All articles by Mark Salisbury
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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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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’.
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Features“It is the DNA of my own story”: Guillermo del Toro on making ‘Frankenstein’ and casting Jacob Elordi as his Creature
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is the culmination of an almost‑lifelong obsession
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FeaturesHow the filmmaking team behind ‘Bugonia’ adapted a 2003 Korean film into a “very contemporary” black comedy
Despite its origins, the film’s themes of paranoia and environmental decay feel pertinent today
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FeaturesHow an “alien enthusiast” friend helped Jesse Plemons prepare for his role in ‘Bugonia’
In Bugonia, Jesse Plemons plays a man empowered by certainty he is saving the human race from an alien conspiracy.
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FeaturesHow different-sized shoes helped Michael B Jordan play twins in ‘Sinners’
To play twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s film, Michael B Jordan developed complex back stories to help deepen the two performances.
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FeaturesHow ‘One Battle After Another’ editor crafted the iconic ‘river of hills’ car chase
One Battle After Another’s editor Andy Jurgensen tells Screen about the craft behind a memorable sequence.
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Features‘Frankenstein’ production designer on mixing the “fantastic and the real” for the film’s epic sets
Production designer Tamara Deverell tells Mark Salisbury about the creation of one particularly lavish element in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’: Victor’s laboratory.
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Shoebox Films
The “loose confederation” of Guy Heeley, Paul Webster and Joe Wright operates an agile business model
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FeaturesThe Brit 50: Parkville Pictures
The team of two have been full-time producers since 2020 and have been scaling up their ambitions
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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.
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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.
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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’
Source: DreamWorks Kris Bowers 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 ...
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Features“He doesn’t want the same sauce over and over”: German composer Volker Bertelmann on his long-running collaboration with Edward Berger
The pair previously collaborated on the TV series Patrick Melrose and Your Honour.
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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
Source: World Soundtrack Awards Daniel Blumberg 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 ...
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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
Source: World Soundtrack Awards / Melinda Lerner John Powel 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 ...
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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.