Interview: Scott Z. Burns talks The Report

Scott Z. Burns’ The Report stars Adam Driver as former United States Senate investigator Daniel J. Jones, who, after many years of hard graft and personal sacrifice, brought the CIA’s shocking torture practices following the 9/11 attacks to light.

The … Read More

Interview: The Elephant Queen directors Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone talk the environment and Apple

This weekend saw the launch of Apple’s new streaming service, Apple TV+, and while the focus has been on sci-fi series See and news drama The Morning Show, one of the platform’s titles stands apart from the rest: wildlife documentary … Read More

Interview: François Ozon talks By the Grace of God

The latest from François Ozon, By the Grace of God is an engrossing and topical examination of the Catholic Church abuse scandal. It tells the story three men who join together to pursue justice for the abuse they suffered as … Read More

Interview: Kantemir Balagov talks Beanpole

Warning: The following paragraphs contain spoilers for the opening 20 minutes of Beanpole, which contain a sequence with harrowing content.

Beanpole, the extraordinary sophomore feature of writer-director Kantemir Balagov, earned the young filmmaker the Best Director prize in Un Certain … Read More

Interview: Bertrand Bonello talks Zombi Child, horror and streaming

Writer/director/producer/composer Bertrand Bonello is best known on these shores for The Pornographer (2001), Tiresia (2003), House of Tolerance (2011) and Nocturama (2016) – films that often deploy a certain icy distance as an alienation effect, which stimulates viewers to fill … Read More

Interview: Joe Barton talks Giri/Haji, bridging two cultures and box set binges

This Thursday sees the premiere of a new UK series that’s unlike anything you’ve seen before on British TV. Giri/Haji explores the butterfly effect of one murder over the cities of London and Tokyo, as a world-weary detective, Kenzo (Takehiro … Read More

Interview: Joe Gilgun talks Brassic, bipolar and Chorley

Last month saw the premiere of Brassic, Sky One’s new comedy. Starring This is England’s Joe Gilgun and Our Girl’s Michelle Keegan, and co-created by Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst, the series takes its name from slang for being “broke, penniless, … Read More

Venice 2019: The King was an “exciting challenge” for Timothée Chalamet

The King was an “exciting challenge” for Timothée Chalamet, the young star of Netflix’s new film revealed at the Venice Film Festival, where the movie has its world premiere today.

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Henry IV and V plays, and written … Read More

Venice 2019: The New Pope “addresses people’s cravings for something spiritual”

The New Pope will address people’s cravings for something spiritual, John Malkovich promised at the Venice Film Festival press conference for the new series.

Paolo Sorrentino’s follow-up to his HBO series The Young Pope, this second season continues to … Read More

“Art can bring about change”: Cast and crew talk The Laundromat at Venice Film Festival

This weekend sees the world premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s new movie, The Laundromat, and the cast and crew were at the Venice Film Festival to talk about the topical film.

It boasts a typically starry cast, led by Meryl Streep, … Read More