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From the Sight and Sound archive

A man for all seasons: Fritz Lang interviewed in 1967

By Axel Madsen

A man for all seasons: Fritz Lang interviewed in 1967
The NHS at 75

Making films for the NHS: the story behind the Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton training film The Strange Case of Penny Allison

By Patrick Russell

Making films for the NHS: the story behind the Hugh Laurie and Imelda Staunton training film The Strange Case of Penny Allison
Interviews

Joanna Hogg in the hall of ghosts: “In the evenings, we’d sit there with the fire roaring and watch films”

By Sam Wigley

Joanna Hogg in the hall of ghosts: “In the evenings, we’d sit there with the fire roaring and watch films”
Interviews

How to make a Hunger Games film

By Lou Thomas

How to make a Hunger Games film
From the Sight and Sound archive

Nowhere to hide: Todd Haynes on [Safe]

By Amy Taubin

Nowhere to hide: Todd Haynes on [Safe]
Interviews

The rituals of a life watching films: Jeremy Cooper on his novel Brian

By Adam Scovell

The rituals of a life watching films: Jeremy Cooper on his novel Brian
Interviews

“It’s a film about what’s kept in the body forever”: The Eternal Memory director Maite Alberdi on dementia, love and Chile’s dark history

By Georgia Korossi

“It’s a film about what’s kept in the body forever”: The Eternal Memory director Maite Alberdi on dementia, love and Chile’s dark history
From the Sight and Sound archive

“If you want to call yourself a composer, you follow every step of the instrumentation:” Ennio Morricone interviewed in 2006

By Guido Bonsaver

“If you want to call yourself a composer, you follow every step of the instrumentation:” Ennio Morricone interviewed in 2006
Interviews

Fingernails: director Christos Nikou on modern dating and his Black Mirror-style love-test drama

By Lou Thomas

Fingernails: director Christos Nikou on modern dating and his Black Mirror-style love-test drama
Interviews

“In season, Malia is carnage”: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex

By Rachel Pronger

“In season, Malia is carnage”: Molly Manning Walker on How To Have Sex
Interviews

“It’s an examination of untruth, and he is our guide”: Errol Morris on John le Carré and The Pigeon Tunnel

By Lou Thomas

“It’s an examination of untruth, and he is our guide”: Errol Morris on John le Carré and The Pigeon Tunnel
Interviews

“We are the killers, and we have to understand that”: Martin Scorsese on Killers of the Flower Moon

By Philip Horne

“We are the killers, and we have to understand that”: Martin Scorsese on Killers of the Flower Moon
Interviews

“Extended realities can change how you look at the world”: Ulrich Schrauth on LFF Expanded

By Georgia Korossi

“Extended realities can change how you look at the world”: Ulrich Schrauth on LFF Expanded
Black Film Bulletin

BFB archive revisted: Ousmane Sembene on the State of African Cinema

BFB archive revisted: Ousmane Sembene on the State of African Cinema
Festivals

Fallen Leaves star Alma Pöysti on working with Aki Kaurismäki: “Everyone was surprised he made this movie”

By Leigh Singer

Fallen Leaves star Alma Pöysti on working with Aki Kaurismäki: “Everyone was surprised he made this movie”
Interviews

Occupied City: Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter on their chronicle of Amsterdam during wartime

By Lou Thomas

Occupied City: Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter on their chronicle of Amsterdam during wartime
Interviews

Pat Collins on his John McGahern adaptation That They May Face the Rising Sun

By Georgia Korossi

Pat Collins on his John McGahern adaptation That They May Face the Rising Sun
Interviews

Gareth Edwards on his futuristic AI war film The Creator: “You’re always looking for that thing that’s not been done in science fiction. The little gap on the Blu-ray shelf”

By Lou Thomas

Gareth Edwards on his futuristic AI war film The Creator: “You’re always looking for that thing that’s not been done in science fiction. The little gap on the Blu-ray shelf”
World of influence

Cult classic, not bestseller: favourite film noirs with The Streets star Mike Skinner

By Sam Wigley

Cult classic, not bestseller: favourite film noirs with The Streets star Mike Skinner
Interviews

Talking with Tim Burton: “I’m like a vampire. I’ve been killed and resuscitated many times”

By Lou Thomas

Talking with Tim Burton: “I’m like a vampire. I’ve been killed and resuscitated many times”
Interviews

“If I drop dead now and I want to speak to you, I’ll probably appear in your Whatsapp”: Kwesi Owusu on his 1990s Afrofuturist film Ama

By Kevin Le Gendre

“If I drop dead now and I want to speak to you, I’ll probably appear in your Whatsapp”: Kwesi Owusu on his 1990s Afrofuturist film Ama
Interviews

Koji Fukada on his family drama Love Life: “If you have a deaf character in a film, the chances are they’re pure and angelic”

By Josh Slater-Williams

Koji Fukada on his family drama Love Life: “If you have a deaf character in a film, the chances are they’re pure and angelic”
Interviews

“It was always destined to be a Ken Russell head-trip”: screenwriter Stephen Volk remembers Gothic, his psychotropic tale of the Romantics

By Adam Scovell

“It was always destined to be a Ken Russell head-trip”: screenwriter Stephen Volk remembers Gothic, his psychotropic tale of the Romantics
Interviews

Charlotte Regan on Scrapper: “I’d love to see more working-class films that are happier”

By Lou Thomas

Charlotte Regan on Scrapper: “I’d love to see more working-class films that are happier”
From the Sight and Sound archive

“My life, my sexual identity, is as a feminist, but my films don’t fit easily into that category”: Bette Gordon on Variety in 1984

By Bette Gordon

“My life, my sexual identity, is as a feminist, but my films don’t fit easily into that category”: Bette Gordon on Variety in 1984
From the Sight and Sound archive

Naked miracles: Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves

By Stig Björkman

Naked miracles: Lars von Trier on Breaking the Waves
Interviews

“Talk to Me is a bit of an ouija board. It’s connected to the dead”

By Lou Thomas

“Talk to Me is a bit of an ouija board. It’s connected to the dead”
Interviews

The Gospel of Paul Schrader

By Erika Balsom

The Gospel of Paul Schrader
Interviews

A neglected jazz movie classic: Larry Clark looks back on Passing Through and the LA Rebellion movement

By Kevin Le Gendre

A neglected jazz movie classic: Larry Clark looks back on Passing Through and the LA Rebellion movement
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