All Interview articles – Page 101
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FeaturesRon Howard, Rush
Ron Howard talks about the challenges and rewards of returning to independent film-making with Formula 1 character study Rush. He also tells Wendy Mitchell about the adventure of his new film Heart Of The Sea.
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FeaturesPeter Jackson, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
For The Desolation of Smaug, the second part of his Hobbit trilogy, Peter Jackson had the tricky task of bringing the story’s raging, intelligent dragon to life. He tells John Hazelton about how the second film brings certain freedoms.
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FeaturesIn service of The Butler
Pulling together the financing for an epic about the civil-rights movement was not easy, but Lee Daniels’ box-office hit The Butler has challenged conventional wisdom about audiences for African-American and political stories. John Hazelton reports.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Samer Najari & Dominique Chila, Arwad
Husband-and-wife directing team make their feature debut with Arwad, the story of a man who returns to the Syrian island where he grew up and the decisions that impact the women in his life.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Lee Su-Jin, Han Gong-Ju
South Korean director Lee Su-Jin’s feature debut is the story of small town girl who is sent to a different school in a remote city after being involved in a horrific incident.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Ikeda Akira, Anatomy Of A Paper Clip
Japanese filmmaker Ikeda Akira’s second feature, shot in a small town outside Tokyo, is inspired by old folk tales.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Peter Brunner, My Blind Heart
Black-and-white debut feature blurs the lines between perpetrator and victim.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Mark Jackson, War Story
The American director continues his work with themes of grief, loss and guilt.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Lee Chatametikool, Concrete Clouds
Thai filmmaker explores two brothers impacted by the Asian financial crisis of 1997.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Natalia Meschaninova, The Hope Factory
Russian filmmaker Natalia Meschaninova makes her feature debut with The Hope Factory, a coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of the Siberian city of Norilsk.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Tatjana Bozic, Happily Ever After
It was the spectre of yet another failed relationship on the horizon that prompted Croatian filmmaker Tatjana Bozic to make her candid documentary Happily Ever After exploring her chaotic love life of the last 20 years.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Maya Vitkova, Viktoria
The Bulgarian film-maker talks about her ‘semi-autobiographical’ directorial debut, nine years in the making.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Jan Schomburg, Lose My Self
Maria Schrader stars as a woman suffering from retrograde amnesia.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Luis Miñarro, Falling Star
Having worked with a string of acclaimed directors, Spanish arthouse producer Luis Minarro decided that the time was finally right to direct his own fiction feature.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Fellipe Barbosa, Casa Grande
Brazilian director Fellipe Barbosa took inspiration from his own family’s financial problems for his debut feature Casa Grande.
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FeaturesTiger directors: Paulo Sacramento, Riocorrente
Long-time editor Paulo Sacramento makes his fictional feature debut with Riocorrente, a timely and tense contemporary tale set in Sao Paulo.
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FeaturesRotterdam: Michael Tully talks Ping Pong Summer
The Austin-based director talks about his “deeply personal” 1980s-set feature, which has its European premiere in Rotterdam tonight as a Big Talk event (after premiering in Sundance last week).
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FeaturesCatherine Martin, The Great Gatsby
Costume designer and production designer Catherine Martin talks about upping the ante for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby.
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FeaturesPaul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Paul Greengrass was drawn to Captain Phillips not only to work with Tom Hanks, but also to pay tribute to his merchant marine father.
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FeaturesJohn Wells, August: Osage County
The August: Osage County ensemble is winning multiple nominations during this awards season. Director John Wells talks about cast concerns ahead of the shoot and why he insisted they all live together.