Interviews

Cannes Interview: Ulrich Köhler

By Dennis Lim

May 22, 2018

Last man on earth: the director of the quietly apocalyptic In My Room talks about embracing genre conventions and the Pet Shop Boys

Interview: Margarethe von Trotta

By Nicolas Rapold

May 20, 2018

Leading the way: the German filmmaker discusses her new documentary Searching for Ingmar Bergman, now opening soon

Interview: Sylvia Chang

By Daniel Eagan

May 18, 2018

A golden harvest: the actress and director who has worked with King Hu, Tsui Hark, Johnnie To, Stanley Kwan, and Jia Zhangke speaks about her career

Cannes Interview: Christopher Nolan

By Eric Hynes

May 17, 2018

Beyond the infinite: the Dunkirk director talks about the 70mm restoration of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey he oversaw and the life of celluloid

Cannes Interview: Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt

By Jordan Cronk

May 17, 2018

Puppy love: the co-directors of post-postmodern digital satire Diamantino—now screening in NYFF—probe desire, family, and football

Interview: Sergei Loznitsa

By Eric Hynes

May 16, 2018

Normalization: the director of Donbass discusses exploring the border of fiction and documentary in the Ukrainian conflict

Interview: Luise Donschen

By James Lattimer

May 3, 2018

To desire differently: the director of Casanova Gene discusses her free-form essay film and working with Malkovich

Interview: Alan Rudolph

By Margaret Barton-Fumo

May 2, 2018

Music for the masses: the jazz-influenced director who studied under Altman looks back and discusses his first film in 15 years, Ray Meets Helen

Interview: Ari Aster

By Michael Koresky

May 1, 2018

In the blood: the writer/director of Hereditary discusses the influences on his family-centric horror

Interview: Helen Mirren

By Ella Taylor

April 30, 2018

Time is on her side: the actress who defined The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Tempest, and many other films discusses her favorite roles and the nascent wave of female empowerment