Interviews

Ollie Laker: ‘More people have been up Mount Everest than to the rainforest canopy’

By Melita Cameron-Wood

For rope access and rigging expert Ollie Laker, filming high above the trees is just another day at the office.

Anthony Marra: ‘For every Billy Wilder there is someone like Bertolt Brecht’

By Ben Nicholson

In his first novel since being named one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists in 2017, Anthony Marra turns his attention to old Hollywood.

Don Hertzfeldt on It’s Such a Beautiful Day at 10

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A dialogue with the humble, perspicacious and very funny director of one of the film masterpieces of the 21st century.

Lena Dunham: ‘It was like we were all getting PhDs in Medieval history’

By Emma Fraser

The filmmaker, writer and actor talks about the long journey to adapt the medieval coming-of-age dramedy Catherine, Called Birdy.

The art of adapting short films into feature-length movies

By Marina Ashioti

Eddie Sternberg discusses the risks and challenges of expanding his 2015 short into a feature-length film.

The Gospel According to Saint John

By Juan Barquin

The Pope of Trash on 50 years of Pink Flamingos and waking up each morning and trying to be nuts in new and exciting ways.

Panah Pahani: ‘As Iranians, we have to craft our own spaces of peace’

By Anahit Behrooz

The writer/director of Hit the Road reflects on finding comfort in car journeys and learning to see beyond genre.

Wim Wenders: ‘With restoration, there’s a danger you can falsify the film’

By David Jenkins

The German multi-hyphenate on how he’s future-proofing classics like Wings of Desire and Paris, Texas.

Ninja Thyberg: ‘Porn can be a mirror of our society’

By Hannah Strong

The Swedish filmmaker reflects on how her time as a teenage anti-porn activist eventually led her to create the pro-sex work drama Pleasure.

Michelangelo Frammartino – ‘The purpose of art is to explore the ineffable’

By Ben Nicholson

The Italian filmmaker on his slow-cooked wonder, Il Buco, and the artistic joys of discovering something new.

Lucile Hadžihalilovic: ‘When I make a film, something unconscious comes out’

By Katherine Connell

The French writer/director of Innocence and Earwig explains why she tells stories from a dream logic perspective.

Mia Hansen-Løve: ‘I admire Bergman’s aptitude for being alone’

By David Jenkins

The Bergman Island writer/director on the Swedish maestro, the inner lives of artists and the process of bringing dreams to life.

H Jon Benjamin: ‘When I’m Bob, I’m a hamburger cook and not a singer’

By Charles Bramesco

The man behind Bob’s Burgers talks about the show’s transition to the big screen for a murder mystery musical.

Gaspar Noé: ‘Vortex isn’t about the death of cinema, but its evolution’

By David Jenkins

The Argentinian enfant terrible on death, sex, his mature new film Vortex and why making TV shows isn’t worth his freedom.

Warren Ellis and Andrew Dominik on This Much I Know to be True

By Greg Wetherall

The creative process under Covid takes centre stage in the director’s third collaboration with Nick Cave, co-starring his friend and frequent collaborator.

Jane Schoenbrun: ‘I wanted the film to feel like we’re lost in the haze of the internet’

By Natalie Marlin

The We’re All Going to the World’s Fair director reflects on the importance of allowing trans filmmakers to tell their own stories.

Laura Wandel: ‘It was important that the children made this film their own’

By Lillian Crawford

The Belgian director of harrowing Cannes stand-out Playground on the intricacies of making a film from the perspective of kids.

“No, not the dog!” – John McNaughton on Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

By Little White Lies

Three decades after it first shocked audiences, John McNaughton's twisted thriller receives a 4K re-release courtesy of Arrow Films.

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