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Margaret Barton-Fumo

Isaach de Bankolé: The Quiet Man Speaks

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
May 14, 2015
The Ivorian actor discusses teaching his craft, working with Jim Jarmusch, and the differences between filming in Africa versus Europe

Interview: Nick Broomfield

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
April 10, 2015
What happens when a serial killer runs rampant in South Central? Virtually nothing, explains the director of Tales of the Grim Sleeper (except more killing)

Review: 20,000 Days on Earth

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
September 12, 2014
From him to eternity: Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard's film about Nick Cave goes far beyond rockumentary

Interview: Tea Time with James Gray

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
May 5, 2014
The director of The Immigrant and Two Lovers dishes about Hitchcock, Adorno, and rock drummers

Interview: Harry Dean Stanton and Sophie Huber

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
September 23, 2013
The director and subject of Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction talk music and animals

Interview: Brian De Palma

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
September 3, 2013
The master speaks! Exchanging words with the director of Passion

Interview: Jacob Hatley on Levon Helm

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
April 19, 2013
Hatley's doc Ain’t in It for My Health lets us hang out with one talented, immensely likeable musician

Interview: Paul Williams

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
February 27, 2013
Because Paul Williams Still Alive is simply not enough Paul Williams: a chat with the songwriter and actor

Notebook: Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
January 10, 2013
Are Ice and Coco the Straub-Huillet of Hip Hop?

Review: Beware of Mr. Baker

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
November 27, 2012
Cream drummer Ginger Baker bangs on

Synthesizing Cinema: Tangerine Dream at BAMcinématek

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
May 31, 2012
Celebrating the electronic alchemy of the group’s pulsing soundtracks

Interview: Andrzej Zulawski

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
March 6, 2012
One on one with the inimitable Andrzej Zulawski, subject of BAMcinématek’s complete retrospective

An Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
January 9, 2012
Amidst a surge of fresh interest, the midnight movie maven takes a head trip down memory lane

An Interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

By Margaret Barton-Fumo
January 9, 2012
An interview with cartoonist, filmmaker, novelist, and co-progenitor of pscyhomagic Alejandro Jodorowsky.