All Interview articles – Page 24
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Features“Then I got the knee sweats”: Cate Blanchett recalls the moment after she said yes to ‘TÁR’
In TÁR, Cate Blanchett plays a brilliant classical conductor whose revered status is enabling her own bad behaviour.
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FeaturesIn conversation: ‘The Blue Caftan’, ‘Under The Fig Trees’ directors talk tradition vs modernity and Oscar campaigns
The directors of The Blue Caftan and Under The Fig Trees — Morocco and Tunisia’s entries to this year’s Oscars — discuss how the collision of tradition and modernity in their work reflects a region in transition.
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Features‘Moonage Daydream’ director: making David Bowie documentary was like “walking across hot coals”
“The whole structure around me was chaotic.”
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Features‘Triangle Of Sadness’ team break down infamous vomit scene: “It was like a ballet”
Ruben Ostlund and his team were aiming for ”the best puke scene in film history”.
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FeaturesSS Rajamouli on the runaway success of ‘RRR’: “It seems unstoppable”
Screen talks to big-scale, bold-canvas filmmaker SS Rajamouli.
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Features“Every society has imperfections, every society deals with it”: Red Sea programmers on curating in Saudi Arabia
Kaleem Aftab and Antoine Khalife talk Screen through the 2022 selection.
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FeaturesAna de Armas on playing Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’: “The heaviness and sadness of it did stay with me for a bit”
Ana de Armas threw herself into a role that required her to navigate dark and disturbing places.
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Features‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’: the story behind an unlikely $100m hit
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert talk to Screen.
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FeaturesAlejandro G Iñárritu on finding the “higher truth” in ‘Bardo’ and why biographies are “lies and hypocrisy”
Oscar winner Alejandro G Iñárritu returns to his native Mexico to explore his own fractured sense of identity.
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FeaturesVenice winner Laura Poitras: “I feel passionately that documentary should be treated as cinema”
’All The Beauty And The Bloodshed’ is a documentary enriched by close collaboration with its activist artist subject.
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FeaturesIn conversation: Park Chan-wook and Park Hae-il on finally collaborating for ‘Decision To Leave’
The Korean pair talk about the film’s emphasis on dignity, disorientation and the vital power of humour.
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FeaturesIn conversation: ‘Holy Spider’ duo on why Iran protests have made the film more resonant
Director Ali Abbasi and actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi talk about shining a light on their home country.
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FeaturesIn conversation: ‘Alcarràs’, ‘The Quiet Girl’ directors talk epic casting searches, family dynamics
Carla Simón and Colm Bairéad are the directors of Alcarràs and The Quiet Girl — Spain and Ireland’s entries to this year’s Oscars.
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Features“British filmmakers should resist becoming homogenised by the US streamers,” says Carol Morley
The UK director is at the Black Nights festival with new film ‘Typist Artist Pirate King’.
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FeaturesOrwa Nyrabia on how IDFA is trying to democratise the festival gatekeeping process
“I have to let go and share my power with others,” says Nyrabia.
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FeaturesMy Screen Life: Esther van Messel on arriving first, wise women and maintaining a champagne-stocked fridge
The CEO of Swiss doc outfit FIrst Hand Films spent time on a kibbutz before studying film with Ari Folman and Hagi Levi.
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NewsTrue Colours picks up Screen pitch winner ‘Norwegian Dream’ (exclusive)
The queer love story is a Norway-Poland co-production.
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FeaturesIndia’s Sudhanshu Saria talks Tallinn Black Nights competition drama ‘Sanaa’
Filmmaker talks tackling stories of female empowerment.
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FeaturesSpanish director Isabel Coixet: “Open yourselves to the world and be bold”
Isabel Coixet, this year’s Spain Stars of Tomorrow mentor, tells Elisabet Cabeza her advice for rising filmmakers.
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FeaturesHBO Max reaffirms commitment to European documentary making (exclusive)
Hanka Kastelicová, HBO Max’s VP of documentaries, talks busy European slate.