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Interview: Jodie Wille and Maria Demopoulos, Directors of The Source Family Documentary

For the current issue of our magazine, we spoke to Hawaii resident Isis Aquarian about the five, very game-changing years she spent inside the Source Family, a ’70s utopian community centered around Los Angeles health … read more »

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Interview: Moshin Hamid

The only way reading Mohsin Hamid’s new novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, on the subway could be any more embarrassing is if he’d tacked on “For Dummies” to the end of … read more »

POSTED April 18, 2013 10:32AM IN ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS, NWSPRNT TAGS: , ,
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Interview: Christian Mungiu, Director of Beyond the Hills

For anyone familiar with Cristian Mungiu’s film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, the Romanian director’s current feature, Beyond the Hills, will echo like a déjà vu. Again we find two female best friends, … read more »

POSTED March 11, 2013 11:57AM IN ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS TAGS: , ,
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The Old Spice Ad Guru Talks Super Bowl Commercials

Of the millions of commercials you’ve seen over your lifetime, probably few stand out as memorably as the 2010 Old Spice ad, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.” It was smart, funny, slick, mystifying, … read more »

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Interview: Tig Notaro

One of the more affecting pieces of comedy (or maybe just of art, in general) in recent memory is Tig Notaro’s “Live,” a 30-minute narrative of all the bummer shit that happened to her over … read more »

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Interview: RZA

RZA stopped by FADER offices recently in support of his A-list directorial debut, the elegantly gory kung-fu dramedy The Man With The Iron Fists, in which he plays the titular character. He opened up about … read more »

POSTED October 23, 2012 3:55PM IN ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS, MUSIC INTERVIEWS Comments (33) TAGS: , ,
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Look: A Study in Will Oldham

In a massive new book, Alan Licht talks to the singer about his strange musical life. There aren’t too many people like Will Oldham. As a musician, he’s responsible for making gorgeous and often pained … read more »

POSTED September 12, 2012 11:15AM IN ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS, NWSPRNT TAGS: ,
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Interview: Joshua Abelow

Painter Joshua Abelow revisits his early days in New York. In 1999, fresh out of RISD with a painting degree, Joshua Abelow moved to New York City. He spent much of his time assisting one … read more »

POSTED September 10, 2012 10:02AM IN ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS, NWSPRNT TAGS: , ,
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Interview: Alex Da Corte

Philadelphia artist Alex Da Corte loves taking pop products into far-off places and different media, from video and sculpture to photography and painting. Much of what he makes has the synthetic sheen of cheap capitalism, … read more »

POSTED August 30, 2012 1:30PM IN ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS TAGS:
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Interview: Rodriguez and Malik Bendjelloul

Searching for Sugar Man, the outstanding debut documentary of Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, tells the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction story of Rodriguez, a Detroit protest musician whose first two albums flopped in America in the 1970s. In South … read more »

POSTED July 26, 2012 10:45AM IN ART+CULTURE INTERVIEWS, MUSIC INTERVIEWS TAGS: , , , ,