The Aussie director discusses why horror was the right vessel for his commentary.
McLean discusses the pyrotechnics of violence, toying with an audience’s expectations, and more.
The epitome of grace, Kore-eda discusses the lightness of touch that’s become his signature.
The French filmmaker is given to speaking of intuition in ironically ritualistic terms.
Maslany and Cullen discuss the pros and cons of playing a love story with your real-life partner.
Farhadi discusses the ambiguity of his films, dealing with Iran’s censors, and more.
Mills discusses the memory of his mother, his art-school education, and working with actors.
The director and actress discuss schadenfreude, the elusive laffs-to-pathos ratio, and more.
Tarr talks jury duty at this year’s festival, his film.factory, Donald Trump, and more.
Hansen-Løve discusses her films’ autobiographical components, Jonas Mekas’s influence on her work, and more.
The filmmaker discusses his latest work and how he now views the reception of his films during the 1990s.
Silverman discusses her current production and her relatively new foray into the world of musicals.
The actress discusses her roles in the latest films by Mia Hansen-Løve and Paul Verhoeven and why she’s been lucky in her career.
The filmmaker discusses working with Nicolas Cage and moving forward after Dying of the Light’s contentious release.
Dern discusses how she overcome the challenge of playing a character whose emotions are hidden even from herself.
The filmmaker discusses her teaching duties at Bard and how empathy factors into her filmmaking.
The actress discusses her latest role, her legend, and the Kleber Mendonça Filho film’s Oscar controversy.
The actors discuss their new film, the thrill of improv, and making movies their own way.
The filmmakers discusses her passion project and its possible impact on the current election cycle.
From his home base in Paris, Brook discusses bringing back The Mahabharata to BAM in the form of Battlefield.
When we sat down with Nelson, he was in the midst of rehearsing What Did You Expect?, the second play of his current cycle at the Public.