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Mark Salisbury
FeaturesTIFF at 50: Jason Reitman on Toronto family ties, bidding wars, and celebratory cigars
Well-known faces share favourite memories as Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, September 4-14) celebrates five decades.
FeaturesStephen Graham on working with director Jan Komasa and co-star Andrea Riseborough on TIFF title 'Good Boy'
UK actor Stephen Graham has followed up his hit Netflix series Adolescence with Jan Komasa’s Good Boy, another tale of dysfunctional families and troubled young men.
Features“Quincy Jones made me feel I could become a film composer”: Kris Bowers on navigating his career and his score for ‘The Wild Robot’
A Juilliard-trained jazz pianist, Kris Bowers worked as a musician for artists including Jay-Z, Q-Tip and Ludacris, before releasing his debut album, Heroes + Misfits, in 2014. His first film work was 2013’s documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me. Since then, he’s composed the scores for Green Book (for which he ...
Features“I thought, ‘I can’t f**k this up’”: composer John Powell on revisiting his ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ score for the live-action version
LA-based British composer John Powell is best known for his dynamic action scores, including the Bourne series, Mr & Mrs Smith and Face/Off) as well his work in animation, creating the music for countless children’s classics including Happy Feet 1 & 2, Kung Fu Panda, and the three How To ...
Features“I like to be close to the people I’m working with”: Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg on his musical collaborations with Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
Daniel Blumberg is a British visual artist, musician and composer. He won the Bafta and Oscar for his score for The Brutalist, for which he is also nominated for film composer of the year at the World Soundtrack Awards. Since The Brutalist, he has completed work on Mona Fastvold’s musical ...
Features“He doesn’t want the same sauce over and over”: German composer Volker Bertelmann on his long-running collaboration with Edward Berger
German composer, pianist and former rapper Volker Bertelmann won the Oscar for his powerful score for Edward Berger’s All Quiet On The Western Front. The pair previously collaborated on the TV series Patrick Melrose and Your Honour. Their fourth collaboration was papal thriller Conclave.
NewsMy Screen Life: ‘Succession’ creator Jesse Armstrong on AI fears and the one TV series to watch this year
Armstrong’s latest project is HBO Max feature ‘Mountainhead’, about four tech bros.
FeaturesHow ‘Andor’ creator Tony Gilroy drew on years of “fascist rebellion greatest hits” to create ‘Star Wars’ spin-off
Andor creator and showrunner Tony Gilroy discusses how 4,000 years of revolutions helped create a riveting political drama, without a Jedi knight or Skywalker in sight
Features“Being an outsider allows you a little bit of objectivity,” explains the US showrunner of IRA drama ‘Say Nothing’
Screen talks to showrunner Joshua Zetumer and actors Lola Petticrew and Maxine Peake.
FeaturesCharlie Brooker breaks down series seven of ‘Black Mirror’
The multi-award-winning creator talks inspiration from The Beatles and feeling positive about technology.
FeaturesA.R. Rahman confirmed as World Soundtrack Awards 2025 guest of honour
The Indian musician and composer talks composing career including Oscar-winning ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ score.
FeaturesJames Mangold breaks down four key scenes from ‘A Complete Unknown’: “Our special effect is Timothee Chalamet”
Bob Dylan drama A Complete Unknown is a story about the collision between a musical genius and a world in thrall to him. Writer/director James Mangold discusses four key scenes.
FeaturesSebastian Stan on playing Trump in ‘The Apprentice’: “A studio boss advised me not to do it”
The Bafta-and Oscar-nominated star of The Apprentice tells Screen why his choices can never be dictated by fear
FeaturesIn conversation: Edward Berger and Ralph Fiennes talk ‘Conclave’, bonding during lunch with Robert Harris
Edward Berger changed the nationality of his Conclave protagonist so he could cast Ralph Fiennes.
FeaturesSean Baker breaks down four key scenes from ‘Anora’: "I always encourage my actors to improvise"
Anora depicts events leading up to — and spiralling down from — an extraordinary set of nuptials. Filmmaker Sean Baker reveals all to Screen about the creation of four key scenes.
Features‘The Brutalist’ composer Daniel Blumberg talks close bond with Brady Corbet: "It’s like a weird kind of osmosis"
“I’m used to living with Brady,” says Blumberg. “For me it’s all about the director, trying to be an extension of Brady’s instincts.”
FeaturesRobert Eggers on taking his time making ‘Nosferatu’ and changing Bill Skarsgard's role
Robert Eggers has been fascinated with Nosferatu for more than three decades. The filmmaker tells Screen why he’s glad he waited until now to mount his own version.
Features“I was covered head to toe in bruises”: Mikey Madison on digging deep for Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’
Sean Baker wrote the role of the gutsy exotic dancer at the heart of his Palme d’Or winner for the actress.
FeaturesInto the shadows: creating the deep, dark look of ‘Nosferatu’
Reuniting with filmmaker Robert Eggers, director of photography Jarin Blaschke puts a distinctive visual stamp on Nosferatu.
FeaturesHow Weta FX turned Robbie Williams into an ape for pop-star biopic ‘Better Man’
“A lot of the technology we developed for ’Planet Of The Apes’, for ’Avatar’, was employed on this.”