Interviews
Interviews with stars, directors and VOD professionals.
Presenting Walter: The man who changed foreign-language TV
January 9, 2017 | David FarnorInside VOD: We take you behind the scenes of the video on-demand industry by interviewing key figures in the streaming world.
Almost exactly a year ago, one man changed the way that we watch TV: Walter Iuzzolino. You know him … Read More
Interview: Eugène Green talks The Son of Joseph, compositions and the Dardenne brothers
December 14, 2016 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThough only a few of his films have received UK distribution (see 2009’s The Portuguese Nun), US-born, France-based director Eugène Green has accrued a significant arthouse fanbase across the world, via a steady run of eccentric dramas, each driven … Read More
“It completely changed my perspective”: Jared Harris and Vanessa Kirby talk Netflix’s The Crown
November 6, 2016 | Matthew TurnerThis weekend marks the premiere of The Crown on Netflix. One of the most expensive shows ever made, the epic stars Claire Foy and Matt Smith as Queen Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, but its sweeping scale comes from the supporting … Read More
“We’re making this like a film”: Peter Morgan and Stephen Daldry on how Netflix’s The Crown was made
November 5, 2016 | Matthew Turner“We’re making this like films,” says writer Peter Morgan of The Crown. Netflix’s royal drama is certainly not your average TV show (read our review here): with a reported budget of £100 million, it’s one of the most expensive series … Read More
“This is not Spitting Image”: Claire Foy and Matt Smith talk The Crown, Netflix and dressing up as royalty
November 4, 2016 | Matthew TurnerToday sees the premiere of Netflix’s epic new original drama, The Crown (read our review here). Starring Claire Foy as a young Elizabeth Windsor, Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten, and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, it tells the inside story … Read More
Interview: Mattie Do, director of Dearest Sister
October 20, 2016 | Anton BitelBorn in Los Angeles to Lao immigrant parents, Mattie Do moved to Vientiane in 2010, and has since become a key player in the country’s emerging film industry. Her feature debut, the low-budget Chanthaly (2013), was the first horror film … Read More
Exclusive Interview: Parker Posey, Susan Yeadley, Jane Lynch and Fred Willard talk Mascots
October 19, 2016 | David FarnorChristopher Guests’ Mascots is now on Netflix UK – and to give you an insight into what it’s like working with the Spinal Tap creator, we’ve got some exclusive interviews with the cast members.
The mockumentary, which star many of … Read More
Interview: Weiner directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
August 24, 2016 | Matthew TurnerMany politicians have seen their careers careen off the tracks, but few instances have been captured so completely on film as the incisive and painfully funny Weiner. With unprecedented access to Anthony Weiner, his family, and his campaign team as … Read More
Interview: Guillaume Nicloux discusses death and Depardieu in the Valley of Love
August 11, 2016 | David FarnorIsabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu reunite on screen for a probing drama about love and loss in Valley of Love, out on VOD and in cinemas this weekend.
The film follows an estranged husband and wife, who are brought … Read More
Interview: Jeff Feuerzeig talks Author: The JT LeRoy Story, Amazon and amazing true stories
July 30, 2016 | David Farnor
“This is obviously one of the craziest stories I’ve ever heard…”
In the 1990s, an author named JT LeRoy became an overnight sensation. He was young, talented, a prostitute turned artist turned celebrity. He also didn’t exist: he was … Read More