All articles by Dan Jolin
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Features‘Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget’ team on not rushing to make a sequel, refreshing the cast
Director Sam Fell had a lot to live up to when taking on the sequel to Aardman Animations’ beloved Chicken Run. Fell and the key creatives talk about crafting a rescue-mission movie with flavours of James Bond.
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Features‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ team on going bigger and bolder for the sequel
Directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K Thompson, and producers Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal talk to Screen.
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Features‘The Holdovers’ director Alexander Payne on a joyous reunion with Paul Giamatti and planning a western next
Writer/director Alexander Payne talks about delving into the 1970s with The Holdovers
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Features“I always feel like a student”: ‘Ferrari’ star Penelope Cruz on sustaining her three-decade career
In Michael Mann’s Ferrari, Penelope Cruz plays a businesswoman, wife and grieving mother who must stand up for her rights.
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FeaturesCillian Murphy explains how he transformed from “cowardly Irishman” to atomic bomb father in ‘Oppenheimer’
Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy speaks to Screen about the alchemy of his collaborative relationship with Christopher Nolan, and the science of embodying nuclear bomb creator J Robert Oppenheimer
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FeaturesJA Bayona on making ‘Society Of The Snow’ as realistic as possible: “It was like shooting a documentary”
With Society Of The Snow, JA Bayona wanted to dig beneath the shocking legend of the 1972 rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes.
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FeaturesFilm Fest Gent pairs 25 composers with 25 filmmakers for ambitious 50th anniversary project
For its 50th anniversary, Film Fest Gent brought together 25 leading composers and 25 filmmakers for its ambitious 2x25 project. Screen talks to contributors Rachel Portman, Daniel Pemberton and Terence Davies, while the festival heads consider the event’s unique place in the film calendar
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: Moritz Mohr and Zainab Azizi on the long road to Midnight Madness entry ‘Boy Kills World’
Boy Kills World stars Bill Skarsgard as deaf-mute martial artist killing machine on revenge mission.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Bilal Hasna (actor)
Hasna’s credits include Dinsey+ series ‘Extraordinary’ and ‘Layla’
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Safia Oakley-Green (actor)
Green stars in Andrew Cumming’s ‘The Origin’
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Adeyemi Michael (writer-director)
Michael’s credits include Toronto short ’The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be’
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: Why Paddy Considine joined ‘House Of The Dragon’ - “I felt I had a point to prove”
The actor plays Viserys Targaryen in HBO’s epic ‘Game Of Thrones’ prequel.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: Designing the cinematic look of ‘The Last Of Us’
Moscow-born cinematographer Ksenia Sereda on the incredible challenge of working on HBO’s hit video-game adaptation The Last Of Us.
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FeaturesThe 2023 visual effects Oscar contenders in profile: from ‘re-skinning’ in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to making ‘Batman’ VFX as “invisible as possible”
This year’s Oscar-nominated VFX teams tell Screen all about the creative principles underpinning their work, and how they set about delivering their vision.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Todd Field and Cate Blanchett on why ‘TÀR’ will “stand the test of time”
The Oscar‑nominated TÁR pair peel back the covers on their personal and professional friendship.
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FeaturesRoger Deakins breaks down four key scenes from ‘Empire Of Light’
’Empire Of Light’ is Roger Deakins’ fifth collaboration with Sam Mendes.
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Features‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ cinematographer talks challenges of filming 3D underwater, relationship with James Cameron
Russell Carpenter won an Oscar shooting Titanic for James Cameron. But the cinematographer faced his biggest challenge yet reteaming for epic spectacle Avatar: The Way Of Water.
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FeaturesHenry Selick on making a comeback with ‘Wendell & Wild’, his first film since ‘Coraline’
Henry Selick made his name with animations exploring the dark and macabre — but has kept a low profile since Coraline. Returning with demonic tale Wendell & Wild, the filmmaker tells Dan Jolin about a rich collaboration
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FeaturesMaking ’Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio’: filmmakers on pitching to Netflix and pushing for stop-motion
For his first animated feature, Guillermo del Toro turned to a story that had inspired him since childhood.
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FeaturesRian Johnson talks ‘Knives Out’ Netflix deal, playing Mafia with ‘Glass Onion’ cast
With Knives Out and sequel Glass Onion, Rian Johnson breathes new life into a film genre that had been neglected by Hollywood for decades.