AwardsWatch - Interviews

Interview: Cannes winner Ladj Ly, director of ‘Les Misérables’

Jack King May 30, 2019

“We have the impression that the politicians don’t care. […] If you really want to make a revolution, you have to be in the streets... Read More

Interview: ‘Barry’ actor Anthony Carrigan, TV’s nicest mobster

Erik Anderson May 23, 2019

“You can put that on the record!” was Anthony Carrigan’s response to me telling him what a huge fan I am of HBO’s Emmy-winning comedy... Read More

Interview: Mary Zophres, Oscar-nominated costume designer of ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’

Erik Anderson February 15, 2019

Costume designer Mary Zophres had created some of the most iconic looks in modern movie history. From The Dude’s robe and sweater in The Big... Read More

Interview: ‘Destroyer’ screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi

Erik Anderson January 7, 2019

Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi have hit the spectrum in their Hollywood screenwriting career, ranging from the smallest of indies like The Invitation to huge... Read More

Interview: Barry Jenkins – From ‘Moonlight’ to ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and that living room scene

Erik Anderson December 12, 2018

I first interviewed Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins before he was an Oscar winner at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October of 2016. We met... Read More

Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda on why SHOPLIFTERS is a unique examination of family ties

Mina Takla December 6, 2018

With SHOPLIFTERS, Hirokazu Kore-eda has created one of, if not the most, significant film of his career. What sounded like a social critique turned out... Read More

Interview: Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira, the heart of Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘ROMA’

Erik Anderson November 26, 2018

Yalitza Aparicio never in her wildest dreams thought she’d be in a movie but hers is a classic Hollywood story by way of Oaxaca, Mexico.... Read More

Interview: ‘Widows’ film composer, Oscar winner Hans Zimmer

Erik Anderson November 14, 2018

With over 150 films to his name, Hans Zimmer is one of the most prolific and most recognizable name in film composing. From his Oscar... Read More

Interview: Joe Walker, Oscar-nominated film editor of ‘Widows’

Erik Anderson November 12, 2018

Joe Walker is a two-time Oscar-nominated film editor who is responsible for cutting some of the best action and sci-fi films of this decade. Before... Read More