Category: Interviews
‘I had two kids and didn’t know what an orgasm was’: the Costa Rican film giving grandmothers a voice | Movies
‘Women are always burning inside,” says Antonella Sudasassi Furniss, over video call from Costa Rica. So they were in her 2019 debut as a writer and [...]
David Stratton on a life reviewing films – and the one TV show he thinks is ‘pretty damn good’ | David Stratton
David Stratton’s newest book – a weighty tome chronicling contemporary Australian cinema – will probably be the last published material from the belo [...]
Sunday with Rufus Hound: ‘We’ll throw each other around for hours on end’ | Rufus Hound
Sunday blessings? As someone who earns a living from theatre, Sunday is normally my one day off. They are a prized day.Sunday grub? My fiancée is suc [...]
‘The flaws are the sexy bits’: Anne-Marie Duff on courage, curiosity and the uncommon gifts of ageing | Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff was out for a walk on London’s Hampstead Heath, drinking an oat-milk latte (“Because I’m an actress!”) when suddenly she was surround [...]
‘I am the industry!’: Keke Palmer on being Hollywood’s queen of content | Movies
In an era when social media has turned us all into products to promote, Keke Palmer is the whole damn corporation. As a one-woman multimedia, multipl [...]
Alan Bennett at 90: ‘What will people think? I don’t care any more’ | Books
Alan Bennett never expected to be writing in his 90s, with a novella published next week and a film in post-production. There was a time when he didn [...]
‘I wanted those 828 men not to be forgotten’: the Chinese documentary raising wartime ghosts | Documentary films
A little-known tragedy from the second world war is the subject of a documentary that has been a surprise hit in China and is the country’s pick for [...]
‘She doubled down on danger’: Lucy Lawless on making a movie about a real-life warrior princess | Movies
Margaret Moth and Lucy Lawless: the names alone, alliterative and faintly fantastical, suggest larger-than-life superheroes. That isn’t too far from [...]
‘You’re always scared’: hit French film’s star on his fight for residency | France
Irregular migration and stymied deportation orders have long loomed over French politics, issues that were exploited in recent elections by a far rig [...]
Finding Faith and Freedom: A Hollywood Icon’s Journey
At the age of 13, Luke Evans faced an impossible choice – either be true to himself and embrace his sexuality, or stay true to God. If he told his Jeh [...]