Articles by Isaac Simpson
Gatekeepers: An Interview at TIFF with Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Soren Malling, Danish Actors in "Men and Chicken"
Nikolaj Lie Kaas is a Danish actor known for Angels & Demons (2009). Soren Malling is also a Danish actor known for the hit Danish TV series "The Killing." Malling and Kaas star in Men and Chicken, which premiered at TIFF15.
Short on Shorts Episode 3: Reviewing "Primrose" and "Downstairs" with Guest Reviewer Franceasca Seidan
Short on Shorts is Colaborator's new review series focusing exclusively on short films and other short form content from across the Internet. This week's episode features reviews of "Primrose," "Downstairs," "My Best Friend, Ben," "Everything & Everything & Everything."
Movie Reviews: Was it the Indie Genius or Studio's Fault for the Disastrous Fantastic Four?
In the film, a young genius, Reed, invents an incredible device that allows travel between dimensions. Then some bureaucrats show up and throw unlimited money at the young genius to make a massive-scale version of his small invention, which inevitably leads to a disaster. Such is the case, I suspect, with Fantastic Four itself.
Gatekeepers: An Interview with Anton Corbijn, Film Director of Control (2007)
Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and film director. His first film, 2007's Control, a biopic about Ian Curtis of Joy Division, succeeded at Cannes and became an international arthouse hit. His work is regarded as some of the most cutting edge visual filmmaking in cinema.
The Spookiest Behind-the-Scenes Makeup Photos From Film History
There is something profound about the moment an actor is transformed into a monster. These behind-the-scenes moments are maybe even spookier than the onscreen characters themselves, because they are a kind of visual metaphor for the masks we all put on in our daily lives.
Gatekeepers: An Interview with Bret Easton Ellis, "American Psycho" and "Less Than Zero"
Bret Easton Ellis is the controversial novelist behind some of the great contemporary American works of fiction, including Less Than Zero and American Psycho. He made his feature screenwriting debut with The Canyons in 2013.
