Nicholas Elliott

Long kiss goodnight: the director of the madcap Twelve Thousand on her radically imaginative take on love and sex under late capitalism

(Chris Marker, France/Greece, 1989, Icarus Films)

Song of myself: the co-directors of Araby, opening at FSLC, discuss their Dubliners-influenced hybrid portrait of Minas Gerais

Just do it: the director of Experimenter talks about making the life of psychologist Stanley Milgram more than the sum of his research

Double heart: the director of Mercuriales discusses its soulful female-centered microcosm and forging its fresh imagery

The director of My Friend Victoria discusses his approach to adapting Doris Lessing and race in France

(Serge Bozon, France, 2013)

Weird on top: the director of the turbulent Tip Top identifies the darkness at the heart of the slapstick

The founder of French production and distribution group MK2 speaks about working with Godard, Chabrol, and Kiarostami

The directors of Mouton describe their hybrid aesthetics

The director of Grand Central, featured in Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, goes nuclear with Léa Seydoux and Tahar Rahim

Medicine for melancholy: critic-turned-director Axelle Ropert discusses her new film about two doctors who fall for the same woman, screening in Rendez-Vous