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Interviews

“People have said they feel less alone after seeing this film” – Bill Hader on The Skeleton Twins at 10

by Simon Bland

From Sat­ur­day Night Live’s MVP to indie-movie dar­ling, Bill Had­er explains how this small emo­tion­al indie paved the way towards his crit­i­cal hit Barry.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space: A Conversation with Adam Sandler, Paul Dano and Johan Renck

by Hannah Strong

In Johan Renck­’s cos­mic epic, Adam San­dler and Paul Dano are a lone­ly astro­naut and an ancient spi­der who form an unlike­ly friend­ship. That’s the tip of the iceberg.
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Andrew Haigh: ‘I’m a pretty melancholic person’

by Hannah Strong

The British direc­tor on the pow­er of cry­ing and how he craft­ed his heart­break­ing new film, All of Us Strangers.
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Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares: ‘Gentrification is hard to dramatise’

by Rógan Graham

Old pals and cre­ative col­lab­o­ra­tors Daniel Kalu­uya and Kib­we Tavares team up to present their vision of a near future where Lon­don’s last social hous­ing estate stands up against the oppres­sive régime.
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Yorgos Lanthimos: ‘Why is sex such a taboo? I really don’t understand’

by Hannah Strong

Yor­gos Lan­thi­mos on the intri­cate cine-suture work that it took to make his mag­nif­i­cent new film, Poor Things.
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Cailee Spaeny: ‘People feel really inspired by Sofia Coppola and nourished creatively’

by Hannah Strong

The star of Sofia Cop­po­la’s Priscil­la, who won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Fes­ti­val for her per­for­mance, reflects on the expe­ri­ence of work­ing with Cop­po­la as well as her co-star Jacob Elordi.
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Ariane Labed: ‘It’s a fight if you want to shoot on film’

by Vince Medeiros

On the ground at the Thes­sa­loni­ki Film Fes­ti­val, we caught up with one of our favourite actors to dis­cuss her new role in goth­ic delight, The Vourdalak.
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Tarsem Singh: ‘I went bankrupt making The Fall, and I’d go bankrupt another ten times to do it’

by Christina Newland

The vision­ary Indi­an direc­tor behind mod­ern cult favourite The Fall reflects on the film find­ing its audi­ence after 17 years, and the pro­duc­tion of Dear Jas­si – his first fea­ture film in almost a decade.
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Carol Morley: “I could tell straight away that Audrey Amiss was a completely fascinating person”

by David Jenkins

The intre­pid British direc­tor on being one of the first peo­ple to lay their eyes on the archives of the late artist Audrey Amiss – sub­ject of Typ­ist, Artist, Pirate, King.
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Martin Scorsese: ‘What is it about us as human beings that allows for us to be so compartmentalised?’

by Christina Newland

Speak­ing at the glob­al press con­fer­ence for Killers of the Flower Moon, Mar­tin Scors­ese pro­vides insights into his research process and use of music, as well as dis­cov­er­ing Lily Glad­stone via Kel­ly Reichardt’s Cer­tain Women.