In Conversation | Little White Lies

In Conversation

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Interviews

Kim Longinotto: ‘I feel I’ve been cheated all my life by Hollywood’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of Britain’s best documentary filmmakers trades on-camera interviews for archive footage in Shooting the Mafia.
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Mati Diop: ‘It’s a unique experience to have characters come out of you’

by David Jenkins

With her eerie debut feature Atlantics, the actor-turned-director has delivered one of the year’s finest films.
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Interviews

Jennifer Kent: ‘This is the story that has played out around the world’

by Hannah Strong

The Australian writer/​director on why her brutal new film The Nightingale is about love, not hate.
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Ray Liotta: ‘Every character I’ve played is so far from who I am’

by Nick Hasted

The US actor surveys his career, from Something Wild and Goodfellas to Marriage Story and Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark.
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Interviews

De Niro and Pacino on The Irishman and the gangsterization of US politics

by Christina Newland

Face to face with two of the greatest actors of their generation, together in Martin Scorsese’s magisterial mob drama.
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Interviews

Werner Herzog: ‘The demonisation of Russia is a mistake’

by Greg Wetherall

The German filmmaker discusses the subversive message at the heart of his political documentary Meeting Gorbachev.
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Interviews

Olivier Assayas: ‘People are no longer on the side of art’

by David Jenkins

The French maestro on his acerbic new film Non-Fiction and why he’s a software rather than a hardware guy.
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Interviews

Sienna Miller: ‘You don’t do an independent film unless you love it’

by Elena Lazic

As her new film American Woman attests, the one-time ​“It girl” has grown into a reliable character actor.
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Interviews

Renée Zellweger: ‘There was a moment where I didn’t recognise myself’

by Guy Lodge

The American star discusses slipping into the skin of Hollywood’s tragic sweetheart, Judy Garland.
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Interviews

Shola Amoo: ‘The media’s depiction of blackness needs constant analysis’

by Adam Woodward

The British-Nigerian filmmaker on his intimate portrait of black masculinity, The Last Tree.