In Conversation

Agnès Varda: ‘I’ve always enjoyed sharing people with audiences’

By David Jenkins

The loquacious goddess of French cinema reflects on her extraordinary career ahead of the release of her new film, Faces Places.

Bart Layton: ‘By the time I made contact with the real guys, they were in prison’

By Daniel Schindel

The American Animals director discusses his unconventional approach to putting true stories on screen.

Barry Keoghan: ‘Acting is therapeutic, but it also messes with your head’

By Hannah Strong

The Irish rising star talks American Animals, shoplifting and how playing a certain type of character can lead to having weird dreams on set.

John Gallagher Jr: ‘There’s an obligation to tell these stories’

By Hannah Strong

The US film and television actor discusses playing a conversion therapy pastor in Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

Brett Haley: ‘I do like The Backstreet Boys, I wanna put that on record’

By Hannah Strong

The director of Sundance hit Hearts Beat Loud talks about his favourite bands, Stephen Sondheim, and provides an impassioned defence of compilation soundtracks.

Debra Granik: ‘This film is about the difference between want and need’

By David Jenkins

The director of Leave No Trace talks about the possibility of a total disconnect from the system.

Hal Hartley: ‘I try to juxtapose the male gaze with female independence’

By Matt Thrift

The prolific independent filmmaker reflects on his career ahead of Henry Fool’s 20th anniversary.

Toni Collette: ‘This film tackles the idea that it’s taboo to talk about grief’

By Hannah Strong

The star of Ari Aster’s Hereditary talks grief, audiobooks and why we should all go to the cinema more often.

Lucrecia Martel: ‘History is more arbitrary than science fiction’

By Matt Thrift

It took the best part of a decade to bring Zama to the big screen. Its writer/director tells us about her epic journey.

Andrew Niccol: ‘There was no war for our privacy, we gave ourselves away’

By Lou Thomas

The writer/director of Gattaca and Anon offers his thoughts on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Willy Vlautin on the art of working class storytelling

By Ian Gilchrist

The American novelist and former Richmond Fontaine frontman discusses the latest adaptation of his work, Lean on Pete.

How we launched Studio Ponoc by Yoshiaki Nishimura and Hiromasa Yonebayashi

By Michael Leader

The creative minds behind Japan’s newest animation house share their vision for the future.

Jessie Buckley: ‘The intimacy that you create on set is crucial’

By Hannah Strong

A star-making turn in Beast is set to launch Irish actor Jessie Buckley into the stratosphere.

Claire Denis on how Etta James inspired Let the Sunshine In

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

One of greatest directors working today picks apart the romantic gamesmanship of her wonderful latest.

Valeska Grisebach: ‘The western has always been a very exciting genre’

By David Jenkins

Western is a sensual, rustic drama which pays subtle homage to the classic horse opera, explains its German maker.

Robin Campillo: ‘I love to film things that seem impure in cinema’

By Manuela Lazic

The Moroccan-born French director recalls the excitement of being a member of Act Up.

Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke on playing nasty in Thoroughbreds

By David Jenkins

The stars of Cory Finley’s venomous chamber comedy discuss getting into their complex characters.

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