Haven’t done one of these for a while, but this is a new entry in my indie horror directors series: an interview with Xan Cassavetes, about her excellent Kiss of the Damned. First published on the Empire website, but disappeared since the 2015 revamp. Following her documentary on the late, lamented Z Channel, Xan Cassavetes’… Continue reading Xan Cassavetes
A where-are-they-now type feature on the cast of HBO’s Deadwood. This was a commission, but one I leapt at because Deadwood is one of my favourite TV shows of all time. http://www.empireonline.com/features/deadwood-where-are-they-now
At long last, here’s my collection of rants, ramblings and gnomic utterances by Udo Kier from last year’s Night Visions festival. As the introduction says, the subjects covered are entirely random samples of his life and career, based simply on what came up in conversation over the weekend. Some of it’s from public Q&As and… Continue reading Udo Kier
This feature on the second season of The History Channel’s Vikings came out of a visit to the set in County Wicklow, near Dublin last year. It was commissioned for the print version of Empire, but due to initial problems sourcing images from MGM, it ended up online instead, later than planned. It includes snippets… Continue reading Vikings Season 2
This interview with the famous concept artist and “visual futurist” Syd Mead is a tie-in to Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, which Mead hand a hand or two in designing. I also got him to talk us through his contributions to Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Tron, Blade Runner, 2010, Aliens, Timecop, Strange Days, Johnny Mnemonic and… Continue reading Syd Mead
I mentioned in an earlier post that one of my favourite ever interviews was with Sammo Hung. It was originally published in Empire and is a few years old now, so I thought I’d get it online. Possibly the jolliest man I ever talked to for any reason, he guffawed heartily after every answer. The piece was for… Continue reading Sammo Hung
