All Interview articles – Page 47
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FeaturesThe Safdie brothers on the 10-year journey behind ‘Uncut Gems’: “It was a step up”
Uncut Gems may be substantially the biggest-scale film the Safdies have ever made, but the shoot remained true to the creative spirit of their indie roots.
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FeaturesCharlize Theron on her “quintessential actor insecurity” over playing Megyn Kelly in ‘Bombshell’
In Bombshell, Charlize Theron initially resisted the role of network star Megyn Kelly.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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FeaturesRian Johnson compares working on 'Knives Out' to 'Star Wars': "it's still the same essential process"
Johnson’s whodunnit stars Daniel Craig as a private investigator.
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FeaturesMaking 'A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’: "we could parody lots of sci-fi tropes"
Aardman’s second feature-length Shaun The Sheep movie gambols into the sci-fi realm.
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FeaturesRobert Eggers on why his actors endured “physical misery” whilst making ‘The Lighthouse’
Writer/director Robert Eggers tells Demetrios Matheou about conjuring up the intense atmosphere of The Lighthouse.
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Features‘The Cave’ director: “For a woman to be filmed is dangerous”
In an underground hospital in a besieged Syrian city, Dr Amani saved lives while battling prejudice and patriarchy.
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FeaturesAwkwafina on finding authenticity in ‘The Farewell’: “Speaking bad Chinese is more interesting”
The ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ actress plays Billi, a Chinese American who returns to China to see her terminally-ill grandmother.
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Features’Atlantics’ director Mati Diop talks taking the plunge with Netflix
Haunting ghost story exploring legacy of African exodus to Europe is Senegal’s Oscar submission.
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FeaturesWhy ‘For Sama’ is “a tool to understand the Syrian situation”
Waad al-Kateab — co-directing with Edward Watts — gave shape to her Syrian survival story For Sama by making it a letter to her infant daughter.
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FeaturesJay Roach on why directing Fox News exposé 'Bombshell' was a "therapeutic" experience
Roach worked with producer and star Charlize Theron on the film.
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FeaturesHow Antonio Banderas' personal “baggage” helped his ‘Pain & Glory’ performance
The actor won best actor at Cannes 2019 for his performance.