Articles by Lou Thomas
Festivals
Despatches from Mumbai Film Festival 2023
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Fingernails: director Christos Nikou on modern dating and his Black Mirror-style love-test drama
By Lou Thomas
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
Interviews
Occupied City: Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter on their chronicle of Amsterdam during wartime
By Lou Thomas
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
Reviews
The Lesson: Richard E. Grant is delightful as a vain novelist in this serviceable literary thriller
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Talking with Tim Burton: “I’m like a vampire. I’ve been killed and resuscitated many times”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Charlotte Regan on Scrapper: “I’d love to see more working-class films that are happier”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
“Talk to Me is a bit of an ouija board. It’s connected to the dead”
By Lou Thomas
Features
Mission: Impossible stunts – ranked for danger
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Felipe Gálvez on his Tierra del Fuego western The Settlers: “It’s like shooting in hell”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Harka: how we made our Tunisian smuggling drama
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
How we put Berlin’s gay clubbing scene on film
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
#Manhole: a taut situational nail-biter
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Hirokazu Koreeda on Broker: “I’m interested in this innate human desire to form a familial unit”
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Kill Boksoon: a tremendously exciting Korean assassin thriller
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Four Little Adults: an engaging polyamory drama
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Darren Aronofsky on The Whale: “No one’s seen this side of Brendan”
By Lou Thomas
10 great
10 great films of 1998
By Grace Barber-Plentie, Henry Barnes and others
Festivals
Joram: this Indian corruption thriller sizzles and smokes
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Scrapper: a father and daughter prove fun loving criminals in this charming romp
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Rye Lane: Raine Allen-Miller on her south London not-quite romcom
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
Rye Lane: a vivacious south London romcom with an eye for detail
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
The view from Marrakech: Jeremy Irons and the best of the festival
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio on Aftersun: “It’s rare to see a single-parent drama where the centre point is love”
By Lou Thomas
Interviews
Aubrey Plaza and John Patton Ford on Emily the Criminal, getting into trouble and classic crime films
By Lou Thomas
Festivals
FID Marseille 2022: new Lav Diaz and Albert Serra among the films generating heat
By Lou Thomas