Jason Guerrasio

In Movies and TV, Alex Karpovsky Is Only Playing an Asshole. The coffee shop in New York's Union Square might be packed on this cold afternoon, but scanning the crowded bar, it's hard to miss Alex Karpovsky looming at the far end — even if you're not familiar with his...

In 2009, Oren Peli's low-budget, "found footage" thriller Paranormal Activity came out of nowhere to gross more than $100 million domestically at the box office. Not bad for a first-time filmmaker who made a $15,000 movie in his house in San Diego with two friends and sold it to Paramount...