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Elisabeth Moss: ‘As women, we’re expected to not be that unpleasant’

by Hannah Strong

The star and producer of Shirley on the enticements of strong, complex female characters.
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Sope Dìrísù: ‘Fear is a very difficult sensation to replicate’

by David Jenkins

A decade of hard graft across stage, screen and TV has resulted in a bone-rattling lead turn in political horror, His House.
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Riz Ahmed and Bassam Tariq on the personal journey of Mogul Mowgli

by Leila Latif

The actor and director discuss the shared experiences that inspired their bittersweet love letter to their spiritual home.
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Garrett Bradley: ‘It’s important to resist the invisibility of the prison industrial complex’

by Aaron Hunt

The director discusses her stark interrogation of the destructive stasis of the carceral state, Time.
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Miranda July: ‘I’m interested in the little self-sabotaging things we do’

by Hannah Strong

Breaking into the local post office was deep research for the artworld multi-hypenate’s superb new film, Kajillionaire.
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Kirsten Johnson: ‘I was asking cinema to keep my dad alive’

by Adam Woodward

The documentary maker attempts to cheat death with her life-affirming latest, Dick Johnson Is Dead.
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Channing Godfrey Peoples: ‘I’ve always been fascinated with lineage’

by Rógan Graham

Don’t be fooled by the surface-level frivolity of Miss Juneteenth says its canny, thoughtful director.
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Amy Seimetz: ‘There is no waking up from death’

by Lillian Crawford

The director of She Dies Tomorrow opens up about how anxiety and existential dread feed her creative spirit.
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John David Washington: ‘I’m better acquainted with heights now’

by Kambole Campbell

The star of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet revels in the toil of making an experimental mega blockbuster.
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Shannon Murphy: ‘At film school they made me believe I couldn’t be an auteur’

by David Jenkins

The Australian director discusses her debut, Babyteeth, and why she’s perfectly happy making other people’s scripts.