LAFFING WEEKEND by David Poland Somehow, as I was jamming through the online catalog for the festival, I just went right past Hot Chicks. But had I been paying closer attention, I would have been almost as enthusiastic as Luke. The screening was of 9 short films, each based on one of what are known as Chick Tracts.
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Profile: Amy Berg Director of Deliver Us From Evil by Leonard Klady "That first call still sticks with me," she says. "He answers the phone, 'hello and good evening,' with such warmth, you'd think you were encountering some delightful, impish leprechaun."
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Profile: James Moll Director of Inheritance by Leonard Klady It's not that filmmaker James Moll was averse to tackling another chapter in the dark legacy of the Holocaust, but his latest film Inheritance - the story of Monika Hertwig, the daughter of a Nazi concentration camp commandant - evolved it seems more by chance than design.
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Profile: Stanley Nelson Director of Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple by Leonard Klady "Holy shit, they're here to see my film" Stanley Nelson has just crossed Wilshire on his way to the Majestic Crest and caught sight of a line that's not quite round the block for a screening of Jonestown: The Life and Death of People's Temple that will sell out.
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Profile: Derek Sieg Director of Swedish Auto by Leonard Klady Orson Welles used to say that quiet people made him nervous. "I like someone that isn't afraid to speak his mind and engage in conversation," was the legendary filmmaker's stance. Welles would have loved Derek Sieg.