Interviews
Interviews with stars, directors and VOD professionals.
Interview: Shawn Ryan talks Timeless, being uncancelled and how TV has changed since The Shield
April 7, 2018 | Matthew TurnerTimeless is back on UK TV screens for Season 2, as the show returns to E4 for another run of history-bending adventures. The fact that it has even returned at all, though, is something of a miracle: after its first … Read More
Interview: Simon Rumley talks Fashionista, Crowhurst and going up against Colin Firth
April 1, 2018 | Ian WintertonBritish independent film director Simon Rumley has ploughed his own furrow over the last 15 years, resulting in a series of films such as The Living And The Dead (2006), Red White & Blue (2010) and 2016’s Johnny Frank Garrett’s … Read More
Interview: Rakuten TV co-founder Josep Mitjà on building a new place to buy and rent movies
March 21, 2018 | David FarnorInside VOD: We take you behind the scenes of the video on-demand industry by interviewing key figures in the streaming world.
This Sunday saw the 22nd Empire Awards take place in London, with Rakuten TV sponsoring four of the biggest … Read More
Interview: Witless cast and creators on Season 3
January 10, 2018 | David FarnorThey say write what you know. In the case of Witless, BBC Three’s sitcom about two flatmates who have to go into Witness Protection after seeing a gangland shooting, you’d be concerned for whoever’s doing the writing. But creators Lloyd … Read More
Interview: Takashi Miike talks Blade of the Immortal, Audition and being lazy
December 8, 2017 | Rachel BowlesTakashi Miike is one of the world’s most prolific directors, with movies stretching back decades from Ichi the Killer to Audition (available on BFI Player+). This year, hot on the heels of a retrospective on subscription streaming service MUBI, Miike … Read More
Interview: Harris Dickinson talks Beach Rats
November 22, 2017 | Matthew TurnerEliza Hittman’s Sundance award winning Beach Rats arrives in the UK this weekend. The raw, exquisitely crafted, uncompromising drama stars British newcomer Harris Dickinson as the smouldering intense Frankie, a troubled teen cogitating his sexual identity, in what has become … Read More
Interview: Holt McCallany talks Mindhunter, serial killers and Netflix
October 15, 2017 | Matthew TurnerThis weekend sees the return of David Fincher’s new Netflix series, Mindhunter, following its premiere at the London Film Festival (read our review here). The show is based on the book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, … Read More
Interview: Jonathan Groff talks Mindhunter, serial killers and Netflix
October 14, 2017 | Matthew TurnerThis weekend sees the return of David Fincher’s new Netflix series, Mindhunter, following its premiere at the London Film Festival (read our review here). The show is based on the book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, … Read More
Interview: The Klingon teacher behind Star Trek: Discovery’s subtitles
September 27, 2017 | David FarnorThis week saw the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on Netflix UK – and, while the actual show blew us away (read our review here), there was another surprise that we weren’t expecting: the series is streaming worldwide with Klingon … Read More
Strong Island: “An entire family can have their experience affirmed”
September 17, 2017 | David FarnorThis weekend sees the release of Strong Island, a powerful, personal documentary that began a quarter of a century ago, when William Ford Jr. was killed by a white mechanic in New York. Although William was unarmed, he became the … Read More