All articles by Mark Salisbury
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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“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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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“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“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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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.
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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
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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.
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FeaturesCharlie Brooker breaks down series seven of ‘Black Mirror’
The multi-award-winning creator talks inspiration from The Beatles and feeling positive about technology.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.”