Interviews
Let’s chat with some creative people!

SUNDANCE '23: Composer Patrick Jonsson and the Childlike Magic of 'Scrapper'
First and foremost, composer Patrick Jonsson is a film lover. Despite the fact that he went to school at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and has an impressive career as a composer, film will always be his first love.

SUNDANCE '23: Composer Brian McOmber and the Power Struggle of 'Fair Play'
Brian McOmber is responsible for the score that supports the tension-filled Fair Play. He’s no stranger to the world of indie film and had three separate projects at Sundance this year.

SUNDANCE '23: Composer Heather McIntosh on the Horrors of Modern Dating in 'Cat Person'
Heather McIntosh’s journey to becoming a film composer began in an unlikely place: synthesizer lessons.

Getting to the Heart of ‘Bones and All’ with Screenwriter Dave Kajganich
Looming over director Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All is the notion that this coming-of-age love story is just a bit different than what most people are used to. The young lovers (Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet) are not shunned for their romance, but rather because they’re cannibals. However, writer Dave Kajganich hopes people see beyond the film’s initial strangeness.

Interview with the Stars and Director of “Merry & Gay”
In celebration of Merry & Gay’s release, Film Obsessive sat down with director Christin Baker, as well as Dia Frampton and Andi Rene Christensen, the film’s two leads.

Fantastic Fest: Director Juan Felipe Zuleta on Aliens and Hope
“If you can get that character who’s suffering from grief, from depression, from isolation, from all of these things,” he says, “and you can put him on a track where, in the process, they discover something about themselves. And they discover that self-acceptance, that self-love, that’s where the joy comes from.”

Fantastic Fest: Oscar Harding on the Magic of DIY Filmmaking
“It is an underdog story,” Harding says very simply about his film. A Life on the Farm is an ode to the creative spirit and content creation born out of the simple, intrinsically human desire to make art.

The Enduring Legacy of Ghost Stories: Timothy Stevens Interview
The Ghost Lights is a modern fable about familial loss, memory, and, most importantly, the paranormal goings on of West Texas.

How David Buckley Wrote the Music of Dreams for ‘The Sandman’
FilmSpeak sat down with composer David Buckley to discuss how he first got interested in making music, the pressures of adaptation, and his role in creating the “sonic worlds” of The Sandman.

“A Love Song”’s Strange Magic: Max Walker-Silverman Interview
In many ways, A Love Song is deeply personal to Max Walker-Silverman. Not only is he the film’s writer, director, producer, and co-editor, its setting is a place he knows intimately.

Elliot Wheeler: The Man Who Brought Elvis Back to Life
Elliot Wheeler sat down with FilmSpeak to talk about how he started making music, the collaborative process with Luhrmann, and how Elliot was even able to work Spears’ “Toxic” into the sprawling Elvis film.

"Screw You Guys" - The Newton Brothers Talk Composing 'Midnight Mass'
Andy Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart are professionally known as The Newton Brothers. They’ve been composing film scores since 2011, but their individual journeys with music go back much further.


'Crush' Writers Casey Rackham and Kirsten King on the Enduring Power of Rom Coms
Sitting down with FilmSpeak are writers Casey Rackham and Kirsten King, whose upcoming feature film, Crush, premieres on Hulu April 29th.

'The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder' Cast Interviews: Introducing a New Generation to Cosmo and Wanda
The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder combines live action and animation to introduce a new generation of kids to the antics of the famous fairies.

‘Morbius’ Composer Jon Ekstrand on How John Carpenter Inspired the Music of Jared Leto’s Marvel Movie
Composer Jon Ekstrand, in his seventh partnership with director Daniel Espinosa, plays a large part in creating Morbius' uncertain world.