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Interviews

Jane Schoenbrun: ‘I think of film as a medium that is going to disappear eventually’

by Esmé Holden

The film­mak­er reflects on her sopho­more fea­ture film, I Saw the TV Glow, in which two teenage out­siders find com­fort in a mys­te­ri­ous tele­vi­sion series.
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Alice Rohrwacher: ‘The past must be a living thing’

by Hannah Strong

The Ital­ian film­mak­er on the mag­i­cal mys­tery tour into the past that makes up her gor­geous lat­est, La Chimera.
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Rose Glass: ‘Like every director, there’s a god complex somewhere’

by Hannah Strong

The direc­tor of the storm­ing after hours clas­sic-in-the-mak­ing, Love Lies Bleed­ing, on the strange worlds of crime and bodybuilding.
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Three’s Company: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist on Challengers

by David Jenkins

The trio at the heart of Luca Guadagni­no’s racy ten­nis dra­ma tell all about sum­mer camp, short shorts, and their for­ma­tive Guadagni­no experiences.
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Luca Guadagnino: ‘I don’t watch tennis matches. It’s quite boring to me’

by David Jenkins

We catch up with the Ital­ian provo­ca­teur behind Chal­lengers: the sports dra­ma star­ring Zen­daya, Josh O’Con­nor and Mike Faist, that’s get­ting puls­es rais­ing around the world this spring.
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Victor Erice: ‘Cinema is a form of destiny’

by David Jenkins

On the occa­sion of his high­ly antic­i­pat­ed and long-await­ed fourth fea­ture film, we receive an audi­ence with the mas­ter of Span­ish cin­e­ma, who reflects on the long jour­ney that Close Your Eyes had.
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Under the Cover: Petra Eriksson

by Little White Lies

We go behind the scenes on the cov­er of LWLies 102: The Chal­lengers Issue with illus­tra­tor, Swedish artist and graph­ic design­er Petra Eriksson.
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Griffin Dunne: ‘Scorsese’s energy and enthusiasm was infectious’

by Leigh Singer

The star of Mar­tin Scors­ese’s down and dirty 1985 runaround reflects on the strange jour­ney of get­ting After Hours made and how Spiel­berg and De Pal­ma influ­enced the film’s ending.
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Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke: ‘Let’s just embrace love and sex’

by Hannah Strong

The mar­ried duo behind Dri­ve-Away Dolls bick­er about Russ Mey­er and reveal their plans for queer com­e­dy genre movie domination.
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Hirokazu Koreeda: ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto and I were a good match’

by Lillian Crawford

The Japan­ese film­mak­er reflects on the mov­ing expe­ri­ence of work­ing with com­pos­er Ryuichi Sakamo­to on his final score, for his new dra­ma Monster.