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Interviews

Ben Wheatley: ‘I’ve always been wary of the woods – they can kill you’

by Hannah Strong

The mod­ern mas­ter of folk hor­ror reveals the inspi­ra­tion behind his for­est freak­out In the Earth.
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Joanna Scanlan: ‘I’ve usually done comedy but I’ve never felt that’s me’

by David Jenkins

The great com­e­dy actor explains how she played it straight for Aleem Khan’s mov­ing debut fea­ture After Love.
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Paul Raci: Master of Reality

by Adam Woodward

The vet­er­an char­ac­ter actor chats Sound of Met­al, D/​deaf rep­re­sen­ta­tion and per­form­ing ASL as Ozzy Osbourne.
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Terence Blanchard on composing the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s career

by Kambole Campbell

The leg­endary jazz musi­cian and two-time Oscar nom­i­nee shares his cre­ative process.
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Carey Mulligan: ‘Women have been having these conversations for millennia’

by Hannah Strong

Carey Mul­li­gan is into tak­ing risks, and her role as Cassie Thomas might just be her biggest one yet.
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Lee Isaac Chung, Steven Yeun and Alan S Kim on making Minari

by Hannah Strong

The writer/​director and on-screen father-son tell the sto­ry of how they cap­tured cin­e­mat­ic light­ning in a bottle.
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Darius Marder: ‘I wanted to show and capture deaf culture’

by Hannah Strong

The writer/​director of Sound of Met­al dis­cuss­es repli­cat­ing the expe­ri­ence of deaf­ness on screen.
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LaKeith Stanfield: ‘There’s a big fear about people of colour being in power’

by Leila Latif

The actor dis­cuss­es the ambi­gu­i­ty of his role in Judas and the Black Mes­si­ah while espous­ing peace, love and connectivity.
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Cathy Yan: ‘I love pushing the boundaries of genre’

by Grace Z Li

The Birds of Prey direc­tor reflects on her 2018 debut fea­ture Dead Pigs, and teas­es her next project.
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Katherine Waterston: ‘I would love to make this film five times’

by Adam Woodward

The star of The World to Come gives a career-best per­for­mance in this hard­scrab­ble tale of female longing.