Category: Interviews
Iranian Oscar nominee Mohammad Rasoulof: ‘After my arrest, I told myself: don’t hold back’ | Movies
When mass protests erupted in Iran after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for not properly wearing her hijab, M [...]
‘I was careful not to exploit the tears or the drama’: the director of Oscar-tipped Once Upon a Time in Ukraine on her powerful documentary | Movies
Director and producer Betsy West is best known for her lively, intimate portraits of remarkable women: her documentary RBG, for example, a profile of [...]
‘Stuff happens and it sucks’: Brooke Shields on abuse, ageing and telling her own story | Celebrity
Brooke Shields was at a party, drifting off. The host, a petite man with bare feet, was giving her a tour of his wine cellar and she was losing inter [...]
Billy Bob Thornton: ‘I didn’t want Johnny Cash to catch me looking in his fridge in my underpants’ | Movies
Is your music less significant, more significant, or about as significant as your film work? BenderRodriguezHere’s the thing: I grew up in music. I s [...]
‘People often don’t feel treated as equals’: Adrien Brody on complexity, comebacks and The Brutalist | Movies
Adrien Brody puts down his phone. “I’m heartbroken,” he says. The latest of many friends in Los Angeles has just lost their home to the city wildfire [...]
‘I was waking up five times a night’: how film-maker Mikhail Krichman escaped from Russia | Movies
It was March 2022 and Joshua Oppenheimer was waiting at Copenhagen airport for the youthful man who would be staying with him for a few weeks. Oppenh [...]
‘When I sense something is not right, I am going to protect myself’ – Lucy Liu on success, shame and calling out Bill Murray | Movies
Boredom is not a feeling with which Lucy Liu is familiar. “Sometimes I wouldn’t mind it,” she says with a smile. “But it feels nonstop. I never get b [...]
Richard Price: ‘I don’t like to write, I just don’t – it’s too much anxiety’ | Crime fiction
Richard Price, 75, is a screenwriter and author whose books include the 600-page drug-war epic Clockers (1992), which was filmed by Spike Lee and ins [...]
‘Every day is 24 hours of panic to just get out the door’: Jesse Eisenberg on self-indulgence, candid aunts and his Oscar-tipped Holocaust comedy | Movies
Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin are in complete agreement. People being more open about everyday anguish is a good thing. Absolutely. One hundred p [...]
‘It’s uncomplicated to call what she did evil’: inside Denmark’s Oscars entry, about a serial child murderer | Movies
The citizens of Denmark enjoy a reputation for living an exceptionally stress-free existence. This is in huge part due to the miniature Scandinavian [...]