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Interviews

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Interviews

Julia Ducournau: ‘The way losing your virginity is portrayed in most movies is very outdated’

by David Jenkins

The direc­tor of Raw dis­cuss­es why her film is a bold expres­sion of female sexuality.
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Ben Wheatley: ‘I didn’t get anywhere with film until I stopped caring’

by Adam Woodward

The Free Fire writer/​director opens up about his colour­ful past, and why he’s des­per­ate to make a rom-com.
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Kleber Mendonça Filho: ‘John Carpenter is always a reference point for me’

by David Jenkins

The bril­liant Brazil­ian direc­tor of Aquar­ius talks about why he keeps com­ing back to Assault on Precinct 13.
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Paul Verhoeven: ‘Hollywood thinks audiences are stupid’

by Matt Thrift

The out­spo­ken Dutch film­mak­er dis­cuss­es his tri­umphant return to cin­e­ma, Elle.
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Kelly Reichardt: ‘Filmmaking is not as carefree a thing as it once was’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Amer­i­can direc­tor talks Cer­tain Women, work­ing with Michelle Williams and why she’s ready to take a break from filmmaking.
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John Waters: ‘I’m like a weird gay version of my father’

by David Jenkins

The Pope of Trash reflects on his con­tro­ver­sial career ahead of the re-release of his black com­e­dy Mul­ti­ple Maniacs.
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Barry Jenkins: ‘Where I come from, people just don’t have the means to make a film’

by Adam Woodward

The Moon­light direc­tor dis­cuss­es the val­ue of film school and find­ing a per­son­al voice.
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Mike Mills: ‘Filmmaking isn’t therapy for me, I don’t cry on set’

by David Jenkins

The direc­tor of 20th Cen­tu­ry Women dis­cuss­es his per­son­alised cine-poem writ­ten to his late mother.
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Maren Ade: ‘Making films helps me to discover things about myself’

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The Ger­man writer/​director reveals how she qui­et­ly went about mak­ing one of the great films of the 21st century.
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Kenneth Lonergan: ‘A good idea is like having a daydream that you write down’

by David Jenkins

The Man­ches­ter by the Sea writer/​director reveals how he cre­ates, builds and devel­ops his characters.

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