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“There’s such a sense of helplessness right now in America”: Beth de Araújo on Josephine
As the second week of LFF gets underway, we speak to Beth de Araújo about taking a child’s eye view for her second feature, Josephine, a disquieting exploration of sexual violence based on a traumatic event from the director’s childhood.
By Katie McCabe
“You can show a range of emotion that you don’t usually get in the cinema”: Derek Jarman on Edward II
By Michael O'Pray
The Uprising: A murky retelling of the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt
By Henry K Miller
“My one political film”: Ken Russell on The Devils
By Ken Russell
Queer Edward II: New Derek Jarman documentary captures a vital piece of cinematic history
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The Face of Horror: Anna Biller bewitches with a tragic medieval horrorshow
By Savina Petkova
Digger: an unwieldy but compulsively watchable satire
By Philip Concannon
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“You can show a range of emotion that you don’t usually get in the cinema”: Derek Jarman on Edward II
As Theo Rollason’s new making-of documentary Queer Edward II plays at the LFF, we revisit our 1991 interview with Derek Jarman about the intentions behind specific shots, costumes and lighting in Edward II.
By Michael O'Pray
“My one political film”: Ken Russell on The Devils
By Ken Russell
“It comes out of an anger about the way things are”: Martin Scorsese on The Departed
By Ian Christie
On Bresson: Olivier Assayas, Paul Schrader, Aki Kaurismäki and more discuss the French director
By Michael Brooke
The making of a super-producer: Jeremy Thomas interviewed in 2014
By Nick James
The discreet murderer of the bourgeoisie: an interview with Claude Chabrol
By Rui Nogueira and Nicoletta Zalaffi
“He is the blockbuster given human form”: J. Hoberman on Arnold Schwarzenegger
By J. Hoberman
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