Interviews

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Interviews

Denis Villeneuve: ‘I’m obsessed by the idea that humans can evolve’

by Anton Bitel

Quebec’s modernist sci-fi maestro talks big screens and small gestures, and how he brought the arid world of Arrakis to life.
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Interviews

Lashana Lynch: ‘A lot of nations need to own up to their history’

by Leila Latif

The British star of ear for eye on why the conversation around race needs to extend beyond the Black community.
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Interviews

Jeymes Samuel: ‘Movie westerns have lied to us our whole lives’

by Rógan Graham

The singer-songwriter known as The Bullitts slinks into the role of filmmaker with his super fun revisionist western, The Harder They Fall.
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Interviews

J Mascis: ‘In the early days, venues banned us for being too loud’

by Greg Wetherall

With the release of Freakscene – The Story of Dinosaur Jr, the frontman reflects on the band’s rollercoaster journey.
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Interviews

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine on their movie inspirations

by Al Horner

The pair’s new concept album ‘A Beginner’s Mind’ takes its cues from an eclectic list of films, from Mad Max to The Silence of the Lambs.
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Interviews

Sam Spruell: ‘We had to leave set when the polar bears arrived’

by Adam Woodward

The British character actor talks toxic masculinity and filming in sub-zero temperatures for Andrew Haigh’s The North Water.
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Interviews

Tallulah Greive: ‘Working-class women aren’t homogeneous’

by Josh Slater-Williams

The star of the riotous Our Ladies talks classism, taking teens seriously and why Derry Girls comparisons are off base.
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Interviews

Nia DaCosta: ‘Candyman turns the white-saviour narrative on its head’

by Leila Latif

The industrious director reveals how she put a personal stamp on her Jordan Peele-produced refit of a horror classic.
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Interviews

Sian Heder: ‘A disability is only a disability if society makes it so’

by Charlie Little

The director of CODA discusses working with the Deaf community for her tender coming-of-age drama.
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Interviews

Elia Suleiman: ‘I was a street kid who became a bum – but a thinking bum’

by Trevor Johnston

The Palestinian filmmaker discusses his new film It Must Be Heaven and finding humour in human displacement.

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