Interview: Cinematographer Łukasz Żal on Creating Death’s Point of View and the Magical Realism of ‘Hamnet’
When I learned that Łukasz Żal was the cinematographer for Chloé Zhao’s latest film, Hamnet, I was immediately intrigued. Known for his striking black-and-white photography... Read More
Interviews (Film)
The Lung of the Earth: Richard Ladkani’s Defining Portrait of Juma Xipaia in ‘Yanuni’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
For more than a decade, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Richard Ladkani has shaped some of the most urgent environmental documentaries of our time. With films like The Ivory Game and Sea of... Read More
Interview: How Brothers Jacobi and Noah Jupe Became the Heart of ‘Hamnet’
It might seem hard to be in the shadow of an older sibling in the world of acting but for 12-year old Jacobi Jupe, he... Read More
Ethan Hawke on How It Was the Right Time To Make ‘Blue Moon’ with Director Richard Linklater [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
When you sit down to chat with actor Ethan Hawke, your mind expands to the endless intellectual roads he could take you down within a... Read More
Jeremy Allen White on the Responsibility and Hard Work Needed to Transform into The Boss in ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Jeremy Allen White is a man in constant motion. He’s always moving, chasing, running, leaping, tapping along to the next thing. The man has slowly... Read More
Rian Johnson, Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close Talk ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ [VIDEO INTERVIEWS]
I talked to Rian Johnson and Josh O’Connor recently about their new film Wake Up Dead Man, how Johnson’s religious background found its way into... Read More
Novelist/Screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell on Taking ‘Hamnet’ From the Page to the Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Maggie O’Farrell didn’t intend to turn her best-selling novel Hamnet into a film when she wrote it but when director Chloé Zhao said she wouldn’t... Read More
Interview: Renate Reinsve on Collaborating with Joachim Trier to Create a Family Portrait in ‘Sentimental Value’
Joachim Trier’s latest film, Sentimental Value, begins with the feeling of a fairy tale, as a narrator recalls a time when our protagonist, Nora Borg... Read More
June Squibb Discusses Exploring Her Jewish Identity, the Universality of Grief, and Finding a Chosen Family in ‘Eleanor the Great’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare wrote: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” He makes “greatness” sound clear-cut when... Read More
Unraveling the Mystery: Mila Kunis and Cailee Spaeny Reflect on Craft, Chemistry, and Chaos in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
“I wanted to be the killer, or I wanted to be killed…duh!” said Mila Kunis as she recalled the moment writer-director Rian Johnson first reached... Read More
UK Casting Directors’ Guild Awards: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Adolescence’ Take Top Wins 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 139 – ‘Les Rendez-vous d’Anna’ (Chantal Akerman, 1978) 
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Costume Designers Guild (CGD) Winners: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Andor’ and More