Rogue Cinema

An Interview with Gary King By Duane L. Martin I was first introduced to director Gary King's work when he sent me his short film Hubris to review a long while back. I absolutely loved the film and his style of film making, and have recently had the privilege to review one of his latest productions, New York Lately. NYL is yet abother example of what a brilliant film maker Gary is, and as soon as it was over, I couldn't wait to ask him for another interview. Gracious as always, he consented. So let's see what he had to say... Read...
An Interview with Jessica Harper By Nic Brown Cult favorite Jessica Harper talks about her most famous role in Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic SUSPIRIA, her work as an award winning writer and musician and why you may be voting for her in the next election! Read...
An Interview with Suzi Lorraine By Joshua LeSuer Ever wonder what happened to all of those buxom, Hammer Horror beauties? The ones who put the "sin" in sinister, with their poisonous pouts and bodies so miraculously molded, Rapheal would take one look and shrug, "Not really anything more I can bring to that bounteous table." Where? Where could they be? Ah! Question answered: Suzi Lorraine. She's their genetic and soulful heir. Read...
An Interview with Boris Schaarschmidt By Herbert M. Brindl Award winning German Director and Writer Boris Schaarschmidt, gave me a chance to attend a screening of his films at the prestigious German Goethe Institute here in L.A. The five short movies he screened in a full and sold out house, were extraordinaire and refreshing European. I have to say Boris Schaarschmidt is a new visionary of the German Generation X here in Hollywood, he is blessed with an incredible talent and most important of all a unique style in which he tells and shoots his movies. After the screening of his films which was followed by standing ovations from the audience, I talked with him about his live and work between Germany and Los Angeles. If you want to know more about this talented young German, what he likes and doesn’t like and why he still believes that Hollywood is a place where everything is possible then check out the interview and screening review. Read...
An Interview with Dave Gebroe By Herbert M. Brindl The “PRIMUS INTER PARES” of a new generation of horror directors, Dave Gebroe comes out of the New Jersey shadows. Yes you heard it right, Fangoria Chainsaw Award winner Mr. Dave (Zombie Honeymoon) Gebroe, has finally made it to Los Angeles. Hailed, for his “Zombie Honeymoon”, by almost every important publication, from Fangoria to the New York Times and Variety, back to the Village Voice, is ready to rumble with Hollywood! Dave Gebroe talks with Herbert about past Zombie memories and how “American Werewolf” legend John Landis became his adored mentor. Last but not least they also talked about a possible “Zombie Honeymoon 2” Read...
An Interview with Kenn MacRae By Herbert M. Brindl America has the Coen brothers and Australia has the MacRae brothers, and I got lucky enough to get a hold on Kenn MaceRae, one of the amazing power "twins" who recently arrived in the States. Kenn MacRae is Australia's celebrated Project Greenlight winner. He has written and directed, along with his brother Simon, Australia's film critics favorite. "The View From Greenhaven", which is currently in Theaters Down Under. During a nice Dinner with this up and coming director, he told me about growing up in Down Under, family life, and his millions of jobs before he got caught in the film business. Read...
An Interview with Shannon Kelley By Ahmadreza Tavassoli and Kourosh Ziabari Cinema Verite International Film Festival which was held in Iran on the third week of October 2008 was undoubtedly an occasional and magnificent opportunity for documentary filmmakers from 75 countries worldwide to congregate for a landmark event and share their precious artistic experiences. Shannon Kelley who is the Director of Programming of the Morelia International Film Festival in Morelia (Mexico) was among the guests who attended the festival from the U.S.. Following is the text of our interview with Shannon Kelley in which we talked with Shannon Kelley about a variety of art-related topics and his perceptions of being in Iran for the 2008 Cinema Verite Film Festival, as well. Read...
Rogue Cinema's Sleepover Girl of the Month By Duane L. Martin Due to the holidays and everyone's busy schedule I was sadly unable to arrange a Sleepover Girl for the January issue. The feature will be returning next month with a special set of Valentine's themed photos from one of our all time favorite Sleepover Girls, Rachel Grubb! So until then, check out all of our previous month's girls here, and if you or anyone you know are involved in the independent film industry in some way and would like to be our next Sleepover Girl, please click here and follow the instructions to submit your info sheet and photos.
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Also in this issue...
Brian Morton watches a god awful amount of films in a year, so you know it had to be super hard for him to narrow those down to a top 10 best. Somehow though, he's managed to do just that. So read on to find out what Brian thought were the top 10 films of 2008. The choices include both independent and Hollywood films, and the list may surprise you. Read...
Plus reviews of: 6ix Crabs - Angel of Death - Blood for the Muse - Captives - Clown Dad - Consumption - Insatiable - Into the Woods - My Name is Bruce - One Bad Mice - Quarantine - Shadows Light - Stockholm Syndrome - Student Bodies - The Bee Keeper - The Guardian - The Red Door - Thirst - Threat Level Orange - Warner Wiseguys (Book Review)