Cinefamily Q&A Archive #6: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy presents “Ladies Night”: a double feature of “A Woman’s Secret” + “Alice In The Cities”, Jan. 7, 2010

Folk troubador Will Oldham (aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) is not only a fantastic songsmith, but a huge movie fan to boot. Last week, we gave him an evening in which to program a double feature of his choosing, which ended up being the early Nicholas Ray film “A Woman’s Secret”, plus the early Wim Wenders film “Alice In The Cities”. Here, he talks with our head programmer Hadrian about what he likes so much about both films.

Will Oldham Q&A (1 of 2)

Will Oldham Q&A (2 of 2)

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Cinefamily Q&A Archive #5: “World’s Greatest Dad”, Aug. 17, 2009

It’s always a serious pleasure whenever Bobcat Goldthwait graces our presence, and we were thrilled to host a preview screening of his latest film, “World’s Greatest Dad”, starring Robin Williams. Here’s the Q&A that happened after the film…

Bobcat Goldthwait Q&A (1 of 2)

Bobcat Goldthwait QA& (2 of 2)

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Cinefamily Q&A Archive #4: “Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts!” tribute night, Bob Zmuda & Lynne Margulies, Dec. 3rd, 2009

Our Andy Kaufman tribute night was a great avenue to show the audience recently unearthed Kaufman clips that had never been seen by any audience before, EVER! Lynne Marguiles (author of the new book “Dear Andy Kaufman, I Hate Your Guts!”, and Kaufman’s former girlfriend) and Bob Zmuda (Kaufman’s closest friend and comedy collaborator) were on-hand to reminisce about the late, great Kaufman, as well as give some background on his ingenious brand of comedy pranks, and his love of professional wrestling.

Bob Zmuda & Lynne Margulies (1 of 3)

Bob Zmuda & Lynne Margulies (2 of 3)

Bob Zmuda & Lynne Margulies (3 of 3)

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Q&A with director Lance Bangs, Sept. 30th, 2009

Right before the theatrical release of “Where The Wild Things Are”, The Cinefamily hosted a fantastic tribute night to Wild Things author Maurice Sendak, which climaxed with the L.A. premiere of a brand-new documentary co-directed by Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs, called Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak.

After the screening, Lance was kind enough to stick around and give the audience more background on the doc.

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Cinefamily Q&A Archive #2: animator Don Hertzfeldt, Nov. 30th, 2008

When indie animator Don Hertzfeld came to the Cinefamily last year while on tour with his latest short “I Am So Proud Of You”, we knew the event would be big — but we had no idea that it’d be one of the biggest events we’ve ever hosted!

Hertzfeld sold out three successive shows in one evening, a feat we’ve yet to match. Hertzfeld’s fans were so passionate that we were taken totally by surprise. Lucikly we managed to capture the Q&A session from the second show, moderated by Cinemad publisher/Sundance film programmer/longtime Cinefamily friend Mike Plante.

NOTE: We apologize for the dim picture quality on these clips — the Q&A session was shot under low-light conditions, and we’ve enhanced the image as much as possible before it got to the completely-washed-out point.

Don Hertzfeld Q&A (1 of 2)

Don Hertzfeld Q&A (2 of 2)

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