Interviews
Interviews with stars, directors and VOD professionals.
Interview: Oliver Laxe talks Mimosas, movies and MUBI
August 27, 2017 | Matthew TurnerThis weekend sees Cannes winner Mimosas arrive in UK cinemas.
Oliver Laxe’s visually stunning, transcendent western was snapped up by subscripton streaming service MUBI earlier this year. Set in a time gone by, it follows a band of travellers … Read More
Interview: Peter Serafinowicz talks The Tick
August 26, 2017 | Andrew JonesAmazon’s latest show, The Tick, has arrived in all its six-part glory this weeked. Based on Ben Edlund’s superhero character, previously seen in an animated and live-action TV format during the mid-90s and early 00s, the latest take on the … Read More
Interview: Adam Wingard talks Death Note and moving from “mumblegore” to Netflix
August 21, 2017 | Anton BitelAdam Wingard is one of the most important horror directors of the new millennium.
The filmmaker debuted with the ultra-low-budget, Bill Moseley-starring Homesick and ‘acid horror’ Pop Skull. Both were collaborations with E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), but his next … Read More
Interview: Shannon Purser talks Stranger Things, Riverdale and Wish Upon
July 28, 2017 | Matthew TurnerThis weekend sees Barb return to our screens, sort of, as Shannon Purser stars in Wish Upon, a new supernatural horror set in a high school. The film is out in cinemas this weekend, hot on the heels of Comic-Con, … Read More
Interview: Young and Promising creator Siri Seljeseth on being Norway’s answer to Girls
July 24, 2017 | David FarnorThis week sees the premiere of Young and Promising on Channel 4. A fantastic new series from Norway, the comedy (called Unge lovende in its home country) follows three young women stumbling their way through life in Oslo: Elise (Siri … Read More
Interview: Nicolas Pesce talks The Eyes of My Mother
July 20, 2017 | Josh Slater-WilliamsFollowing the premiere of his directorial debut, The Eyes of My Mother, at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, young filmmaker Nicolas Pesce has fast become a rising star in the world of horror cinema. He’s already wrapped his next feature, … Read More
Interview: Jeff Orlowski talks Chasing Coral, climate change and optimism in the face of Trump
July 14, 2017 | David FarnorFive years ago, a film called Chasing Ice gave the world irrefutable evidence of climate change – heartbreaking images of glaciers crumbling and the natural world being destroyed, on a scale that made the average Hollywood disaster movie look like … Read More
Interview: Keir Burrows talks indie sci-fi Anti Matter
July 8, 2017 | Matthew TurnerThe world of micro-budget and indie sci-do has served up any number of gems over the years, from Primer and Another Earth to Coherence. This summer sees the arrival another: Anti Matter, which is released on DVD and VOD after … Read More
Interview: KJ Apa talks Riverdale Season 2, the comics and dying his hair Archie red
June 17, 2017 | Roxy SimonsWhen Riverdale first came to Netflix UK at the end of January, everyone was desperate to know one thing: who killed Jason Blossom? The teenager’s disappearance left the people of Riverdale puzzled, suspecting those around them and wondering what Jason … Read More
Interview: Rodney Ascher talks Primal Screen, Shudder and sharks
June 14, 2017 | David FarnorRodney Ascher doesn’t do fear like a normal person. Where your typical scaredy-cat might run away from something terrifying, Rodney’s the kind of guy who runs up to it and prods it with a stick. Then has a conversation with … Read More