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The essence of Freddie
by Jennie Kermode
Jan Sewell on Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee and the make-up for Bohemian Rhapsody
Reading the city
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Christian Petzold on Alex Brendemühl, George Romero and Transit
Omar’s acting lessons from school of life
by Richard Mowe
Intouchables star on return to his African roots and working in Hollywood
Thrillseeker
by Jennie Kermode
Patrick Kilpatrick on doing stunts, working with Tom Cruise and Christopher Walken, Night Walk and Active Shooter
"Une aventure artistique unique"
by Anne-Katrin Titze and Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda pays tribute to Michel Legrand
Pinpointing Palach
by Jane Fae
Director Robert Sedlácek on his film about the Czech national hero.
Humanist ideas
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Morgan Neville on the humanist ideas of Fred Rogers and the title Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Doing the right thing
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Desirae Brown on creating music, activism, childhood and The 5 Browns: Digging Through The Darkness
Interconnecting the layers
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck on Patricia Rommel and Never Look Away
Inspired by science
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Eliza McNitt on Jessica Chastain, Darren Aronofsky and her VR experience Spheres
Wish you were here
by Jennie Kermode
Lin Shaye on The Final Wish, character creation, horror, comedy and The Grudge
The myth and the dream
by Anne-Katrin Titze
RaMell Ross on Hale County This Morning, This Evening and the influence of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A cinematic blessing
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Simon Lereng Wilmont on The Distant Barking Of Dogs
Piercing sincerity
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Morgan Neville on Fred Rogers and Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Good at being bad
by Jennie Kermode
Patrick Kilpatrick on Nicolas Roeg, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery and his career as a villain
Piecing it together
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Luke Davies on the evolving scenes and editing in Felix van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy
Real-life fiction
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau on the script, sound design and horses' eyes in The Rider
In reflection
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Wash Westmoreland on Guy de Maupassant, Citizen Kane, Colette and The Earthquake Bird
Books and images
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Paul Auster on Alicia Vikander, Felix van Groeningen, Alejandro Chomski, and Per Oscarsson in Hunger
The lives of others
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Nadine Labaki on Capernaum and the way the refugee crisis affects children
Finding that spark
by Jennie Kermode
Julian Richards on working with Barbara Crampton and Chaz Bono on Reborn
Stepping back to the Seventies
by Amber Wilkinson
Benjamin Naishtat chats about his genre thriller Rojo
An unseen world
by Amber Wilkinson
Lila Avilés talks about putting the focus on The Chambermaid
Saddling back up
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau on autism, training horses and The Rider
A world of intensity
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Luke Davies on Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heath Ledger, Anton Corbijn, Capote and Beautiful Boy
Inside Marvel S.T.A.T.I.O.N.
by Jane Fae
We go on a mission with the Avengers
Home for Christmas
by Jennie Kermode
Yen Tan on diverse casting, the AIDS epidemic and 1985
Welcome back CCA
by Max Crawford
We report from the celebrations of the iconic Glasgow venue's resurrection
Urgent ideas
by Amber Wilkinson
Mohcine Besri on healthcare, hospitals and humour in his latest film
Finding her voice
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Wash Westmoreland on La Belle Époque and Keira Knightley as Colette
Something electric
by Jennie Kermode
Julian Richards on sympathetic monsters, Reborn and Daddy's Girl
Bridging the gap
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Paul Auster on Lulu On The Bridge, Pawel Pawlikowski, Joanna Kulig, Stanley Mar, and Teresa Wright
Creating an illusion
by Amber Wilkinson
Gabriela Cartol on learning the craft of The Chambermaid
Looking at us
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Christian Petzold on A Day In The Country, Summer With Monika, The 400 Blows and Undine
Tallinn Film Festival: Days Six and Seven
by Anton Bitel
Lonesome Collectors, Cursed Seat, The Pact, The Fall Of The American Empire
The view from the tree
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck on Germany Oscar submission Never Look Away
Auster land
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Paul Auster on Wim Wenders, Willem Dafoe, Mira Sorvino, and Harvey Keitel in Lulu On The Bridge
"He gave me a secret"
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Catherine Breillat remembers Bernardo Bertolucci
Tallinn Film Festival: Day Five
by Anton Bitel
The Wild Fields, Foam At The Mouth, Fire Lily and Keep An Eye Out
Tallinn Film Festival: Day Four
by Anton Bitel
Slam and Potential Victim
The stuff of legend
by Sunil Chauhan
Jane Giles on wild nights, cult films and her new book, Scala Cinema 1978-1993
Tallinn Film Festival: Day Three
by Anton Bitel
As I Fall and Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Remembering Bertolucci
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Saverio Costanzo, Richard Peña, Atom Egoyan, Don Rosenfeld and Frédéric Boyer pay tribute
Tallinn Film Festival: Day Two
by Anton Bitel
Lorik, Erased, Deep Rivers and The World Is Yours
Protect and secure
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stacy Cochran on Emily Mortimer, Rachel Keller and Finn Wittrock in Write When You Get Work
Tallinn Film Festival: Day One
by Anton Bitel
Capsule reviews of Between Covers and Yung
Heroines of tragedy
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Tom Volf on Maria Callas as Norma, the golden age, and time travel in Maria by Callas
Visual storytelling
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stacy Cochran on costume design, camouflage and Write When You Get Work
Into the future through the past
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Rupert Maconick in conversation on Takumi: A 60,000 Hour Story On the Survival Of Human Craft
Never finished
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Franz Rogowski on Christian Petzold's Transit and The State We Are In
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