All articles by Mark Salisbury
-
Features“We should give actors wings so they can fly even higher”: Alexandre Desplat on his scores for ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ and ‘The Social Reckoning’
The prolific French composer has two Oscars, three Baftas and more than 200 screen credits to his name.
-
Features“I made a deal with a butcher”: Hildur Gudnadottir on creating a bone orchestra for the ‘28 Years Later’ sequel
The Icelandic composer is guest of honour at this year’s World Soundtrack Awards.
-
Features“It’s addictive working with Paul Thomas Anderson”: Jonny Greenwood on their long collaboration and scoring ‘One Battle After Another’
The Radiohead founding member has collaborated with Anderson on six films so far, and says he has started working on the seventh.
-
FeaturesFrom a minimalist flutes-only approach to ‘The Drama’ to a full-on rock score for ‘Masters Of The Universe’, Daniel Pemberton never wants to repeat himself
The UK composer’s scores this year also include Project Hail Mary and animated sequel The Bad Guys 2.
-
Features‘Task’ creator Brad Ingelsby on why he’s drawn to flawed, working-class figures
The Pennsylvania native talks to Screen about taking inspiration from real life and the need for emotion in his work.
-
Features‘The Pitt’ creator on immersing the audience: “We decided never to go home with our doctors”
The Pitt doesn’t pull any punches in its politics or depiction of medical procedures. “Some of it is quite gnarly,” showrunner and creator R Scott Gemmill tells Mark Salisbury. “That was our goal”
-
FeaturesKarolina Wydra on her ‘Pluribus’ character Zosia and returning to acting after five years out: “I was scared”
Karolina Wydra had not acted for five years when she was cast as the emotionless personification of an alien hive mind in Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi series Pluribus
-
FeaturesMy Screen Life: ‘The Boys’ showrunner Eric Kripke talks octopus sex toys, email anxiety and embracing failure
”I can’t have emails in my inbox.”
-
Features‘The Diplomat’ creator Debora Cahn and star Rufus Sewell on real-life inspirations and making Brits look bad
The Diplomat reveals the human side to international politics
-
FeaturesIn conversation: First-ever nominees for new Oscars casting category discuss a changing industry and AI actors
Gabriel Domingues, Nina Gold, Cassandra Kulukundis, Francine Maisler and Jennifer Venditti talk to Screen.
-
FeaturesHow Depression-era photography inspired the Oscar-nominated visuals for 'Train Dreams’
Born in Brazil, resident in Portugal and working across continents, director of photography Adolpho Veloso connected with the itinerant themes of Train Dreams.
-
FeaturesWhy John Carney struggled to finance ‘Power Ballad’ until Paul Rudd joined
The comedy drama made its world premiere at the Dublin film festival this weekend.
-
FeaturesKleber Mendonca Filho breaks down four key scenes from ‘The Secret Agent’: “The film has multiple layers of storytelling”
Kleber Mendonca Filho has poured his experiences growing up in Recife, northern Brazil into political thriller The Secret Agent. He talks to Screen about four key sequences in the film.
-
FeaturesPaul Thomas Anderson, DoP Michael Bauman break down four key scenes from ‘One Battle After Another’: “I knew people would have a good reaction”
One Battle After Another combined meticulous planning with a flexible, open filmmaking approach.
-
Features‘Sunny Dancer’ director George Jaques on avoiding cancer cliches: “I wanted to make a film about joy”
I said, ‘I’m not going to do any long, drawn-out hospital scenes. I’m not going to have any bald kids. I’m going to make this feral’”
-
FeaturesFrom Terrence Malick to celebrating “a little life”: the inspirations behind Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar’s ‘Train Dreams’
The filmmakers’ adaptation of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella explores the life of a labourer and logger in the Pacific Northwest over several decades
-
FeaturesJosh Safdie on working with a bigger budget on ‘Marty Supreme’ and why Timothée Chalamet was perfect for “outcast” lead role
“It was a big movie. It’s period. It’s international. The costumes, you can’t just go to thrift stores and buy them. I wanted lots of extras. I needed to recreate reality.”
-
Features‘One Battle After Another’ duo Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio on improvising and film industry optimism
The director and star of One Battle After Another first mooted working together with Boogie Nights, then waited nearly three decades to actually do so
-
FeaturesEthan Hawke on playing Lorenz Hart in ‘Blue Moon’ and how Philip Seymour Hoffman changed the trajectory of his career
Hawke plays legendary Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart at a moment of crisis in Richard Linklater’s film
-
FeaturesKathryn Bigelow on the inspiration behind nuclear-strike thriller ‘A House Of Dynamite’: “I was interested in discussing the unthinkable”
Kathryn Bigelow delivers high stakes and high tension with nuclear‑missile thriller ’A House Of Dynamite’.