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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Joey Marra, producer of the film Crazy, Not Insane.

A conversation with Joey Marra, producer of Alex Gibney’s latest feature documentary Crazy, Not Insane, presented out of competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The film follows the research of psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, who studied the psychology of murders. In this interview, among other things, Marra shares his thoughts on this being an important reflection on the death penalty.

Crazy, Not Insane: Why do we kill? Why do some of us kill, and others resist the temptation? What makes a serial killer? Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a psychiatrist who’s examined numerous serial killers, including Ted Bundy, sought to answer these questions. Her research videotapes, seen here for the first time, show evidence of multiple personalities formed from childhood trauma. Fascinated by the human capacity for ruthlessness, Lewis is a different kind of homicide detective, less interested in what happened than why.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Hilal Baydarov, director of the film In Between Dying.

A conversation with Hilal Baydarov, director of In Between Dying, in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Here, Bayadarov talks about some of the themes explored and shares his thoughts on the nature of poetic cinema. He also talks about the pleasure of documenting landscapes and nature, which is part of the delight of this profound work.

In Between Dying: Davud is a misunderstood, restless young man in search of his “true” family, those whom he feels certain will bring meaning and love to his life. When, over the course of one day, he experiences an unexpected series of accidents with people that each time results in a death, invisible memories, narratives and concerns rise to the surface. Davud is propelled into a journey of discovery, failing to recognise his “missing half” again and again, until he finally comes to accept that living in danger is his fate, that death will always be stronger than his own narratives, and that shedding them is his initiation into entering life more fully. Set on the path of becoming, Davud ultimately returns to the place where he has always lived. There, he finds Love is waiting for him. But perhaps it is too late.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Mala Emde, actress of the film And Tomorrow the Entire World.

A conversation with Mala Emde, lead actress of the film And Tomorrow the Entire World. The film is directed by Julia von Heinz and was presented in competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Given the nature of the films and themes it explores, we ask her whether she too, like the character she portrays, is politically active. We also ask her what personality traits she shares with her as well as whether she too feels a driving rage, and more.

And Tomorrow the Entire World: Germany is struck by a violent series of racist terror attacks. 20-year-old Luisa joins a subdivision of the Antifa to oppose the uprising neo-Nazi movement. With her reckless actions, she not only fights against the extreme right but also tries to impress Alfa, an Antifa activist she is secretly in love with. Soon, things escalate, and Luisa and her friends clash over the question if violence could ever be a legitimate political answer to fascism and hatred.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Julia von Heinz, director of the film And Tomorrow the Entire World.

A conversation with Julia von Heinz, director of And Tomorrow the Entire World, in competiton at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The film takes place within the violent conflict between Antifa and the neo-Nazi movement. In this interview, von Heinz talks about her film, including whether she feels the anger that is portrayed in the movie, white privilege within this central clash and whether she believes that making a film can be a revolutionary act.

And Tomorrow the Entire World: Germany is struck by a violent series of racist terror attacks. 20-year-old Luisa joins a subdivision of the Antifa to oppose the uprising neo-Nazi movement. With her reckless actions, she not only fights against the extreme right but also tries to impress Alfa, an Antifa activist she is secretly in love with. Soon, things escalate, and Luisa and her friends clash over the question if violence could ever be a legitimate political answer to fascism and hatred.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Kyle Rankin, director of the film Run Hide Fight.

A conversation with Kyle Rankin, director of Run Hide Fight, presented out of competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Here, Rankin talks about his motivation for making a film on school shootings and gun violence. He also talks about how he aimed contrast the trend of similar films by seeing it from the point of view of a heroine rather than the killers, as well as whether he believes the fact that the lead character is a young woman brough changes to the narrative and more.

Run Hide Fight: Zoe Hull, 17, has some unresolved issues. She’s not coping well with the recent death of her mother, sometimes chatting with her mom as if she’s still there. She resents her ex-military father for his seeming lack of emotion, but wears his army jacket every day like armour. Her best friend Lewis just asked her to prom, wanting their relationship to become something more than she can handle. All Zoe wants is to get through the last few weeks of her senior year and leave – off to college and a fresh start. Instead, her high school is attacked by four nihilistic, gun-toting students, who plan to make their siege the worst school shooting in history. The killers quickly gain control and round up survivors at gunpoint – turning an active shooting into a hostage situation and keeping police at bay. The ringleader, Tristan, captures the events via internet livestream, gaining the worldwide fame he craves. Using the skills her dad taught her, Zoe manages to escape, but risks her life to go back inside. With no plan and running on instinct, she saves who she can, until realising she may be uniquely prepared not just to help others run and hide, but to face down the shooters and fight.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Isabel May, actress of the film Run Hide Fight.

