My father-in-laws cookies arent as dry as John Hodgmans wit. Currently Hodgman is best known as the bespectacled correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and as the PC to Justin Longs Mac in a recent series of Apple commercials. But before his television work, Hodgman enjoyed a career...
Chilean born filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky changed the world in 1971 when he released El Topo, a bizarre psychedelic Mexican western. The film became an immediate hit on the burgeoning midnight movie scene. Since then Jodorowsky has done a number of wonderful films, all fascinating and beautiful,...
Will I date I myself if I use the phrase Were not worthy? There is almost nothing to be said when introducing SuicideGirls to Terry Gilliam, because at this point if you dont know who he is, I wouldnt cry if you killed yourself. But for those who dont have the guts to throw themselves off a...
Tattoo artist and illustrator Joe Capobianco has unwittingly created a homage to the Suicide Girls -- an art book dedicated to America's long time obsession: cheesecake...of the pin-up variety. What's Not to Like?...
Ive done about 800 original interviews for SuicideGirls and probably a couple thousand more for other venues, so I think it's fair to say that Ive gotten pretty good at working around peoples tertiary expressions like oh man and yeah. But when youve got a legend like Bootsy Collins saying...
Rob Nilsson is one of the most popular underground filmmakers of the 20th century. He has created works with such actors as Bruce Dern, Ron Perlman, Pam Grier and many more. A veteran filmmaker of over 15 works, he has been working since the late 1970s. Koch Lorber has just released three of his...
How often do I get to interview someone nicknamed Destroyer? I was hoping that with a nickname like that, Justin Moyer of the band Supersystem would talk like Starscream of the Decepticons. But alas, he did not. Besides being the bassist and vocalist for...
American Hardcore is one of the first documentaries to chronicle a very underappreciated form of music, hardcore punk music. As director Paul Rachman and I discuss, hardcore is a form that is unable to be co-opted by the corporations because once such big money is involved, by definition it is no...
It was truly an honor to get to talk with Chi Cheng of the Deftones. I have been a fan of theirs for many years. The Deftones may be hanging out with the kids on the Family Values Tour but that hasnt made them any less awesome....
Well, I finally completed the trilogy--no not Gabriel Garca Mrquezs memoir trilogy, that would be impossible. This past year Ive spoken to all three members of the Stella comedy troupe, Michael Showalter, David...