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
Filmmaker Zal Batmanglij: Introducing a Bold New Voice
In the initial image for this week’s chilling and intriguing psychological thriller The Sound of My Voice came to director Zal Batmanglij in a dream. read more
Bellflower Producer Remembers Adam Yauch
I remember the first time I saw Adam. It was in the courtyard of the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin during SXSW. It was the first time we had seen any of the O-scope boys since we sold Bellflower to them at Sundance just a few months prior. Adam was sporting a pretty sweet beard. It was a good first meeting with him and we made dinner plans for that evening at The Salt Lick.... read more
Chris Eigeman: The Lost Man of Indie Cinema
Eigeman is best known for his work with directors Whit Stillman and Noah Baumbach, in which he tended to play sarcastic, fast-talking smart-asses that usually turn out to be much less jerky and much more vulnerable than they initially appear. read more
Marley: An Oscar Winner Creates a Warts-And-All Hagiography
Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley may be simultaneously the most idolized and least understood superstar in music history. A deep thinker and mystic, he’s been too often relegated to pro-marijuana rallies and college dorm rooms. read more
#whilewewatch Streams Live on SnagFilms Tonight: Interview
Occupy Wall Street was as much a media revolution as it was a social movement. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kevin Breslin (Living for 32) participates in and contributes to that revolution tonight, with the live-streaming of his film. #whilewewatch documents the independent media phenomenon born in Zucotti Park, otherwise known as Occupy Wall Street. You can experience #whilewewatch on SnagFilms tonight at 8PM EST, with a Q&A immediately afterwards. Both will air again at 8PM PST (11PM EST). Breslin was good enough to talk with Paste about the movement, the media, and the birth of citizen journalism.... read more
Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar: Canadian Light
For Philippe Falardeau, the schoolyard is “a microcosm of society where everything happens.” The Canadian-born director has chosen this familiar setting for the Oscar-nominated drama Monsieur Lazhar. read more
Three Films About Home at the African Film Festival New York
Foreign film often problematizes the notion of “home” and “homeland,” and often one’s country of origin (homeland) is simultaneously at odds, and in dialogue with, one’s country of residence (home). Where, precisely, one ends and the other begins—and how two such places can define a single individual—is sometimes difficult to determine. Many cinematic works, both foreign and American, have tackled this question with fervor and beauty, including recent films like Monsieur Lazhar and Downtown Express. This week, the spotlight is on African film, as the New York African Film Festival returns to the Film Society of Lincoln Center for its... read more
Blue Like Jazz: How a Movie Based on a Book Became a Story
The story of Blue Like Jazz began in a confessional. Not the story in the best-selling book by Donald Miller. Not even the story in the new movie by musician-turned-director Steve Taylor. But the story of how the book became a movie. read more
Exclusive: Watch a Clip from Monsieur Lazhar
One of our favorite films so far this year is Monsieur Lazhar, in which Bachir Lazhar (Fellag), a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, goes to the school to offer his services as a substitute teacher. We're excited to provide this exclusive clip to Paste readers: read more
No Trouble With Bliss: An Interview With Michael Knowles
Actor, director, producer, screenwriter and father-to-be, Michael Knowles has his hands full—and blissfully so. With a laid-back demeanor, a healthy sense of humor and the occasional cigar, he wrote and directed the film adaptation of Douglas Light’s award-winning novel East Fifth Bliss. He navigates an artistic world that is truly indie, making films that he loves based on stories that he loves, and always—he insists—following his instincts.... read more
Holly Conrad: Small-Town Girl With Monster Dreams
Holly Conrad, a designer of monsters and costumes, is almost as much in demand for interviews for the upcoming documentary Comic-Con IV: A Fan’s Hope as director Morgan Spurlock is. She’s got such an inspiring story. She’s also kick-ass and charismatic. read more
Whit Stillman: Rescuing Damsels
Whit Stillman wrote, directed and produced three brilliant films in the ’90s—Metropolitan, Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco—significant touchstones for a generation of filmgoers and even filmmakers. So how is it that this week’s Damsels in Distress is his first film in nearly 13 years? read more
Exclusive: Watch The Electric Daisy Carnival Experience Free!
Looking to stay in this weekend but still feel like being part of one of one hell of a party? Through a new partnership with Prescreen, Paste is proud to offer its readers a free streaming rental of our Paste/Prescreen Pick of the Month, Kevin Kerslake’s The Electric Daisy Carnival Experience. The film is a dizzying ride through the major electronic music event that happens every spring in Los Angeles, and it intersperses the often-surreal footage of the fest itself with interviews with such stalwarts as Will i Am, Moby, David Guetta, and Travis Barker, as well as some... read more
Former Hole Drummer Patty Schemel Shares Intimate Cobain Family Video
Patty Schemel, former drummer for Hole, close family friend of the Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, and the woman Kurt originally wanted to the the drummer for Nirvana, is the subject of David Ebersole's aptly named new documentary Hit So Hard. read more
Five Intriguing Films You Can Still See At Atlanta Film Fest
The Atlanta Film Fest draws to a close this week, but here are five films we think sound intriguing. You can still catch each of them before it’s all over.... read more
SXSW Report: The Rest of the Documentaries!
For the last week, Paste has been catching you up on the films of SXSW 2012. To wrap things up, here are the rest of the documentaries we caught there:... read more
SXSW Report: Bernie, Casa de Mi Padre, and Iron Sky
For the last week, Paste has been catching you up on the films of SXSW 2012. Here are three more narrative films we caught there:... read more
SXSW Report: Dollhouse, Electrick Children, and King Kelly
For the last week, Paste has been catching you up on the films of SXSW 2012. Here are three more narrative films we caught there:... read more
SXSW Report: Frankie Go Boom, Keyhole, and The Do-Deca Pentahlon
For the last week, Paste has been catching you up on the films of SXSW 2012. Here are three more narrative films we caught there:... read more
