Interviews

Priya Kansara: ‘I never thought that I’d be a comedic actor’

By Hannah Strong

Priya Kansara talks the epic prep required to play the lead role of a teen stuntwoman-in-the-making in Nida Manzoor's Polite Society.

Nida Manzoor: ‘As South Asian women, we don’t get to rage’

By Soma Ghosh

The writer-director behind the furious, hilarious Polite Society explains how her teenage years inspired her to create a coming-of-age action-comedy for the ages.

Takehide Hori: ‘Everything started from my misunderstanding’

By Kambole Campbell

The writer, director, set designer, puppet builder, animator, composer and actor behind the dystopian stop-motion epic Junk Head discusses how he created a film almost single-handedly.

Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch: ‘Siblings can be close, but this is a whole other level of codependency’

By Rafa Sales Ross

Actress and producer Rachel Weisz and writer Alice Birch lift the lid on their reimagining of David Cronenberg's chilling twin thriller.

How to Blow Up a Pipeline: ‘You just try to live in a way that minimises your reprehensibility’

By Charles Bramesco

The team behind the explosive eco-thriller How to Blow Up A Pipeline reflect on the nature of activism, living under capitalism and spurring audiences out of inertia.

Albert Serra: ‘What am I trying to say, I don’t know. I just create images’

By Caitlin Quinlan

The loquacious Spanish maestro picks apart the process of his breakthrough feature of political malaise in the South Seas, Pacifiction.

Léa Mysius: ‘I wanted to film reality – from this came the fantastical’

By Emily Maskell

The director of olfactory wonder, The Five Devils, reflects on making a film about potions, memory and the sense of smell.

Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace: ‘We picked up enough detective skills that we could work for Bellingcat’

By Callie Petch

The music documentarians discuss piecing together a history of the LES scene which birthed LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Elegance Bratton: ‘Growing up, I never saw any Black queer heroes in movies’

By Josh Slater-Williams

The director of The Inspection reflects on the experience of translating his time as a closeted marine into an affecting drama.

Alice Diop: ‘A fictional space could reveal my point of view’

By Leila Latif

The filmmaker behind the remarkable Saint Omer explains how her own experience informed the creation of her intimate legal drama.

Laura Poitras: ‘I hope the audience comes out with a different perspective on the world’

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The documentary filmmaker reflects on her relationship with Nan Goldin and the ways in which art can serve as a vessel for activism.

Tony Kushner: ‘Close Encounters had a huge influence on me’

By Trevor Johnston

The sage of modern American theatre on his transition to becoming Steven Spielberg’s trusty screenwriting wingman.

Jaime Leigh McIntosh: ‘We weren’t stuck in this idea of what the 1920s should look like’

By Melita Cameron-Wood

The head of the hair department on Damien Chazelle's Babylon explains how the team defied convention in order to create a fresh vision of the roaring twenties.

Hildur Guðnadóttir: ‘Music is a way to express yourself beyond words’

By Meg Walters

The Academy Award-winning composer behind Tár and Women Talking explains how she created two of this year's most interesting scores.

Roger Deakins: ‘With film, I used to be the first person to see a performance’

By Iana Murray

The veteran cinematographer on his explosive formative cinema experiences and shooting Sam Mendes’s moving drama, Empire of Light.

Chinonye Chukwu: ‘I felt that the camera cannot be a voyeuristic lens’

By Rogan Graham

The director of Till speaks about the challenges of portraying a traumatic piece of American Black history on screen.

Vicky Krieps: ‘I would close my eyes and hold Sissi on my right hand and Romy Schneider on my left’

By Marina Ashioti

The star of Marie Kreutzer's Corsage reveals the demanding details of portraying an empress.

How Christmas Saved The Muppets – The Muppet Christmas Carol at 30

By Simon Bland

It's hard to image the holiday season without this zany reimagining of Dickens' classic tale – but as puppeteer Steve Whitmire explains, The Muppet Christmas Carol was make or break for the beloved company.

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