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Interviews
Kirsten Dunst and Alex Garland on Civil War: “I don’t feel any need to add to the number of films that spell everything out”
American society has broken down into civil war in Alex Garland’s provocative new near-future thriller. People are going to read it in many different ways, he tells us, when we sit down with Garland and star Kirsten Dunst.
By Lou Thomas
Kirsten Dunst and Alex Garland on Civil War: “I don’t feel any need to add to the number of films that spell everything out”
Interviews
Alice Lowe on her time-skipping mortality comedy Timestalker: “Why don’t we make more fantastical things in the UK?”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Robot Dreams: how we made our animated love letter to 1980s New York
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Layla: Amrou Al-Kadhi on their sparkling drag queen romance
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Janet Planet: Annie Baker’s warm, understated portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Stephen Fry on his new Holocaust survivor drama Treasure: “A script can be idea-shaped or human-shaped. This was human-shaped”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Felipe Gálvez on his Tierra del Fuego western The Settlers: “It’s like shooting in hell”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
On Irish-language hip-hop drama Kneecap: “When people start having a pop at something they’ve not even seen, that’s just ignorance”
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Between the Temples: Nathan Silver’s strange, sweet natured comedy has echoes of Harold and Maude
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt: how we made Oppenheimer
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Paul King on Timothée Chalamet as Wonka: “This movie allowed him to scratch an itch that he’s probably had for a long time”
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Despatches from Mumbai Film Festival 2023
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Fingernails: director Christos Nikou on modern dating and his Black Mirror-style love-test drama
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
“It’s an examination of untruth, and he is our guide”: Errol Morris on John le Carré and The Pigeon Tunnel
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Occupied City: Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter on their chronicle of Amsterdam during wartime
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Gareth Edwards on his futuristic AI war film The Creator: “You’re always looking for that thing that’s not been done in science fiction. The little gap on the Blu-ray shelf”
By Lou Thomas
Reviews
The Lesson: Richard E. Grant is delightful as a vain novelist in this serviceable literary thriller
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Talking with Tim Burton: “I’m like a vampire. I’ve been killed and resuscitated many times”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Charlotte Regan on Scrapper: “I’d love to see more working-class films that are happier”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
“Talk to Me is a bit of an ouija board. It’s connected to the dead”
By Lou Thomas
Features
Mission: Impossible stunts – ranked for danger
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Harka: how we made our Tunisian smuggling drama
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
How we put Berlin’s gay clubbing scene on film
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
#Manhole: a taut situational nail-biter
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Hirokazu Koreeda on Broker: “I’m interested in this innate human desire to form a familial unit”
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Kill Boksoon: a tremendously exciting Korean assassin thriller
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Four Little Adults: an engaging polyamory drama
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Darren Aronofsky on The Whale: “No one’s seen this side of Brendan”
By Lou Thomas