Interviews
Interviews with stars, directors and VOD professionals.
Interview: Lucien Greaves talks Hail, Satan? documentary
August 24, 2019 | Matthew TurnerChronicling the rise of one of the most controversial religious movements in American history, Hail Satan? is a new feature documentary from director Penny Lane (Nuts!, Our Nixon). (Read our review of the film here.) We sit down with the … Read More
Interview: S. Craig Zahler talks Dragged Across Concrete, flawed characters and streaming
August 19, 2019 | David FarnorS. Craig Zahler is one of the more distinctive directors working in cinema today, with Dragged Across Concrete – out now on digital, Blu-ray and DVD – continuing a run of films with visceral, often shocking action that dare you … Read More
Interview: Ali Abbasi on bringing Border to the screen
July 12, 2019 | Josh Slater-WilliamsWinner of the Un Certain Regard award at last year’s Cannes, and an Oscar nominee for Makeup and Hairstyling, Ali Abbasi’s Border arrives on MUBI UK as a landmark title (read our review here). Aside from streaming on the subscription … Read More
Interview: Joe Penna on Arctic, Mads Mikkelsen, polar bears and YouTube
May 11, 2019 | Josh Slater-WilliamsArctic is a survival thriller in which Mads Mikkelsen plays a man stranded in the Arctic Circle waiting for rescue, only for a helicopter that finds him to crash, killing the pilot and forcing Mikkelsen’s character to have to tend … Read More
Interview: Bing Liu talks Minding The Gap
March 22, 2019 | Matthew TurnerOscar-nominated doc Minding the Gap is an intensely personal story about three former skater kids whose lives are all touched, in different ways, by the subject of abuse. With the film in cinemas and on VOD from today, we spoke … Read More
Interview: Simon Amstell talks Benjamin
March 15, 2019 | David FarnorThis weekend sees the release of Benjamin, a new bittersweet comedy from Simon Amstell. His second feature film, after the mockumentary Carnage on BBC iPlayer, it tells the story of Benjamin (Colin Morgan) a rising star filmmaker, who is thrown … Read More
Ian McShane on American Gods: “It’s kinda good to have a bit of creative chaos”
March 11, 2019 | David FarnorToday, American Gods returns to Amazon Prime Video for Season 2. The fantasy epic, based on the book by Neil Gaiman, premiered two years ago, introducing us to the world of Mr. Wednesday (McShane), a mysterious figure trying to rally … Read More
Interview: Tony Way and Mandeep Dhillon talk Netflix’s After Life
March 8, 2019 | David FarnorThis weekend sees the release of After Life, Ricky Gervais’ new Netflix series (read our review here). The six-part comedy-drama follows Tony (Ricky Gervais), a man who had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa dies, Tony changes. After … Read More
Interview: Sofie Gråbøl talks Liberty, reinventing Scandi drama and wanting to do more comedy
March 3, 2019 | David FarnorSofie Gråbøl is one of the most iconic actors on the small screen, a status that’s almost entirely due to her portrait of Sarah Lund, everyone’s favourite jumper-wearing detective from The Killing. Her latest drama, Liberty, couldn’t be further from … Read More
Interview: Steven Knight talks Serenity
February 27, 2019 | Amon WarmannTo say that Serenity turned a few heads upon its US release is something of an understatement. Written and directed by Steven Knight, the thriller starts off as a tale of a fishing boat Captain (Matthew McConaughey) who is propositioned … Read More