In Conversation | Little White Lies

In Conversation

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Interviews

Whit Stillman: ‘There would be a lot more Jane Austen movies if there were dollar signs’

by David Jenkins

The dean of American comedy cinema talks tackling (and acing) a lost Jane Austen classic.
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Nicolas Winding Refn: ‘I wanted to make a film about the 16-year-old girl inside me’

by Adam Woodward

With The Neon Demon the Danish writer/​director has made his most provocative film yet. We travelled to Copenhagen to meet him.
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Deniz Gamze Ergüven: ‘Women are perceived through a filter of sexualisation’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The director of Mustang on why women must fight against conservative oppression.
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Richard Linklater: ‘Making movies is a lot like putting a sports team together’

by Adam Woodward

LWLies steps up to the plate with the writer/​director of the sensational Everybody Wants Some!!
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Tom Hiddleston: “I had to commit to Hank’s truth.”

by David Jenkins

The most-wanted Brit star slinks into the boots of country troubadour Hank Williams.
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Christian Bale: ‘Terrence Malick is a great destroyer of vanity’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Wales’ finest son sheds his batsuit to search for God and transcendence in Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups.
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László Nemes: ‘I wanted recreate the experience of Auschwitz’

The Hungarian director reveals how personal obsession fuelled his award-winning Holocaust drama, Son of Saul.
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Miguel Gomes: ‘This film is like a secret door that I entered’

by David Jenkins

The Portuguese writer/​director on his wondrous three-part epic Arabian Nights.
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Hirokazu Koreeda: ‘Families are priceless but troublesome’

by David Jenkins

One of Japan’s best living directors tells us about adapting manga and mimicking Ozu.
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Jeff Nichols: ‘I think I can call myself a capable director at this point’

by Adam Woodward

The American writer/​director of Midnight Special on honing his craft and retaining creative control.