All Features articles – Page 171
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FeaturesReach For The Stars: How major productions like ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ are boosting UK skills
The BFI’s Film Academy has provided Lucasfilm with the chance to expand its talent pool.
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FeaturesScreen critics’ top films of 2019
Screen’s expert critics have selected their top five films of the year, plus a best documentary and an overlooked gem.
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Features‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’: filmmakers on the series' emotional final chapter
Michael Rosser talks to the filmmakers about the journey of Hiccup and Toothless.
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FeaturesRussian 2019 box office report: territory bounces back after World Cup struggles
The 2019 box office shows Russian audiences are embracing US films as well as local patriotic and comedy titles.
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FeaturesScott Z Burns talks returning to directing with ‘The Report’, working on ‘No Time To Die’
Scott Z Burns makes complicated true events coherent to audiences. He tells Jeremy Kay about the power of facts.
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FeaturesHow writing ‘The Two Popes’ led Anthony McCarten to rethink Francis and Benedict
Catholic-raised Anthony McCarten tells Ben Dalton how the process led him to reassess popes Francis and Benedict XVI
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FeaturesUS box office 2019 verdict: a perfect storm for Disney
Many observers have said we may never again see such dominance by a studio in a 12-month period.
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FeaturesTrey Edward Shults on the varied responses to ‘Waves’: "I hope it feels nuanced"
Trey Edward Shults’ Waves is aptly named, provoking a range of reactions thanks to its combination of subject matter and race.
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FeaturesUK box office 2019 verdict: an exceptional recovery after a shocking first quarter
The numbers look to be down slightly but admissions will be among the decade’s best.
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FeaturesTaika Waititi on the eight-year journey behind awards contender ’Jojo Rabbit’
Waititi wrote a spec script for the film back in 2011.
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FeaturesThe inside story of how Dexter Fletcher made ‘Rocketman’
Taking over the shooting of Bohemian Rhapsody was a walk in the park compared with the complexity of Rocketman, Fletcher tells Screen.
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FeaturesWord of Mouth: “I’ve recently discovered short web series and there is no turning back”
Claudia Landsberger, the programme adviser for Venice Days and Tallinn Black Nights, and project and script consultant, reveals where she gets her viewing tips.
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FeaturesSpanish 2019 box office report: promotional weekend helps boost audiences
The Fiesta del Cine promotional weekend helped to boost overall Spanish box office for 2019
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FeaturesLulu Wang on the real-life story behind 'The Farewell'
The filmmaker talks to Wendy Mitchell about going back to her Chinese roots in her indie comedy-drama The Farewell.
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FeaturesArmando Iannucci on ‘David Copperfield’: “it’s a celebration of what I feel Britain is”
Armando Iannucci’s used an inventive approach to David Copperfield, but in an age of status anxiety the book’s key theme needed no updating.
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Features‘Toy Story 4’ filmmakers on why the franchise needed another instalment
Toy Story 3 seemed like a fitting conclusion to the series, but the creative team knew Woody had more lessons to learn.
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FeaturesItalian 2019 box office report: a major breakthrough for summer releases
A dynamic year at the Italian box office has seen an incentive for films during the traditional dead zone from May to August.
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FeaturesHow Laika made ambitious stop-motion animation ‘Missing Link’
Since its inception, Laika has been innovating new methodologies to expand the universe of potential stories that can be told through stop-motion animation.
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FeaturesHow cutting the budget helped James Mangold get ‘Ford V Ferrari’ over the line
The racing drama’s journey to the screen involved a decade of stops and starts, director James Mangold tells Mark Salisbury.