Tag: Cinephile
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 [...]
‘Friends keep me tethered’: actor Joe Alwyn on fame, dating Taylor Swift and keeping his feet on the ground | Movies
If – as projected – The Brutalist goes to the 2025 Academy Awards and cleans up, there will be some knowing, told-you-so nods from critics and indust [...]
‘The more relaxed you are, the better you are as a human’: Nicole Kidman on Kubrick, sharks and risk-taking | Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman has finally found a way to impress that trickiest of demographics: her 16-year-old daughter. “The other night, I was interviewed by Ame [...]
Nikki Amuka-Bird: ‘I just played the prime minister and thought, me? Run the country?’ | Nikki Amuka-Bird
I became an orphan in my 40s, which was a strange and disturbing experience. This year is the eighth anniversary of my mum’s passing, which feels lik [...]