Interviews

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Interview

László Nemes: ‘I wanted recreate the experience of Auschwitz’

by Hannah Strong

The Hungarian director reveals how personal obsession fuelled his award-winning Holocaust drama, Son of Saul.
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Wes Anderson: ‘You’re hoping for the right accident’

by Hannah Strong

We speak to the mastermind behind The Phoenician Scheme about family, fathers-in-law, and the great, grand plan of all things Wes Anderson.
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Monica Sorelle: ‘I’m working through my grief about Miami changing so rapidly and violently’

by Juan Barquin

As her debut receives a UK premiere as part of the BFI's Black Debutants season, Miami filmmaker Monica Sorelle reflects on the making of Mountains.
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Interview

Ryan Coogler: ‘I’m more confident in my film language than I am in my English’

by Kambole Campbell

Ryan Coogler reflects on developing a story rooted in personal passions with his grand, IMAX-shot thriller, Sinners.
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Interview

Joshua Oppenheimer: ‘The End is an artefact of barbarism’

by Lucy Peters

How the doc maestro turned his hand to (musical!) fiction in his compelling and singular new film, The End.
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Vera Drew: ‘At least they’re not saying “banned filmmaker” anymore’

by Juan Barquin

As The People's Joker finally goes global, the maverick filmmaker behind the wildest superhero film of the year sounds off about microbudget filmmaking, the trans canon, and Joker 2.
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Brady Corbet: ‘It’s a fucking film’

by Hannah Strong

The maverick writer/director espouses the need to stick behind your aesthetic and creative ideals at all costs.
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Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Is our modern pain valid?’

by Darren Richman

The actor and writer/director of A Real Pain discusses his Polish heritage and the tricky prospect of filming scenes for a comedy drama in a concentration camp.
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Interview

Magic and Loss: On the making of Queer

by Hannah Strong

Luca Guadagnino, Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey on bringing the classic, controversial William Burroughs novel kicking and screaming to the big screen.
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Tyler Taormina: ‘The soundtrack is one of the germinating seeds of the work’

by David Jenkins

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is a Yuletide classic in the making, and its director has a sincere fondness for the holiday season.
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Franz Rogowski: ‘If you talk about birds, you always talk about ethereal energy’

by Savina Petkova

The German star unlocks the process of deep immersion that led him to discovering his character in Andrea Arnold's Bird.
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Barry Keoghan: ‘I have my own method; I’m still learning and discovering’

by David Jenkins

The role of charismatic chancer Bug in Andrea Arnold's Bird feels like a victory lap for Hollywood's most unlikely new darling.

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