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Videotheque in South Pasadena

March 15th, 2010 by Doug Cummings · 2 Comments

Some of the cinephile loot at Videotheque, and its owner, Mark Wright.
I’ve long wanted do an interview with Mark Wright, who established a remarkable DVD store named Videotheque in South Pasadena a few years ago. Los Angeles has a few stores renowned for their ambitious classic Hollywood and world cinema selections (Eddie Brandt’s Saturday [...]

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A Conversation with Bong Joon-ho

March 11th, 2010 by Hye Jean Chung · 2 Comments

Bong Joon-ho, courtesy of the author
By Hye Jean Chung
The synopsis of Mother, the latest film from award-winning Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, whose filmography includes the critically acclaimed and widely popular films, The Host (2006) and Memories of Murder (2003), is deceptively simple: The titular character is a devoted single parent (Kim Hye-ja) who lives [...]

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Interview with the Dardennes

March 23rd, 2006 by Doug Cummings · No Comments

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
The latest issue of Paste magazine is in print, so look for it on newsstands. It contains a shortened version of my interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, which I’m posting in full here. –Doug
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The Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre [...]

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