At supper with Sisi (Susanne Wolff), her mother, Ludovika of Bavaria (Angela Winkler), and Marie Countess of Sztáray (Sybille Canonica): “The film is also a lot about eating disorders and slimming and this obsession with your physical stature and aging.”
New eyes on Old Hollywood How images of Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Rita Hayworth inspired Pretty Babies
Lost Boys Wayne Wapeemukwa on drawing on reality for Manhunt while avoiding a true crime approach
Serious about comedy Louis Paxton on grounding the humour of The Incomer in darker elements
That shrinking feeling Shivek Gupta and Syed Shadan on the Mumbai housing market and Chaar Diwaari
A woman who didn't belong Anna Cazenave Cambet on working with Vicky Krieps in Love Me Tender
A dialogue of parchment and celluloid Jean-Jacques Annaud on Umberto Eco and The Name Of The Rose
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