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Adam Elliot on taking eight years to make ‘Memoir Of A Snail’ and telling Australian stories
Australia’s Adam Elliot continues his celebration of heroic misfits with stop-motion tragicomedy Memoir Of A Snail. Screen talks to the Oscar-nominated filmmaker.
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How the ‘Wicked’ co-writers turned one hit stage show into two musical feature films
Wicked co-writers Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox talk to Screen.
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Jon M Chu breaks down four key scenes from ‘Wicked’: "everything had to have a little spin on reality"
Universal’s two-film adaptation of hit stage musical Wicked is a gamble that has already paid off, creatively and commercially. Director Jon M Chu tells Screen about the choices he made in four key scenes.
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How Adrien Brody almost wasn’t cast in ‘The Brutalist’
Adrien Brody won the Oscar for his intense role in The Pianist. Can he repeat the trick with Brady Corbet’s ambitious US epic The Brutalist?
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Denzel Washington talks ‘Gladiator II’, ‘The Piano Lesson’ and lack of Bafta nominations: “What’s up with that?”
The only thing bigger than the Colosseum in Gladiator II is Denzel Washington’s performance as a gladiator trainer.
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How ‘Nickel Boys’ tells its story through the radical use of the first-person perspective
Screen meets the film’s writer/director RaMell Ross.
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Amy Adams explains why her ‘Nightbitch’ role was a "catharsis"
Screen speaks to the multiple Oscar nominee about her approach to Marielle Heller’s tonally distinctive film.
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Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Florence Hunt (actor)
Hunt appeared in Netflix’s ’Bridgerton’ for four years.
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Stars of Tomorrow 2024: Miriam Battye (writer)
Battye’s credits include Prime Video series ‘Dead Ringers’ and Netflix series ‘Beef’
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Matteo Garrone on his Oscar-nominated drama ‘Io Capitano’: "it’s a contemporary epic"
Two Senegalese teenagers risk everything to reach the promised land of Europe in Io Capitano, a stirring and topical drama from Italy’s Matteo Garrone. Screen talks to the director about his Oscar-nominated feature.
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Andrew Haigh breaks down four key scenes from ‘All Of Us Strangers’: "Half the crew were crying"
The present and past collide in All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh’s audacious mix of contemporary gay romance, emotional family drama and metaphysical fantasy. Screen talks to the writer/director about the choices he made in four pivotal scenes
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‘Rye Lane’ star Vivian Oparah on her Bafta nomination, shooting the film’s “painful” karaoke scene
London romantic comedy Rye Lane premiered at Sundance in 2023, turbo-charging the career of Vivian Oparah thanks to her joyful, exuberant performance. Neil Smith speaks to the Bafta-nominated actress about a year to remember
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How 'Robot Dreams' director Pablo Berger made a dialogue-free love letter to New York
After three highly regarded live-action features, Pablo Berger makes his animation debut with a graphic-novel adaptation about a robot and a dog. Screen speaks to him about New York-set charmer Robot Dreams.
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‘Dream Scenario’ director Kristoffer Borgli on collaborating with Nicolas Cage: 'He wanted me to unlock something different'
Having made his mark with Norwegian black comedy Sick Of Myself, Kristoffer Borgli creates a nightmare for Nicolas Cage with Dream Scenario. Neil Smith probes the writer/director about the high-concept, English-language feature.
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Blitz Bazawule on directing a “radical reimagination” of ‘The Colour Purple’
“It’s such a massive cultural touchstone that if you don’t have anything real to contribute, you best not touch it.”
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Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia (writers)
The pair wrote Sundance hit ‘Rye Lane’
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Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Posy Sterling (actor)
Sterling stars in Daisy-May Hudson’s upcoming film ‘Lollipop’
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Emmys spotlight: ‘The Crown’ costume designer Amy Roberts on dressing Imelda Staunton and Lesley Manville in ‘autumnal’ fifth season
The fifth season of The Crown presented a new set of challenges — and actors — for its Primetime Emmy Award-winning costume designer Amy Roberts to grapple with, as well as a colourful new character in the form of businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed.
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Emmys spotlight: Dominic West, Olivia Williams on filming Charles and Camilla's infamous telephone conversations in ‘The Crown’
The Crown’s Dominic West and Olivia Williams talk about playing Charles and Camilla, watching the coronation and improvising with omelettes.