Interviews
Interviews with stars, directors and VOD professionals.
Interview: Behind the music of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous with composer Leo Birenberg
January 23, 2021 | Charlie BrigdenIt’s time to return to the prehistoric universe of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, with the second season of Netflix’s animated series launching this weekend (read our review of the show here).
Set within the same timeline as the Jurassic … Read More
Interview: Natalie Erika James talks Relic and making a personal horror
October 30, 2020 | David FarnorThis weekend sees the debut of Relic, one of the year’s most profound and scary horrors. The debut feature of director Natalie Erika James, it follows Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter, Sam (Bella Heathcote), as they head to their … Read More
Interview: Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart talk Wolfwalkers, Cartoon Saloon and Apple TV+
October 24, 2020 | David FarnorSay the words “Cartoon Saloon” to any film fan and their ears will prick up. After Song of the Sea, The Secret of Kells and The Breadwinner, not to mention Puffin Rock, the Irish studio has established itself as vital, … Read More
Interview: Director and cast of The Deep Ones talk HP Lovecraft
October 9, 2020 | Ian WintertonHP Lovecraft’s The Deep Ones is streaming online as part of Grimmfest 2020. For the full festival line-up and how it works, click here
Hot off his 2019 cult hit Exorcism at 60,000 Feet, veteran writer-director Chad Ferris returns to … Read More
Interview: John C Lyons and Dorota Swies talk fracking horror movie Unearth
October 8, 2020 | Ian WintertonUnearth is streaming online as part of Grimmfest 2020. For the full festival line-up and how it works, click here
Unearth’s tagline – “a fracking horror movie” — is somewhat misleading. Sure, the film does feature fracking as its central … Read More
Interview: Rob Savage talks Host, filming in lockdown and working with Sam Raimi
August 30, 2020 | David FarnorEver since the start of the coronavirus lockdown, there has been talk of what cinema might do in response – not only in terms of reopening theatres or films released straight to digital, but also in terms of filmmaking during … Read More
Interview: Brea Grant talks 12 Hour Shift
August 25, 2020 | David FarnorAhead of the FrightFest UK premiere of 12 Hour Shift, director Brea Grant talks about the heroism of nurses and being a child of the 1990s.
12 Hour Shift is a valentine to East Texas and the hospital staff … Read More
Interview: Greg Day on taking FrightFest online for the first time
August 24, 2020 | David FarnorThis week sees FrightFest go online for the first time in its history, taking one of the UK’s biggest horror cinema events into the digital ether in the middle of a global pandemic. (You can see our guide to the … Read More
Interview: Justin Kurzel talks True History of the Kelly Gang
July 1, 2020 | David FarnorJustin Kurzel isn’t a man to take a project lightly – from Macbeth to Snowtown, his work is distinctive, both in terms of visuals and subject matter. It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that the Booker Prize-winning novel True History of … Read More
Interview: Elizabeth Sankey talks Romantic Comedy and forgetting the term “guilty pleasure”
May 24, 2020 | David FarnorThis month saw the premiere of Romantic Comedy, a documentary from Elizabeth Sankey, one half of the pop duo Summer Camp. Part love letter to the genre and part video essay, it’s a fascinating and insightful tour through the humble … Read More