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INTERVIEW: <i>The Sapphires</i> director Wayne Blair

INTERVIEW: The Sapphires director Wayne Blair

Opening this weekend, The Sapphires is a music laced snapshot of the lives of four Aboriginal ladies as they perform for soldiers on the front lines at the start of the Vietnam conflict. Cinedelphia had the [...]

INTERVIEW: <i>A Place at the Table</i>

INTERVIEW: A Place at the Table

A Place At The Table presents a shocking and prevalent reality; 50 million Americans don’t know where their next meal is coming from. This reality is in every community, every city, everywhere. The greyness of it [...]

INTERVIEW: <i>John Dies at the End</i> director Don Coscarelli

INTERVIEW: John Dies at the End director Don Coscarelli

When asked the “What’s your favorite movie?” question, my go-to answer has always been Phantasm I-IV. I have an emotional connection to those movies that you could never understand, and I honestly think that the series [...]

A ROYAL AFFAIR : Interview with Director And Writer

A ROYAL AFFAIR : Interview with Director And Writer

On the heels of its success in Berlin, the Danish film A Royal Affair enjoyed screenings at the Philadelphia Film Fest back in October. Writer/Director Nikolaj Arcel and co-writer Rasmus Heisterberg were kind enough to sit [...]

INTERVIEW: <i>A Late Quartet</i> director Yaron Zilman

INTERVIEW: A Late Quartet director Yaron Zilman

For the general public, the prospect of watching a movie centered on Beethoven’s String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131 sounds more like an assignment as opposed to a pleasurable movie viewing experience. With no reservation, [...]

INTERVIEW: Ross McElwee on <i>Photographic Memory</i>

INTERVIEW: Ross McElwee on Photographic Memory

Noted documentarian Ross McElwee will be hosting a screening of his new film, Photographic Memory, at the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, November 8 (details here).  Funded by a French commission, the latest chapter in McElwee’s [...]

SINedelphia 2012: Sometimes Dead Is Better – Revisiting <i>Pet Sematary</i>

SINedelphia 2012: Sometimes Dead Is Better – Revisiting Pet Sematary

In 1988, I was 23, a year out of film school, fresh from my first job on a feature film and, with one day off in between, about to start work on a second feature. The [...]

SINedelphia 2012 : Tony Trov and Johnny Zito on <i>Alpha Girls</i>

SINedelphia 2012 : Tony Trov and Johnny Zito on Alpha Girls

The locally-produced sorority house-based horror film Alpha Girls makes its World Premiere tomorrow night at the Trocadero.  Cinedelphia recently grilled co-writers/directors Tony Trov and Johnny Zito concerning the legacy of sorority-set horror films, their fundraising techniques, [...]

INTERVIEW: John Ciccone on The Roxy Theatre

INTERVIEW: John Ciccone on The Roxy Theatre

Earlier today, Cinedelphia spoke with John Ciccone, owner of San-Mor Limited Partnership, the arts-dedicated organization that now owns the Roxy Theatre.  And there’s good news!  Read on… *** CINEDELPHIA: San-Mor has been active since 1979? JOHN [...]

INTERVIEW: Brooklyn Brothers (Ryan O’Nan + Michael Weston)

INTERVIEW: Brooklyn Brothers (Ryan O’Nan + Michael Weston)

In an effort to pay tribute to his musical inspirations, actor Ryan O’Nan chose a band-centered project for his first effort as writer/director, Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best.  Both casting and fate led him to his [...]

Interview: <i>360</i> Director Fernando Meirelles

Interview: 360 Director Fernando Meirelles

360 is the new film from Fernando Meirelles, the director of City of God and The Constant Gardner. The film follows a wide variety of people and the chance encounters they have with one another.  The story [...]