A conversation with Isabel May, lead actress of the film Run Hide Fight, presented out of competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The film is directed by Kyle Rankin and May plays the role of its leading heroine. In this interview, she shares her thoughts about the gun violence and school shootings that Run Hide Fight explores as well as the physical nature of her performance and what personality traits she feels she shares with the character she portrays.

Run Hide Fight: Zoe Hull, 17, has some unresolved issues. She’s not coping well with the recent death of her mother, sometimes chatting with her mom as if she’s still there. She resents her ex-military father for his seeming lack of emotion, but wears his army jacket every day like armour. Her best friend Lewis just asked her to prom, wanting their relationship to become something more than she can handle. All Zoe wants is to get through the last few weeks of her senior year and leave – off to college and a fresh start. Instead, her high school is attacked by four nihilistic, gun-toting students, who plan to make their siege the worst school shooting in history. The killers quickly gain control and round up survivors at gunpoint – turning an active shooting into a hostage situation and keeping police at bay. The ringleader, Tristan, captures the events via internet livestream, gaining the worldwide fame he craves. Using the skills her dad taught her, Zoe manages to escape, but risks her life to go back inside. With no plan and running on instinct, she saves who she can, until realising she may be uniquely prepared not just to help others run and hide, but to face down the shooters and fight.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Bruce LaBruce, director of the film Saint-Narcisse.

Bruce LaBruce is a funny man, extroverted, irreverent with a passionate love for the films of the 70’s and their world of experimenting. His films touch uncomfortable issues (for others, not for him) and sex, in any form and expression. We learn, from this talk, about his ideas and approach to art in any form.

Saint-Narcisse: Canada, 1972. Dominic, 22 years old, has a fetish… for himself. Nothing turns him on more than his reflection, with much of his time spent taking Polaroid selfies. When his loving grandmother dies, he discovers a deep family secret: his lesbian mother didn’t die in childbirth and he has a twin brother, Daniel, raised in a remote monastery by a depraved priest. The power of destiny brings back together the two beautiful, identical brothers, who, after being reunited with their mother Beatrice, are soon embroiled in a strange web of sex, revenge and redemption.

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PODCAST | Chiara Nicoletti interviews Yulene Olaizola, director of the film Selva Trágica.

For her 5th film, Selva Trágica, presented at the 77th Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section Yulene Olaizola chooses a setting as challenging as the jungle as this is the perfect fit for a visually enchanting and super natural tale on nature taking revenge for being exploited. The director focuses on nature being the real protagonist and opens up to the possibility of her film reminding us the painful lives women lived in the 1920’s.

Selva Trágica: 1920, on the border between Mexico and Belize. Deep in the Mayan jungle, a lawless territory where myths abound, a group of Mexican gum workers cross paths with Agnes, a mysterious young Belizean woman. Her presence incites tension among the men, arousing their fantasies and desires. Filled with new vigor, they face their destiny, without knowing that they have woken up Xtabay, a legendary being that lurks in the heart of the jungle.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Jorge Cuchí, director of the film 50 or Two Whales Meet at the Beach.

An interview with Jorge Cuchí, director of 50 or Two Whales Meet at the Beach, presented within the program of the International Critics’ Week section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The story of the film draws inspiration from the Blue Whale trend on social media from not too long ago. Here, the director talks about what drew him to this story, including its psychological connotations, as well as his views on the positives and negatives of social media and some thoughts about the style of the movie.

50 or Two Whales Meet at the Beach: Félix, a 17-year-old boy, receives an invitation on WhatsApp: do you want to play the Blue Whale Game? The one with the 50 challenges? The one where you have to kill yourself at the end? Félix accepts. That is how he meets Elisa. They start completing the challenges together. 50 is a story of love between two suicidal teens who decide to play together till death do them part. Which is six days away.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Tadhg O’Sullivan and Clare Stronge, director and producer of the film To the Moon.

A conversation with director Tadhg O’Sullivan and producer Clare Stronge, who presented To the Moon at the Giornate degli Autori, the parallel and independent strand of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The film is described as an ode to the mood and it is composed via a wealth of archive material and literary fragments. Here, O’Sullivan and Stronge talk about the concept as well as the process of putting this poetic work together – a work that, O’Sullivan reveals, took some four years to complete.

To the Moon is a beautiful and poetic cinematic ode to our moon. Made primarily from international cinematic archives in combination with literary fragments and original moonlit cinematography filmed across five continents, To the Moon steps lightly through the ages and ideas that people have drawn from the moon to create a meditative work of timeless resonance.

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