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December 2005

December 29, 2005

Sufjan Stevens is my new hero.

I liked his Seven Swans album. Then I grew to love it. I liked his...

December 28, 2005

Ladies and Gentlemen… Craig Detweiler.

I interviewed screenwriter/film-instructor Craig Detweiler at Biola several months ago in L.A., before any trailers...

October 2005

October 20, 2005

Bono on the Cover of the New Rolling Stone

Thanks to Josh Hurst for bringing THIS to my attention. As is so often the...

August 2005

August 16, 2005

Scott Derrickson interview… coming up!

I had an hour-long conversation with screenwriter and director Scott Derrickson yesterday, whose new film...

July 2005

July 01, 2005

He’s Looking for a Good Story: A Conversation with Ralph Winter, Producer of X-Men and Fantastic Four

An abridged edition of my conversation with producer Ralph Winter was originally published at CT...

June 2005

June 21, 2005

The Stuff of Staying Together: Over the Rhine’s Linford Detweiler on Drunkard’s Prayer

Over the Rhine's album Drunkard's Prayer continues to dazzle and delight fans and newcomers. But...

May 2005

May 16, 2005

"Kingdom of Portland"

I'm just asking for trouble. This afternoon I was interviewed live on the Christian radio...

March 2005

March 15, 2005

Danny Boyle: The Looking Closer Interview (Feb. 2005)

As Danny Boyle's new film Slumdog Millionaire is cleaning up at this year's various surveys...

February 2005

February 24, 2005

This Sunday night: Rev. Bill Hogg & I Talk Oscars

For the last few weeks, I've been appearing as a guest on the call-in talk...

February 17, 2005

Danny Boyle – director of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later and Millions

I've just come from a meeting with Danny Boyle, the relentlessly creative filmmakers responsible for...

February 15, 2005

My Constantine Adventure: Interviewing Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, and others.

Angels. Demons. Humans caught in the middle. Heroes trying to resist temptation and defeat Satan’s...

December 2004

December 07, 2004

My weekend In Good Company in L.A.

I just returned from L.A., where I had an opportunity to participate in a press...

October 2004

October 05, 2004

My Zany Interview with David O. Russell

Here it is in its entirety. And here's the shorter version at CT.

October 05, 2004

The Looking Closer Interview – David O. Russell (or, The Day the Director of I ♥ Huckabees Turned Me Into a Priest) (Featuring an appearance by Mark Wahlberg.)

When I walked into the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Seattle to interview director David O....

September 2004

September 24, 2004

Sam Phillips – The Looking Closer Interview

Introduction: An interview anticipated for two decades. I was 22 years old when I attended...

August 2004

August 13, 2004

I Dreamed I Interviewed Flannery O’Connor

I love doing interviews with thoughtful artists. It's one of the greatest thrills of my...

July 2004

July 15, 2004

Add Another Fellow to My List of Heroes

In the last month I've: read up on the life of Dana Gioia, perused his...

July 07, 2004

Two Interviews: Jean-Jacques Annaud and Louis Schwartzberg…

...the directors of Two Brothers and America's Heart and Soul, respectively. I've been scraping away...

July 07, 2004

Learning Can Save Your Life: A Conversation with Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (2004)

This interview was originally published at Promontory Artists Association in 2004 upon the release of...

June 2004

June 23, 2004

Two Brothers, Two Fine French Filmmakers

Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with director Patrice Leconte ("Man on the...

May 2004

May 11, 2004

The Looking Closer Interview: Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman

[Some of this material was previously published in March 2004 at Christianity Today.] - My...

May 11, 2004

Coming Home to Ohio: A conversation with Over the Rhine’s Linford Detweiler about the New Double Album

[This interview was originally published July 30, 2003, at the original Looking Closer website.] -...

May 11, 2004

Making Songs Out of Stories: Over the Rhine’s Linford Detweiler on 10 Years of Songwriting

[This interview was originally published at the website for a non-profit arts organization called Promontory...

May 11, 2004

Todd Komarnicki: Producer, Director, Writer—and Believer

My interview with Todd Komarnicki, the producer of the holiday-season comedy Elf (starring Will Ferrell), was...