In Conversation | Little White Lies

In Conversation

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Interviews

Luca Guadagnino: ‘I hate drama’

by Hannah Strong

The Ital­ian direc­tor behind A Big­ger Splash, Call Me By Your Name and Sus­piria talks flies, flesh and Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met in his hor­ror-romance Bones and All.
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Interviews

James Gray: ‘I’m supposed to show you all my vulnerabilities, that’s the reason I do it’

by Hannah Strong

The direc­tor of Armaged­don Time reflects on how his child­hood inspired his deeply affect­ing dra­ma about soci­etal ten­sions in 1970s New York.
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Interviews

Charlotte Wells: ‘Adults are locked in the roles that they perform for kids’

by Rafa Sales Ross

The Scot­tish film­mak­er behind break­out indie After­sun explains the com­plex process of por­tray­ing mem­o­ry in cinema.
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Interviews

Meet Panos H Koutras: Greece’s own King of Trash

by Vince Medeiros

LWLies speak to the direc­tor of the out­ra­geous farce, Dodo, at the the 2022 Thes­sa­loni­ki Film Festival.
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Interviews

Sebastián Lelio: ‘We need better stories if we want to have better societies’

by Marina Ashioti

The Chilean direc­tor on the very con­tem­po­rary polit­i­cal and philo­soph­i­cal ques­tions at the core of lit­er­ary peri­od piece, The Wonder.
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Interviews

Chris Butler on ParaNorman: ‘We wanted it to feel like a rollercoaster’

by Callie Petch

The co-direc­tor of the weird and won­der­ful stop motion mod­ern clas­sic Para­Nor­man reflects on the film’s lega­cy a decade later.
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Interviews

Ruben Östlund: ‘I was interested in beauty as a currency’

by Ella Kemp

The two-time Palme d’Or-win­ning provo­ca­teur chats ide­al­ism, misog­y­ny and mod­el­ing as Tri­an­gle of Sad­ness hits cinemas.
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Interviews

‘Our pact with the devil was to try and pull it off’ – Ghostwatch at 30

by Simon Bland

Cre­ator Stephen Volk and direc­tor Les­ley Man­ning reflect on the chaos and unlike­ly impact of their meta-Hal­loween horror.
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Interviews

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell on The Banshees of Inisherin

by Hannah Strong

The stars of Mar­tin McDon­agh’s lat­est reflect on their reunion on the islands of Inish­more and Achill, the scars of the Irish Civ­il War, and the weight of artis­tic legacy.
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Interviews

Shadows and Fog: a conversation with Park Chan-wook

by Iana Murray

The incom­pa­ra­ble South Kore­an film­mak­er reflects on his dreamy neo-noir, Deci­sion to Leave.

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