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“Claire Foy was a natural at falconry”: Philippa Lowthorpe on H is for Hawk

Filmmaker Philippa Lowthorpe tells us how she brought Helen Macdonald’s nature memoir to life on screen, and explains why directing hawks is a complex art.

By Josh Slater-Williams

“Claire Foy was a natural at falconry”: Philippa Lowthorpe on H is for Hawk

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“This is definitely a closing movie because I collected everything”: Béla Tarr on his final film, The Turin Horse

By Jonathan Romney

“This is definitely a closing movie because I collected everything”: Béla Tarr on his final film, The Turin Horse

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Shoot to thrill: Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite and her dynamic career

By Henry K Miller

Shoot to thrill: Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite and her dynamic career

Black Film Bulletin

Shoot the People: Misan Harriman and Andy Mundy-Castle in conversation with Afua Hirsch

By Afua Hirsch

Shoot the People: Misan Harriman and Andy Mundy-Castle in conversation with Afua Hirsch

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Cemetery of splendour: David Cronenberg on The Shrouds

By Erika Balsom

Cemetery of splendour: David Cronenberg on The Shrouds

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“Nothing is a slam dunk anymore”: Steven Soderbergh on Black Bag

By Philip Concannon

“Nothing is a slam dunk anymore”: Steven Soderbergh on Black Bag

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“It’s important to try and find the humanity in the people we abhor”: Ari Aster on Eddington

By Thomas Flew

“It’s important to try and find the humanity in the people we abhor”: Ari Aster on Eddington

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Enemy of the state: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident

By Jonathan Romney

Enemy of the state: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident

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“Pinch me!”: Harry Lighton on his dom-com debut Pillion

By Jane Giles

“Pinch me!”: Harry Lighton on his dom-com debut Pillion

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The art of the steal: Kelly Reichardt on The Mastermind

By Beatrice Loayza

The art of the steal: Kelly Reichardt on The Mastermind

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Into the lion’s den: Wes Anderson on The Phoenician Scheme

By Arjun Sajip

Into the lion’s den: Wes Anderson on The Phoenician Scheme

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Stephen King in conversation with Edgar Wright: “When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”

By James Mottram

Stephen King in conversation with Edgar Wright: “When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”

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“It’s not so easy as heroes and villains. I’m more interested in grey areas”: Derek Cianfrance on Roofman

By Hope Rangaswami

“It’s not so easy as heroes and villains. I’m more interested in grey areas”: Derek Cianfrance on Roofman

From the Sight and Sound archive

“It was dance as action rather than as aesthetics”: Stephen Daldry on Billy Elliot

By Edward Lawrenson

“It was dance as action rather than as aesthetics”: Stephen Daldry on Billy Elliot

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“There was a lot of naivety and youthful exuberance”: Usman Riaz on creating The Glassworker, Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature

By Nick Bradshaw

“There was a lot of naivety and youthful exuberance”: Usman Riaz on creating The Glassworker, Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature

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Max Porter on Steve: “I want my kids to see this movie and say: “We understand Dad a bit now””

By Katie McCabe

Max Porter on Steve: “I want my kids to see this movie and say: “We understand Dad a bit now””

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“I have very little interest in the lighter side of storytelling”: Cillian Murphy on his new film, Steve, and his career so far

By Katie McCabe

“I have very little interest in the lighter side of storytelling”: Cillian Murphy on his new film, Steve, and his career so far

From the Sight and Sound archive

“It’s no good showing things as they are – people wouldn’t believe them”: Alfred Hitchcock on To Catch a Thief

By Catherine de la Roche

“It’s no good showing things as they are – people wouldn’t believe them”: Alfred Hitchcock on To Catch a Thief

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“We’re growing old together, my films and I”: Jonás Trueba on The Other Way Around

By Alonso Aguilar

“We’re growing old together, my films and I”: Jonás Trueba on The Other Way Around

From the Sight and Sound archive

Slaughterhouse blues: Charles Burnett on Killer of Sheep

By Armond White and Alex Cox

Slaughterhouse blues: Charles Burnett on Killer of Sheep

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The director who wasn’t there: Mohammad Rasoulof on The Seed of the Sacred Fig

By Ehsan Khoshbakht

The director who wasn’t there: Mohammad Rasoulof on The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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Refuseniks: Agnès Varda on The Gleaners and I

By Chris Darke

Refuseniks: Agnès Varda on The Gleaners and I

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Dorothy Dandridge: biographer Donald Bogle interviewed on her stardom and legacy

By Miriam Bale

Dorothy Dandridge: biographer Donald Bogle interviewed on her stardom and legacy

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Backwards through the backwoods: music editors Lori Hurley and Dean Eschler on Twin Peaks

By Sam Davies

Backwards through the backwoods: music editors Lori Hurley and Dean Eschler on Twin Peaks

Black Film Bulletin

Black Rodeo: the cinematic wild west re-envisioned

By Mia Mask

Black Rodeo: the cinematic wild west re-envisioned

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“We need to proceed with great caution”: Natasha Lyonne on AI and the Sag-Aftra strike

By Dominic Lees

“We need to proceed with great caution”: Natasha Lyonne on AI and the Sag-Aftra strike

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“The audience will forgive bad animating but they’ll never forgive a bad story”: Adam Elliot on Memoir of a Snail

By Katie McCabe

“The audience will forgive bad animating but they’ll never forgive a bad story”: Adam Elliot on Memoir of a Snail

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“I never made a movie to just go make a movie, it was always an exploration of filmmaking”: our world exclusive interview with Tom Cruise

By Isabel Stevens

“I never made a movie to just go make a movie, it was always an exploration of filmmaking”: our world exclusive interview with Tom Cruise

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Wong Kar Wai on In the Mood for Love at 25 – a new interview: “Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people?”

By Sam Wigley

Wong Kar Wai on In the Mood for Love at 25 – a new interview: “Can an algorithm understand the weight of a glance between two people?”

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“I don’t exist as a director in Georgia”: Dea Kulumbegashvili on her haunting abortion drama April

By Katie McCabe

“I don’t exist as a director in Georgia”: Dea Kulumbegashvili on her haunting abortion drama April