In Conversation

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Interviews

Takehide Hori: ‘Everything started from my misunderstanding’

by Kambole Campbell

The writer, director, set designer, puppet builder, animator, composer and actor behind the dystopian stop-motion epic Junk Head discusses how he created a film almost single-handedly.
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Interviews

Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch: ‘Siblings can be close, but this is a whole other level of codependency’

by Rafa Sales Ross

Actress and producer Rachel Weisz and writer Alice Birch lift the lid on their reimagining of David Cronenberg's chilling twin thriller.
Interviews

How to Blow Up a Pipeline: ‘You just try to live in a way that minimises your reprehensibility’

by Charles Bramesco

The team behind the explosive eco-thriller How to Blow Up A Pipeline reflect on the nature of activism, living under capitalism and spurring audiences out of inertia.
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Interviews

Albert Serra: ‘What am I trying to say, I don’t know. I just create images’

by Caitlin Quinlan

The loquacious Spanish maestro picks apart the process of his breakthrough feature of political malaise in the South Seas, Pacifiction.
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Hard Craft

How do you create a real fake language?

by Melita Cameron-Wood

David J. Peterson, who has worked on Game of Thrones and Dune, reveals the secrets behind creating the languages which bring fantasy worlds to life.
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Interviews

Léa Mysius: ‘I wanted to film reality – from this came the fantastical’

by Emily Maskell

The director of olfactory wonder, The Five Devils, reflects on making a film about potions, memory and the sense of smell.
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Interviews

Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace: ‘We picked up enough detective skills that we could work for Bellingcat’

by Callie Petch

The music documentarians discuss piecing together a history of the LES scene which birthed LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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Interviews

Elegance Bratton: ‘Growing up, I never saw any Black queer heroes in movies’

by Josh Slater-Williams

The director of The Inspection reflects on the experience of translating his time as a closeted marine into an affecting drama.
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Interviews

Alice Diop: ‘A fictional space could reveal my point of view’

by Leila Latif

The filmmaker behind the remarkable Saint Omer explains how her own experience informed the creation of her intimate legal drama.
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Interviews

Laura Poitras: ‘I hope the audience comes out with a different perspective on the world’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The documentary filmmaker reflects on her relationship with Nan Goldin and the ways in which art can serve as a vessel for activism.

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