Interviews

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Paul Greengrass: ‘I wanted to make The Searchers in reverse’

By Charles Bramesco

The writer/director on channelling John Ford for his first foray into the American frontier, News of the World.

Toxic Avenger: Emerald Fennell on Promising Young Woman

By Hannah Strong

The writer/director shares her love of Paris Hilton and her frustrations with the way we talk about women in film.

Franco Nero Strikes Again

By Christina Newland

The screen icon talks Tarantino, the delayed Django Lives!, and the time he got naked for John Huston.

It’s All True: A Conversation with David Fincher

By David Jenkins

The master filmmaker behind Mank on Orson Welles, Pauline Kael and realising a passion project after a 30-year wait.

Brandon Cronenberg: ‘We built a wax Andrea Riseborough’

By Leila Latif

The genre prodigy talks perfect casting and practical effects in his latest shocker, Possessor.

Alexandre O Philippe on telling the inside story of The Exorcist

By Anton Bitel

The documentary maker discusses Leap of Faith, his spiritual excavation of William Friedkin’s 1973 masterpiece.

Steve McQueen: ‘Until things change, these stories will always be timely’

By Aaron Hunt

The director reflects on the making of his triumphant ode to Black culture and resilience, Small Axe.

Michael Stuhlbarg: ‘Accidents are what keep art alive’

By Adam Woodward

The renowned character actor reveals how Josephine Decker nudged him out of his comfort zone.

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.

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.

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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