Press
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ariel Kavoussi’s The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems: IonCinema
(November, 2023)
Q&A with Ariel Kavoussi about her quarantine inspired comedy short “Rita Wishman’s Birthday” : CinemaFemme Feature
(November, 2019)
Feminist filmmaker and ‘Maniac’ actor Ariel Kavoussi brings raw female characters onscreen with ‘The Poet and The Professor’ and ‘Birdshit’ : CinemaFemme Feature
(November, 2019)
Featured today is filmmaker and actor Ariel Kavoussi 💗 Ariel is super talented and raw with her female characters through her directed work “The Poet and the Professor,” and “Birdshit,” and through acting roles like in “Maniac” and “Catfight.” Read more on cinemafemme.com
Film Review for NoBudge on “A Hand”
(August, 2019) - “A Hand”
Kentucker Audley of NoBudge describes Ariel Kavoussi’s performance in “A Hand” as “uncomfortably perfect.”
Red Velvet Media for The Indie Café on Blog Talk Radio
(July, 2019)
Tune in to Red Velvet Media as we talk to Ariel Kavoussi about her latest films and creative adventures! Ariel is a fun guest and her talents and personality are over the top fun! This will be a fun show!
“A Documentary” Podcast for Apple Podcasts
(July, 2019)
Ariel Kavoussi (“Taking Tacheles,” “The Poet & The Professor,” “Bird S**t”) joins Joshua Labure & Catherine Marie Sullivan to talk documentary including Agnes Varda & more!
“Ear Gab” Podcast : Episode 10
(June, 2019)
Ariel Kavoussi is a Director, Actress, Writer known for works such as “The Poet and The Professor,” “Maniac,” “Catfight” and more. We talk about her upcoming TV show “Birdshit,” Bukowski, Independent cinema and other topics. Check it out!
“Celebrating Female Desire on Screen” : Personal Editorial Essay for The Talkhouse - “The Poet and the Professor”
(March, 2019)
The writer-director-star of The Poet and the Professor on the personal and cinematic experiences that informed her taboo-busting film.
“Back to One” Podcast for Filmmaker Magazine
(February, 2019)
Ariel Kavoussi is interviewed on Filmmaker Magazine’s podcast “Back to One w/ Peter Rinaldi.”
“I first took note of Ariel Kavoussi’s singular comedic talent in Onur Tukel’s Applesauce and then Catfight, where she hilariously played Ann Heche’s assistant and stole every scene she was in.” - Peter Rinaldi, Filmmaker Magazine
Back To One is a podcast about acting. In each episode, host Peter Rinaldi invites one working actor to do a deep dive into their unique process, psychology, and approach to the craft. No small talk, no celebrity stories, no inane banter—just the work.
Kevin Corrigan Is Every Hollywood Hack in NSFW Short ‘The Poet and the Professor’ : Indiewire Feature - “The Poet and the Professor”
(February, 2019)
“With her distinctive voice, she is a unique presence onscreen, and has forged success despite the fact that it is exceedingly rare that Hollywood writes roles for actresses who don’t fit a certain mold. By taking matters into her own hands, she has written a complicated, autonomous, and sexually voracious character who looks nothing like anyone else onscreen — and everything like an actual millennial.” - Jude Dry, Indiewire
Exclusive: "Maniac" star Ariel Kavoussi makes her directorial debut with a feminist riff on Jean Eustache's 1973 film "The Mother and the Whore."
Ariel Kavoussi and Kevin Corrigan on “The Work” Podcast for Paste Magazine - “The Poet and the Professor”
(February, 2019)
Ariel Kavoussi and Kevin Corrigan call in to talk about their new short "The Poet and the Professor."
“Ariel Kavoussi Flips the Script on Female Desire” : An Interview with Ariel Kavoussi for Bedford & Bowery - “The Poet and the Professor”
(February, 2019)
Ariel Kavoussi was interviewed regarding her film “The Poet and the Professor” for Bedford & Bowery.
Ariel Kavoussi and Kevin Corrigan on “Filmwax Radio“ Podcast - “The Poet and the Professor”
(February, 2019)
“Kavoussi is also part of the recent welcome tendency of female directors such as Dunham, Decker, Frankie Shaw and others to push the boundaries of representing sex on screen…” - Filmwax Radio
This episode of the podcast celebrates a new comedy short film called “The Poet and the Professor” which is directed by this week’s guest Ariel Kavoussi (who also stars). Joining us is another actor in the short, a returning Kevin Corrigan (he was last on Episode 296 with Andrew Bujalski). The film also stars Filmwax Radio ‘friend’ Bob Byington. As of today, Valentine’s Day, you can view “The Poet and the Professor” on Indiewire’s website.
Girls on Film London, Film Review - “The Poet and the the Professor”
(February, 2019)
“The Poet and the Professor is a gloriously written piece of comedy made by a group of NY based women, in which writer Ariel (played by director Ariel) fools around with men she’s meant to look up to, that have arguably “made it” and might have something to teach her about the art world, but that undeniably display some of the worst possible characteristics of human beings. Starring the fab Bob Byington and Kevin Corrigan as the stereotypical tools, Kavoussi is an electrifying actress and an even better writer. Highlights include the concept of postmodern love-making, the over use of the aubergine emoji as a means of enticement, and being given those floppy American paper coffee filters to use as toilet paper. Romantic!” - Girls on Film London
“There’s Smart Satire Among the Flying Fur in Catfight” - Vanity Fair Film Review - “Catfight”
(September, 2016)
Ariel is singled out for being a “hilarious newcomer” for her performance in Onur Tukel’s “Catfight” (Toronto International Film Festival, 2016)
Film Review for NoBudge on “The Deflowering of Ariella Von” - “The Deflowering of Ariella Von”
(September, 2014)
“In Ariel Kavoussi we have one of the finest performances of the past year; she is more interesting than Chiwetel Ejiofor, and this is a film at least as interesting as 12 Years a Slave — no, much more so.” - NoBudge.com