Demetrios Matheou
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How a personal prop helped Da’Vine Joy Randolph craft her career-changing performance in 'The Holdovers'
Da’Vine Joy Randolph anchors Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers with warmth and wisdom, all the while seeping in a profound parental grief. She talks to Demetrios Matheou about the multifaceted, award-winning role.
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Maite Alberdi on ‘The Eternal Memory’: “Alzheimer’s is a context, but this is a love story”
Shot over five years, Oscar-shortlisted ’The Eternal Memory’ depicts a prominent Chilean TV journalist’s battle with dementia. But this is really a story about the power of love, filmmaker Maite Alberdi tells Screen
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Director Justine Triet on ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’'s “nightmare” couple and creating one of the year's buzziest scenes
Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall is a courtroom drama that digs into a fractious marital relationship.
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Yorgos Lanthimos on working with Emma Stone and wanting bigger sets for ‘Poor Things’
With Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos reteams with Emma Stone to tell the tale of a grown woman speeding from infancy to full maturity.
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‘Past Lives’ lead Greta Lee on nearly missing out on the role of a lifetime
Greta Lee landed a sensational career break in Celine Song’s Past Lives, playing a woman shifting between Korean and American identities
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The 2023 visual effects Oscar contenders in profile: from ‘re-skinning’ in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to making ‘Batman’ VFX as “invisible as possible”
This year’s Oscar-nominated VFX teams tell Screen all about the creative principles underpinning their work, and how they set about delivering their vision.
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Ruben Östlund talks ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ success, Charlbi Dean, and being the “comedian” of film
Ruben Östlund is the director who loves to make audiences squirm — and never more so than with his Palme d’Or-winning satire Triangle Of Sadness. He tells Demetrios Matheou what drives his cinema of discomfort
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“The script was unique. I had never read anything like it”: Claire Foy describes what drew her to ‘Women Talking’
Claire Foy didn’t hesitate to accept a role in Sarah Polley’s drama Women Talking. She tells Screen how she connected with her character, who is forthright in her response to abuse.
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‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ director talks "extreme shoot", German shame
The First World War novel has never been filmed in its native language — until now.
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“Do I have to dance?”: Mike Faist on moving from stage to screen for ‘West Side Story’
After years of treading the boards on Broadway, Mike Faist took on the role of Riff in Steven Spielberg’s take on the classic movie musical.
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How ‘Petite Maman’ director Celine Sciamma establishes “a safe space for radical feelings”
Sciamma wrote, shot and released Petite Maman throughout the pandemic.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal on directing ‘The Lost Daughter’: "No one had to come to me with a spoonful of bullshit sugar"
“I know I want to be a director. I know I want to write. And I don’t know if I want to keep acting.
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Laura Wandel on heading back to school in ‘Playground’; “This is very similar to the world of adults”
The Belgian filmmaker discusses her immersive bullying drama.
- Reviews
‘Dear Thomas’: Tallinn Review
Black and white portrait of the East German man of letters Thomas Brasch wins the top prize at the Black Nights Film Festival
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‘Cadejo Blanco’: Tallinn Review
In Guatemala, a young woman goes in desperate search of her sister in Justin Lerner’s nailbiting drama
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‘Immersion’: Tallinn Review
A family sailing trip takes a turn into stormy waters in Nicolas Postiglione’s Chilean drama
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‘Bring Down The Walls’: Belfast Review
The ills of the US criminal justice system inspire this audacious mix of commentary and house music
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‘The Campaign’: Transilvania Review
Marian Crisan gently explores political corruption through the experiences of a Romanian politician in a backwater town
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‘That Was Life’: Transilvania Review
A septuagenarian Spanish woman discoveres a new lease on life in David Martin de los Santos’s touching debut
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‘Petrov’s Flu’: Cannes Review
Incarcerated Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov sends his latest drama to Cannes Competition