All Q&A articles – Page 28
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FeaturesMichael Winterbottom, The Face of an Angel
Michael Winterbottom talks about his genre-bending new film inspired loosely by the Amanda Knox-Meredith Kercher case.
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FeaturesJoshua & Benny Safdie, Heaven Knows What
The filmmaking brothers talk about their Venice and Toronto selection, including how they were inspired by addict-turned-writer/actress Arielle Holmes.
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FeaturesToronto: Cameron Bailey talks size and the Telluride policy
Toronto artistic director Cameron Bailey talks to Jeremy Kay about food trucks, not being a snob and the Tulluride policy
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FeaturesThelma Schoonmaker: Editing is a misunderstood art
Martin Scorsese’s long-time editor talked Raging Bull, the move to digital and the art of cutting while at the Venice Film Festival where she has picked up a lifetime honour.
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FeaturesNaji Abu Nowar, Theeb
Premiering in Venice’s Orizzonti section, Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb is a coming-of-age story about a young Bedouin boy who is forced to grow up fast following the death of his father and the arrival of a British army officer on a mysterious mission.
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FeaturesPat Mills, Guidance
The Ottawa-born, Ryerson University graduate tells Jeremy Kay why he was the perfect person to play a booze and drug-addled former child star who bluffs his way into a job as a high school guidance counsellor.
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FeaturesDavid Gordon Green, Manglehorn
The director chats about fables, gospel choirs, casting Harmony Korine and Al Pacino’s preparation process.
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FeaturesDavid Mackenzie, Starred Up
Glasgow-based David Mackenzie’s gritty prison-set drama Starred Up starring UK hot-shot Jack O’Connell and Australia’s Ben Mendelsohn caused a stir as soon as it premiered in Toronto 2013 – but it’s much more than simply a story of violence and incarceration.
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FeaturesCherien Dabis, May In The Summer
Following her noted 2010 debut Amreeka, Cherien Dabis swaps small-town USA for Jordan as a New Yorker returns to her native home in the run-up to her wedding.
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FeaturesRobert Englund reveals Richard Attenborough influence
The horror icon talks to Ian Sandwell about his latest film The Last Showing, which premiered at Film4 FrightFest, and the current state of the genre.
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FeaturesJohn McNaughton, The Harvest
Ian Sandwell talks to the American director about his first film in over a decade, The Harvest.
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FeaturesLuc Besson, Lucy
The French director of La Femme Nikita and Leon: The Professional returns with a new super-female – and in this case it’s no exaggeration. Plus he tells Jeremy Kay why the first meeting with Scarlett Johansson was like two dogs sniffing each other’s butts.
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FeaturesRichard Bates, Jr. & Matthew Gray Gubler, Suburban Gothic
Writer/director Richard Bates, Jr. and lead actor Matthew Gray Gubler talk to Ian Sandwell about Suburban Gothic, which world premiered at Fantasia.
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FeaturesMike Cahill, I Origins
Mike Cahill burst onto the scene three years ago when his feature directorial debut Another Earth premiered at Sundance and won the special jury prize and the $20,000 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize.
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FeaturesNoboru Iguchi, Live & Nuigulumar Z
Ian Sandwell talks to the Japanese film-maker about his two films screening at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
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FeaturesRonit and Shlomi Elkabetz, Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem
The brother-and-sister filmmaking team talk about their drama set against the complicated divorce system in Israel.
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FeaturesEran Riklis talks Dancing Arabs
Eran Riklis — one of Israel’s foremost film-makers — talks to Screen’s Wendy Mitchell about his latest film Dancing Arabs, and his ambitions to connect with a global audience
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FeaturesNadav Lapid
The Kindergarten Teacher director talks about autobiographical inspirations, working with his mother, and his new film in Paris.
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FeaturesRichie Mehta, Siddharth
In Richie Mehta’s profoundly engrossing drama Siddharth, a chain-wallah in India sends his young son to work far away on the sub-continent. When the child does not return home, the father sets off on a quest.
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FeaturesSundance Institute summer labs
The June Directors and Screenwriters Labs hosted by the Sundance Institute brought together filmmakers and creators from many disciplines and diverse locales. Elle Toussi went to Park City in Utah to speak to some of the participants.