebersole’s documentary Hit So Hard, available on DVD this week, tells the unlikely story of Patty Schemel, drummer for Hole, close friend of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, and famously the first person Kurt wanted as the drummer for Nirvana (he settled for Dave Grohl, which worked out okay). read more
Sundance Institute To Host ShortsLab Workshop in NYC This Weekend
This weekend, New Yorkers will have a chance to experience a little taste of Sundance, without all the snow and traffic issues. "The Sundance Institute":http://www.sundance.org rolls into the Brooklyn Academy of Music Saturday morning to host another installment of their ShortsLab workshop series. It's open to the public. read more
Court 13: Films You Can Believe In
No one could be blamed for missing them. With their nondescript Montegut, La., headquarters housed in an antiquated wooden warehouse behind a battered old gas station, there was little to identify the odd group of young people that cropped up in the spring of 2010. read more
Roman Coppola: Inside Moonrise Kingdom
You’d think that of all the people involved in the making of a film, the writer would be the one with all the answers, the one who’s already gleaned all the insight he’s going to get from the story. read more
Paste's Kickstarter Pick of the Month: Fat Kid Rules the World
Each month, your friends at Paste scour Kickstarter to find projects worthy of your support and love. This month we have a personal project from a familiar face, a rocking project worthy of your attention. Support independent art today by becoming a backer, why dontcha?... read more
Catching Up With... Ondi Timoner
The films by themselves would be enough. Since bursting onto the documentary feature scene in 2004 with Dig!, only one of the great rock docs of all time, she’s consistently produced exciting, fascinating, thought-provoking films. But force of nature Ondi Timoner has a long list of titles on her resume as well — Ivy League honor graduate, two-time Sundance Grand Jury Award winner, MOMA contributor, seeming social center of the entire documentary filmmaking community. Now she can add one more — television host. Timoner is putting both her extensive experience and her extensive network to work as the co-host of... read more
Mark Ruffalo on "The Hulk Diet" and Working with Joss Whedon on The Avengers
With Hulkamania in full force these days (Paste favorite Mark Ruffalo seems to be garnering universal praise as one of the brightest spots in The Avengers), we thought we’d revisit part of a conversation we had over a year ago with Mark as he prepared for the role of The Incredible Hulk. Here’s the part of that conversation that was especially big and green.... read more
Tribeca Film Festival Capsules
Couldn’t make it to Manhattan to party with Robert DeNiro and the rest of the luminaries at the Tribeca Film Fetsival? Paste has your back. Here are our reactions to some of the notable films in this year’s fest.... read more
Dallas International Film Festival Capsules
In our never-ending quest to keep you informed of as many film festivals as possible, Paste covered the Dallas International Film Festival this year. Here’s a look at a few of the features that epitomize this year’s diverse lineup.... read more
Exclusive: Watch a Clip from Ashley's Ashes
After an successful festival tour, Ashley’s Ashes will be heading to VOD on May 23rd. The film is a dramedy surrounding the journey of a man who works to uncover the mysterious origins of an urn of ashes that was left to him anonymously in a will. It stars Lee Arenberg, Daniel Baldwin, Orson Bean, Christian Clemenson, Scott Michael Foster, Willie Garson, Googy Gress, Clint Howard, Gigi Rice, and Craig Sheffe.... read more
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