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Interviews

Interview: Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang

By Devika Girish
August 12, 2019
Family matters: the directors of One Child Nation on the psychological workings—and vestiges—of the decades-long Chinese policy

With Borrowed Eyes: Abbas Kiarostami

By David Sterritt
July 23, 2019
In this interview from 2000, the director discusses The Wind Will Carry Us and his unique form of poetic cinema

Interview: Gu Xiaogang

By Eric Hynes
July 16, 2019
The first-time filmmaker’s Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains has a wide scope, yet feels minutely observed

Interview: Jacques Rivette

By Jonathan Rosenbaum, Lauren Sedofsky, and Gilbert Adair
July 9, 2019
Three critics sat down with the enigmatic filmmaker shortly after the 1974 release of Celine and Julie Go Boating

Interview: Jessie Buckley

By Steven Mears
June 20, 2019
Take me home: the star of Wild Rose on her Irish upbringing and her newfound love for country music

Interview: Quentin Tarantino

By Gavin Smith
June 18, 2019
The director the highly anticipated Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood dives deep into his first two films in this 1994 interview

Interview: Malena Szlam

By Dan Sullivan
June 17, 2019
Time after time: Szlam’s ALTIPLANO calls for a revision of how we talk about landscape in cinema.

Interview: Bertrand Bonello

By Jordan Cronk
June 11, 2019
Dead or alive: the director of Zombi Child on voodoo, the oneiric, and his use of music

Interview: Carlos Reygadas

By José Teodoro
June 6, 2019
Range of light: the director of Our Time on the thin line between art and life

Interview: Néstor Almendros

By Brooks Riley
June 4, 2019
In this 1978 conversation, the great cinematographer discusses his collaborations with Malick, Rohmer, and Truffaut