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
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
‘Stranger Things’ EP Shawn Levy on How the Series Gave Him the Courage to Go Even Bigger [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
When director/producer Shawn Levy signed on to executive produce a new Netflix series called Stranger Things, he had no idea of the ways the show... Read More
Jamie Campbell Bower on the Final Season of ‘Stranger Things’ and the Different Faces of Henry Creel and Vecna [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
There was a lot of pressure for Jamie Campbell Bower when he joined the cast of Stranger Things 4 in the top secret role of... 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
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
Interview: ‘A Poet’ filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto on How His Literary Madcap Comedy Came to Be 
‘zi’ Review: Kogonada’s Latest is a Return to Minimalism But Frustratingly Unfocused [C+] Sundance 
Gotham Film Institute Reveals Dates for 2026 Film and Television Awards