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Interviews

Interview: Bill and Turner Ross

By Nicolas Rapold
January 23, 2020
Knocked out loaded: the filmmakers behind standout Sundance doc Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets on great bar films and “spiritual itineraries”

Interview: Claire Mathon

By Yonca Talu
January 22, 2020
Depth of field: the cinematographer of 2019 standouts Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Atlantics on her remarkable year

House of the Spirits

By Jordan Cronk
January 6, 2020
Pedro Costa returns with the masterful Vitalina Varela—quite possibly the most beautiful film of 2020

Interview: Agnieszka Holland

By Yonca Talu
December 17, 2019
Truth and consequences: the filmmaker on her latest, Mr. Jones, about a heroic journalist and a brutal state apparatus

Highway 61 Revisited: Robert Frank

By Marlaine Glicksman
December 10, 2019
In this extensive 1987 interview, the late photographer and filmmaker explores the backroads of art and cinema

Interview: Céline Sciamma

By Amy Taubin
December 4, 2019
Here’s looking at you: the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire on the path of love and restoring lost histories

Interview: Shannon Murphy

By Nicolas Rapold
November 18, 2019
Incisive moments: the director on her Venice standout Babyteeth, an electric debut feature

Interview: Rodrigo Prieto

By Nicolas Rapold
November 12, 2019
Family affair: the cinematographer on his approach to Scorsese’s The Irishman, a film at once epic and intimate

Interview: Gene Hackman

By Beverly Walker
November 12, 2019
In this 1988 interview, the actor speaks at length on his remarkable career

Interview: Mengqi Zhang

By Becca Voelcker
November 4, 2019
From a distance: the director of Self-Portrait: Window in 47 KM on her series of films documenting life in rural China