Interview: Carlos Reygadas, ‘Post Tenebras’
Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas’ fourth film, Post Tenebras Lux (2012), has been described by some as his masterpiece. It’s a bracingly intelligent and formally...
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20 April 2023
Interview: Albert Serra, dir. Pacifiction
Albert Serra is a filmmaker with uncompromising vision. Whether he is reworking Cervantes’ Don Quixote with Honour of the Knights (2006), throwing together Dracula and Casanova in Story of My Death (2013), or depicting the final days of an aging monarch in The Death of Louis XIV (2015), Serra’s singular perspective shines through.
26 November 2022
Interview: Alejandro Loayza Grisi, dir. Utama
Coming from a background in photography and cinematography, Alejandro Loayza Grisi embarked on his directorial career with Utama, the tale of an elderly Quechua couple wrangling llamas in the Bolivian highlands.
3 June 2021
Interview: Aleem Khan, dir. After Love
Anchored by one of the finest lead performances of any British film in recent memory, Aleem Khan’s feature debut, After Love, sees Joanna Scanlan as a woman whose very identity is crumbling around her, after a bombshell revelation causes her to reassess her whole life and very reason for being.
Interviews
Interview: Nicholas Jarecki, director of ‘Arbitrage’
After sampling US writer, filmmaker and producer Nicholas Jarecki’s thrilling narrative debut, Arbitrage (2012), featuring the acting talents of Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit...
Interview: Cristian Mungiu, ‘Beyond the Hills’
Available to own now on DVD and Blu-ray from world cinema distributor Artificial Eye, Beyond the Hills (2012) is director Cristian Mungiu’s remarkable follow-up...
Interview: Kleber Mendonça Filho, ‘Neighbouring Sounds’
Brazilian writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho is the discovery of the year. His feature debut, Neighbouring Sounds (2012), is a provocative chronicle of urban angst...
Interview: Olivier Assayas, ‘Something in the Air’
Olivier Assayas fidgets endlessly. On the finer nuances of 1970s radicalism, the French director swivels around with unflappable urgency and a staccato delivery to...
Interview: Hal Hartley, director of ‘Amateur’
Hal Hartley is one of the true originals of modern cinema. A consummate stylist, his work is erudite and eccentric, defiant in its singularity....
Interview: Chris Kenneally, director of ‘Side by Side’
Side by Side (2012), the excellent documentary from Christopher Kenneally, arrives at a crucial time for the ever-evolving medium of cinema. Featuring stellar interviews...
Interview: Mathieu Kassovitz, ‘Rebellion’
Having burst onto the scene with the incendiary banlieue drama La Haine back in 1995, it’s fair to say that French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz...
