Interviews, 3/23.

Ray Pride's found a good one. For the Helsingin Sanomat, Hannu Marttila talks with Aki Kaurismäki about his probable Cannes entry, Lights in the Dusk.

"Like the Dardennes' previous film Le Fils, L'Enfant is a movie named for a child that’s really about the struggle to become a dad," writes Ella Taylor for the LA Weekly, where Scott Foundas talks with the brothers. More on the film from Armond White in the New York Press.

At Cinema Strikes Back, Blake has a good long talk with John C Reilly about working with Robert Altman on A Prairie Home Companion.

Michael Guillen talks with Deepa Mehta following the SFIAAFF screening of Water.

At Ghibli World, Peter interviews anime legend Isao Takahata. Via logboy at Twitch.

Cinematical's Kim Voynar talks with Jason Reitman about Thank You for Smoking. And has a review, too.

Christopher Bahn interviews Ray Harryhausen for the AV Club.

For Film & Video, Bryant Frazer asks Robert Hoffmann about editing Art School Confidential.

Stop Smiling runs a brief excerpt from its interview with DA Pennebaker.

Online listening tip(s). Anglophenia talks with Miranda Richardson and Bill Nighy about their roles in Gideon's Daughter - and more, of course. You can choose which answers to which questions you'll listen to. Not a bad format, in some ways.

Posted by dwhudson at March 23, 2006 3:36 PM