Interviews and profiles, 8/29.

In the Los Angeles Times, Susan King talks with Joe Menendez about Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón: "The caper comedy revolves around two veteran thieves who reunite in Los Angeles to rob a TV infomercial guru/con man who has made a fortune selling useless health items to poor Latino immigrants."

"Two years ago, when Dario Fo (the Nobel Prize-winning jester and satirist) launched a campaign to become mayor of Milan, one of his most vocal supporters was London's mayor, Ken Livingstone." I Am Not a Moderate documents the short-lived campaign, giving Geoffrey Macnab good read reason to talk to the playwright for the Independent.

"I don't think most people who watched the show really got a sense of what a remarkable feat all of us engaged in week after week," On the Lot contestant Mateen Kemet tells Matt Sussman at SF360.

For the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Maria Komodore calls up Jorge Gaggero to talk about Live-In Maid.

For the Guardian, Patrick Barkham talks with David Mackenzie about Hallam Foe. And he's "now working on two scripts, including a western, and hopes to direct both. 'I feel like I've done sex, so I'm going to move on to money now,' he vows."

For Hollywood Bitchslap, Peter Sobczynski talks with Julie Delpy about 2 Days in Paris, while, at Cinematical, Ryan Stewart talks with Adam Goldberg. For the New Republic's Christopher Orr, the movie's an "absolute riot."

Posted by dwhudson at August 29, 2007 2:55 PM