First Person

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First Person

Lizzie Borden reflects on her vital feminist sci-fi Born in Flames

by Katherine McLaughlin

The American director discusses the issues at the heart of her newly remastered 1983 film.
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First Person

How digital killed the video star

by Ian Gilchrist

Author and director Jon Spira discusses the lost joys of the local video rental store.
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First Person

How I wrote My Life as a Courgette, by Céline Sciamma

by David Jenkins

The screenwriter behind this Oscar-nominated animation talks through the intricacies of her working process.
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First Person

An SFX masterclass with Wonder Woman’s Paul McGuinness

by Caroline Stacey

The special effects whizz discusses crafting Wonder Woman’s shield and exploding Paddington’s oven.
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First Person

How to run a successful independent film company

by Anton Bitel

Jason Blum, producer of The Purge, Insidious and Get Out, offers valuable insight into low-budget movie making.
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First Person

Hope Dickson Leach on the positive impact having children has had on her career

by Elena Lazic

The Levelling director speaks openly about the challenges of making work as a young mother.
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Interviews

Kleber Mendonça Filho: ‘John Carpenter is always a reference point for me’

by David Jenkins

The brilliant Brazilian director of Aquarius talks about why he keeps coming back to Assault on Precinct 13.
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First Person

Anna Biller on The Love Witch and how she crafts spellbinding female fantasies

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The American filmmaker talks sex, love and everything in between.
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First Person

Kelly Reichardt on how she got to Kristen Stewart

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The writer/director reveals how she landed the Hollywood megastar for her new film Certain Women.
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First Person

Chad Stahelski’s five-point guide to shooting great action sequences

by Adam Woodward

The John Wick: Chapter 2 director and onetime stunt double reveals some of the secrets of his craft.

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