All posts by R. Emmet Sweeney

July 30th, 2009

The Rumpus Review of Funny People

funny-peopleWith Funny People, Judd Apatow set out to make a masterpiece. What is surprising is not his failure, but the fact that he got so close. …more

May 3rd, 2009

Shorts Circuit: The Best of the Migrating Forms Film Festival

Nestled in the quiet weekend before the Tribeca Film Festival barnstormed into town, the inaugural Migrating Forms fest at Anthology Film Archives humbly went about its experimental business. Running from April 15th –April 19th, this wide-ranging and often thrilling offspring of the defunct New York Underground Film Festival displayed the vibrant idiosyncrasies of video and film artists the world over. …more

February 19th, 2009

The Rumpus Interview with Carlos Serrano Azcona

560189“The majority of the film is realistic and the ending is more surrealistic, but for me surrealism is realism too. It’s just not as common. It’s as real as the other part of the film. The point is that what we shoot is as real as reality.” …more

February 9th, 2009

The Rumpus Interview with Lisandro Alonso

“If tomorrow I have to quit filmmaking, I will. I’m not going to sell my house for a project, that’s for sure. If I have to go back and work on my family’s farm, fine. I don’t have any problem with it. But I would cry a lot.” …more

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R. Emmet Sweeney has written for IFC News, The Believer, the Village Voice, and his blog, Termite Art.

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