MEET THE PARENTS: HINDU EDITION
Stars Jonathan Groff and Karan Soni and director Roshan Selthi on the joy of making “A Nice Indian Boy,” joking: “An independent film needs a famous white person to get made.”
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CAN’T MAKE IT UP
“Whatever It Takes,” which just premiered at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, chronicles the sordid harassment that a pair of bloggers received from eBay—stalking, bugs, and all.
A NEW START
Director Debra Granik talks to The Daily Beast’s Obsessed about her lively, eye-opening new documentary about the challenge of triumphing after incarceration.
THE GIFT?
In “Look Into My Eyes,” a documentary filmmaker peeks behind the curtain of the mysterious world of New York psychic readings. What she learned may surprise you.
NEXT GENERATION
Gallo wrote and stars in “Ponyboi,” the electric new film in which they star alongside Dylan O’Brien playing a sex worker, custodian, drug dealer, and Bruce Springsteen fan.
SECOND ACTS
The former Warrior Princess tells Obsessed about her unlikely journey to directing the documentary “Never Look Away,” about an intrepid war correspondent.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Nahnatchka Khan dishes with Obsessed about her new film and what made past projects like “Always Be My Maybe” hits.
CAN’T MAKE IT UP
The new documentary “Billion Dollar Heist” chronicles the 2016 digital attack on Bangladesh’s financial system, which could have been worse with the help of today’s AI. Be afraid…
SPOILER ALERT!
Talking Mariah Carey songs, decapitations, and penis monsters in a very spoiler-y conversation with the director of “Beau Is Afraid.”
THIRSTY
In the blistering new Norwegian comedy “Sick of Myself,” one woman’s quest for attention takes her to unholy extremes. (Heard of “millennial Munchausen’s” before? You have now!)