Showing posts with label neil labute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neil labute. Show all posts

Monday, March 25, 2024

The Greatest Low-Low-Budget Films


How could a movie be made for less than $50,000? And how could that movie be any good? For RogerEbert.com, I pay tribute to the 10 finest films that were shot on a shoestring. Hope you enjoy.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

My Interview With Neil LaBute, Writer-Director of 'In the Company of Men'


When my MEL editor and I were putting together ideas for this year's "25 Years of 1997" series, we agreed that we had to do something about In the Company of Men. Truly, there's no 1997 film that more speaks to the core themes that the publication examines. As luck would have it, Neil LaBute had the time to talk at length about the movie. Here's my deep dive with him on a film that, shockingly, hasn't aged at all.