All articles by Nicholas Barber
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FeaturesHow ‘The Brutalist’ production design team rose to the challenge of bringing Brady Corbet’s vision to life
Production designer Judy Becker and set decorator Patricia Cuccia took a stripped-down approach to their work on The Brutalist
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FeaturesFelicity Jones explains why she studied the work of Anthony Hopkins to prepare for ‘The Brutalist’
Delays to the shoot gave Felicity Jones valuable time to prepare for Brady Corbet’s epic drama The Brutalist. It was a role worth waiting for, she tells Screen.
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Features“It has caught people in the heart”: Cynthia Erivo on flying high as Elphaba in ‘Wicked’
The London-born actress follows her rules of attraction when picking out roles – like Elphaba, who captivated her in the ’Wicked’ stage production more than a decade ago: “I saw myself.”
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Features‘Cape Fear’ with penguins: making ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
The latest Wallace & Gromit adventure blends handmade and digital filmmaking in a story about a robotic gnome gone rogue. Screen meets directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham.
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Features‘Sing Sing’ star Clarence Maclin on why he hopes his story can inspire others
Clarence Maclin learned to act inside prison — a redemptive journey celebrated in Greg Kwedar’s film Sing Sing.
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FeaturesPedro Almodovar on ‘The Room Next Door’: “I feel naked with the reality of mortality”
Pedro Almodovar confronts issues of mortality in his first English-language feature ‘The Room Next Door’.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2024: Francis Lovehall (actor)
Lovehall’s credits include Apple TV+ series ‘Masters Of The Air’ and upcoming Disney+ series ‘A Thousand Blows’
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FeaturesBafta-winner Jennifer Lame on the biggest challenges editing 'Oppenheimer'
The editor tells Screen how her pivot from indie films placed her at the centre of the Barbenheimer phenomenon.
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FeaturesHow ‘May December’ screenwriters hit the cinematic jackpot with their first produced spec script
Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik’s Oscar-nominated May December is inspired by a scandal from their youth.
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FeaturesWriter David Hemingson on the real-life inspiration behind ’The Holdovers’
David Hemingson had long enjoyed a flourishing TV career as writer and showrunner when he mined his own teenage years with a spec script.
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FeaturesHow Tony McNamara wrestled “crazy” source material ‘Poor Things’ into an Oscar-nominated screenplay
Writer Tony McNamara has made his mark — on stage, on film and on television — with attention-grabbing stories about women.
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FeaturesRosamund Pike on her ‘Saltburn’ character, having an “instant connection” with Emerald Fennell
Screen talks to a performer who keeps the world guessing.
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FeaturesHow Kevin Macdonald exposes high fashion and cancel culture in ‘High & Low: John Galliano’
Director Kevin Macdonald on how his documentary High & Low: John Galliano, about the disgraced fashion icon, evolved into the exploration of a psychological mystery.
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FeaturesErrol Morris explains why ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ switched from a series to a feature film
Veteran documentarian Errol Morris tells Nicholas Barber why spy-fiction author John le Carré proved such an intriguing subject for his latest film, The Pigeon Tunnel.
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Features‘Free Solo’ duo talk making their first scripted feature ‘Nyad’
Oscar-winning documentarians Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi threw themselves into the deep end.
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Ronke Adekoluejo (actor)
Adekoluejo recently starred in the BBC/HBO series ‘Rain Dogs’
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FeaturesStars of Tomorrow 2023: Jack Benjamin Gill (writer-director)
Gill is directing his upcoming debut feature ’Rob The Joint’
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FeaturesThe story behind the iconic Naatu Naatu scene in ‘RRR’: ”We wanted it to go viral on social media”
Director SS Rajamouli, Oscar-nominated composer MM Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose discuss a social-media phenomenon.
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FeaturesHong Chau on ‘The Whale’ and why she still doesn’t feel like she’s “made it”
“I’m a bit of a pushover,” the Bafta and Oscar nominee tells Screen.