Tag: Cinephile
How being crushed by a 14,000lb snowplough made Jeremy Renner a nicer person: ‘I’ve never been more vulnerable, open and loving’ | Jeremy Renner
Six ribs broken in 14 places. Three breaks in the lower pelvis. Right and left ankle broken. Left tibia broken. Left wrist fractured. Left toes, thre [...]
‘I’d be proud to be thrown out of America!’ Eric Idle on Trump, life after Python and not talking before lunch | Movies
When news broke in 2021 that Eric Idle had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, dismay was followed by relief when he survived to get the all-clear [...]
Camp vampires! Frisky throuples! How Stephanie Rothman became queen of the B-movie | Movies
Stephanie Rothman first came across the term “exploitation” in a review of one of her own films. It was 1970, and her second solo-directed feature, T [...]
Anne Reid on fame, desire and ambition at 90: ‘The most wonderful things have happened since I was 68!’ | Anne Reid
Anne Reid wants to get one thing straight from the off. She adores working with the director Dominic Dromgoole. “He treats actors like grownups. Some [...]
‘I have a lot of sympathy for Elon Musk’: Succession creator Jesse Armstrong on his tech bros AI satire Mountainhead | Mountainhead
When he gets to his London office on the morning this piece is published, Jesse Armstrong will read it in print, or not at all. Though the building h [...]
‘I must have done something right!’: dance master Jiří Kylián on his festival, fierce critics and the Ministry of Silly Walks | Dance
A gang of adolescent dancers, their black costumes offset by colourful hats, cascade down the sloping roof of Oslo’s opera house for a jubilant routi [...]
‘How much can one person take?’: Posy Sterling on her intense portrayal of a mum trapped in custody hell | Movies
Each morning before filming Lollipop, Posy Sterling took a giant bucket outside, filled it with ice and climbed in. Never mind that it was November o [...]
Whatever happened to Billy Bibbit? The extraordinary life of actor Brad Dourif – from Cuckoo’s Nest to Chucky | Movies
Brad Dourif knew it was time to retire from acting when he stopped feeling … well, anything about the parts he was being offered. “I got to a place w [...]
‘A gift of a role for a mother’: Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer on playing Tolstoy’s tortured Anna Karenina | Stage
It was back in 2019 that the role of Anna Karenina was first mentioned to Natalie Dormer. Six years, many screen roles, one pandemic and two children [...]
‘Chaps frame the buttocks in a beautiful way’: John C Reilly on Magnolia, moving into music – and his nice bum | Music
Your roles fluctuate wildly between the grave and silly. Does one necessitate the other? vammypI’ve always thought it’s all the same. You just try to [...]