Interviews

A collection of 77 posts

The Auralia Thread

Which of your children is your favorite?

Okay, no, I'm not really asking you to name your favorite child. But now you know something of how I felt when asked to name my favorite from among my characters. Here's a new interview about Auralia's Colors, Cyndere's Midnight, and Raven&

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Through the Eyes of Angels, Cowboys, and Christians: A tribute to Wim Wenders, and an appreciation of his films.

This interview was originally published at Looking Closer in 2006. An abridged version of this feature and interview was previously published at Christianity Today Movies. - A movie star is sitting on an old couch in the middle of the street in Butte, Montana. His name is Howard Spence, and

The Auralia Thread

The Strange Horizons Interview

Thanks to John Ottinger for the interview about Auralia's Colors and Cyndere's Midnight that appears at Strange Horizons today. I take a lot of encouragement from this as I prepare to revise Raven's Ladder, the third book in The Auralia Thread.

Chicago

Hello, Chicago!

If you were listening to WMBI in Chicago this afternoon, and go my invitation to come visit me here at LookingCloser.org... welcome! You heard me talking about my favorite films of 2008, but hey... I only scratched the surface. I talked about Man on Wire, and Rachel Getting Married

Film Reviews

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005): a review and an interview

A review and interview by Jeffrey Overstreet, originally published in Seattle Pacific University's Response. • Do You Believe in Demons? In "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," a Christian filmmaker challenges audiences to face the horror of the devil. Do you believe that people today can be possessed

Interviews

Hope for Where We're Going: An interview with Louis Schwartzberg

Filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg talks with Jeffrey Overstreet about America's Heart and Soul, his greatest teacher, and a story that he unfortunately had to cut from the film.

America's Heart and Soul

Hope for Where We're Going: An Interview with Louis Schwartzberg

Filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg has collected 25 interviews with memorable, remarkable Americans and sewn it together in an array of breathtaking cinematography to inspire us with a vision of dedication, determination, and imagination. Click here for Jeffrey's review of America's Heart and Soul. Jeffrey Overstreet: First of

Interviews

A Conversation with Margaret D. Smith, Poet and Author of "Holy Struggle" and "Barn Swallow"

TWO POEMS BY MARGARET D. SMITH Pavel talks to me over lunch My farmhouse is away, so far from Prague there are no planes, not even cars. You can hear everything that way. The pigeons make love on rooftops, workers talk in fields, bees make sounds like music far off.

Eagle and Child

A Conversation with Fritz Liedtke, photographer, about "Skeletons in the Closet"

Before I pose any questions to photographer Fritz Liedtke, I want you to read his remarkably candid, challenging "artist's statement" about his latest photography exhibit: Skeleton in the Closet. Liedtke's art was on display in Portland, Oregon last month, but the project is still

Interviews

The Hard Work of "Levity": A Conversation with Director Ed Solomon

Ed Solomon's directorial debut-Levity-offers little of just that. This might surprise moviegoers eager for the latest from the writer of Men in Black. Fittingly, the title refers to what's missing from the lives of its burdened characters. Solomon is a moviemaker with a lot on his

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My Third Conversation with Charlie Kaufman

I first met Charlie Kaufman when he visited Seattle to promote Adaptation. I met him again when he came back to talk about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. About a week and a half ago, when he returned to Seattle to discuss his fantastic new movie Synecdoche, New York,

The Auralia Thread

In Which I Am Interviewed on "Discourse" with Stephen Reed

Thanks to Gina Dalfonzo at The Point for pointing out that the latest installment of Stephen Reed's Discourse has been posted. Discourse is an interview podcast, which is available at Breakpoint. It's a fairly new feature, and it was a privilege to be one of Stephen&

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The Faith of the Author of "The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford" (I love prepositional phrases!)

An interview with Ron Hansen, the acclaimed novelist who wrote Mariette in Ecstasy and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, has just been posted at The Christian Century. Hansen's work has also been published in Image. (H/T to Darrel Manson for the link.

Film Reviews

WALL·E (2008) - A Review and a Conversation with Andrew Stanton

This review and interview were originally published in the online edition of Response, a magazine published by Seattle Pacific University. * Who would have believed that a mechanical trash compactor on wheels would become the most lovable big-screen personality of the year? It’s happening. The moviemaking wizards at Pixar Animation

Film Forum

WALL•E: Talking with Andrew Stanton, and the Film Forum Reviews

As I sat braced for my ten-minute conversation with Andrew Stanton, the writer and director of my favorite Pixar movie, Finding Nemo, I tried to imagine how I might make something useful out of such a short span of time. I was a bit anxious about meeting one of my

Looking Elsewhere

Looking Elsewhere: May 27, 2008

Remembering Sydney Pollack GreenCine Daily compiles the tributes. What's your favorite Pollack film? * Over-praising Coldplay What appears to be the first review of Coldplay's Viva la Vida has appeared in The Sun. It's a review by Gordon Smart. Now, I'm somewhat curious

On Songs & Albums

Tom Waits interviews himself.

Brilliant.

The Auralia Thread

TitleTrakk interview

Kevin Lucia at TitleTrakk asked me some questions about Auralia's Colors. Like these: * I see from your bio that you wrote your first fantasy story at the age of seven. Would you say then that having your first novel published is the culmination of a life long dream?

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: Fantasy Debut Talks Auralia's Colors; Walter Talks Lars and the Real Girl

Three quick notes before I close up shop here at 1 a.m. ... I had a chat with Fantasy Debut's Tia Nevitt about Auralia's Colors this week, which you're welcome to read. She asked thoughtful questions. (A while back, she finished reading the book

Interviews

Steve Brown: A Wild and Crazy Guy

"Steve Brown Etc." is not your typical Christian radio program. And Steve Brown is not your typical host. (In fact, because I appeared on his program on my day off, he granted me "three free sins." Bonus!) I recently spoke with Steve about this little film

On Movies & Media

A Charlie Brown Christmas Podcast

Nuclearity has just posted a very special podcast. I had the privilege of contributing to this, but that's not why I'm linking to it. I was moved as I listened to a wide variety of people share their views on why A Charlie Brown Christmas stands

On Movies & Media

Chattaway's Email Conversation with "Golden Compass" Author Philip Pullman

Peter T. Chattaway has a new article about The Golden Compass up at CanadianChristianity.com. But even more interesting... here is the transcript of his email interview with author Philip Pullman. If there is anybody out there agreeing with Donna Frietas... that The Golden Compass is a work of deep

On Books & Writing

A Fascinating Interview With Philip Pullman From 2000

I linked to this interview when Philip Pullman's book The Amber Spyglass, the concluding chapter in His Dark Materials,was published. In view of the current discussions about The Golden Compass, it might be worth revisiting. It was published at Third Way.

The Auralia Thread

My Thoughts on "The Golden Compass"

I've been doing a lot of radio interviews about Auralia's Colors, and questions about Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass keep coming up. I've been planning a sort of once-and-for-all blog post about the controversy, but for now you'll find a

Through a Screen Darkly

Podcast: Sheridan Voysey talks with me about great movies that can change lives.

You can now download the podcast of Sheridan Voysey's radio program where I discussed the power of movies with him a couple of weeks ago. (I mentioned this broadcast a few days back.) Of the many on-air conversations about movies I've enjoyed, this was one of