In Conversation | Little White Lies

In Conversation

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Interviews

Dominga Sotomayor: ‘I wanted emotions, not big events’

by Matt Turner

The director of the excellent Too Late to Die Young talks about recreating a rural commune from her childhood.
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Robert Zemeckis: ‘We’re very close to having completely synthetic actors’

by Adam Woodward

The Hollywood filmmaker talks Welcome to Marwen, performance capture and predicting the rise of Trump.
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Mélanie Thierry: ‘The only thing I needed to find was her voice’

by David Jenkins

The French actor discusses the challenges of playing French literary icon Marguerite Duras.
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Josephine Decker: ‘I was afraid of showing mental illness on screen’

by Hannah Strong

The emotional collateral of acting is the subject of Madeline’s Madeline, a unique new film by this exciting writer/​director.
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Claire Denis: ‘Robert wrote to me saying that he never expected me to be such a punk’

by David Jenkins

A journey through the wondrous and terrifying cinematic cosmos of the High Life director.
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Robert Pattinson: ‘There’s Something very sensual about the way Claire shoots’

by Hannah Strong

The British actor talks us through his chameleonic career, and explains why he worships at the altar of Claire Denis.
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Romain Gavras: ‘I see this film as almost the anti-Scarface’

by David Jenkins

The French filmmaker and sometime MIA collaborator chats about his gangster epic The World Is Yours.
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Interviews

Eighth Grade’s Bo Burnham and Elsie Fisher on tackling teenage anxiety

by Hannah Strong

We slide into the DMs of the director and star of the year’s must-see middle school movie.
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Alice Rohrwacher: ‘We imagine that a good man does good, but it’s an illusion’

by Manuela Lazic

Happy as Lazzaro is an ethereal take on modern slavery and what it means to be happy. We meet its maker.
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Interviews

Larry Cohen: The Last Interview

by Jonathan Doyle

The late B‑movie maestro reflects on his rich and storied career behind the camera.