Interviews

Interview: Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn

By Mark Asch

June 27, 2018

O, hey, pioneers: the directors of Two Plains & a Fancy and L for Leisure talk about intermingling old worlds and new

Interview: Jim McKay

By Amy Taubin

June 26, 2018

Team spirit: an inspiring voice of indie film talks about his New York drama En el Séptimo Día set among immigrant restaurant workers

Interview: Kevin Brownlow

By Michael Sragow

June 14, 2018

Eyewitness news: the pioneering filmmaker and scholar talks about the conundrum of re-creation, doing justice to the silents, and chatting with Kubrick

Interview: Beatriz Seigner

By Christina Newland

May 30, 2018

Troubled waters: the Brazilian director discusses her refugee story Los Silencios, screening February 8 as part of Film Comment Selects

Cannes Interview: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

By Jordan Cronk

May 23, 2018

It's the loneliest number since the number one: the Japanese director of Asako I & II follows a young woman's doubled romance to the bittersweet end

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