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Christa Fausts new novel Choke Hold is a sexy and violent thriller, and though its a sequel to her earlier novel Money Shot, its a very different book.

Faust has spent her career writing a series of decidedly different novels, from the Porn Valley set noir of Money Shot to the Lucha Libre detective tale Hoodtown to an investigation into New Yorks S&M subculture in...
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Screenwriter Diablo Codys greatest achievement with her latest project, Young Adult, is to bring her audience to a point where they sympathize and empathize with the films in many ways distinctly unlikable central character. Mavis Gary (played by Charlize Theron) is the seemingly successful author...

Todd Strauss-Schulson is a filmmaker whose journey to directing features is inextricably tied up in his journey into manhood; it all began when his grandpa bought him a video camera for his Bar Mitzvah. From those humble beginnings, Strauss-Schulson has gone on to nab Panavision's New Filmmaker's Prize,...

Todd Strauss-Schulson is a filmmaker whose journey to directing features is inextricably tied up in his journey into manhood; it all began when his grandpa bought him a video camera for his Bar Mitzvah. From those humble beginnings, Strauss-Schulson has gone on to nab Panavision's New Filmmaker's Prize, has traveled to Asia for an extended gig directing MTV's Whatever Things, a reality show billed...
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Quentin Tarantino discovered Rie Rasmussen when he was presiding over the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. Her short film, Thinning the Herd was nominated for the Palme dOr in the shorts competition. Her...

Quentin Tarantino discovered Rie Rasmussen when he was presiding over the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. Her short film, Thinning the Herd was nominated for the Palme dOr in the shorts competition. Her first feature film, Human Zoo opened the Berlin Film Festival in 2009, and Tarantino is bringing it to the states.

Rasmussen herself plays Adria, an immigrant from Kosovo in Marseilles. While opening...
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In May of last year, I found myself sitting alone in the stands of a race track with Sean Astin. He was filming an independent movie about horse racing, and I was invited to visit the production at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. When Astin had a break in shooting,...

In May of last year, I found myself sitting alone in the stands of a race track with Sean Astin. He was filming an independent movie about horse racing, and I was invited to visit the production at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. When Astin had a break in shooting, we walked into the stands to sit for an interview. You may not think of...
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I first learned about Dito Montiel when his first film, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints came out. It was notable for a cast including Robert Downey Jr., Shia Labeouf and Channing Tatum before they broke out, and Rosario Dawson who was already a star....