MATTHEW JOHN LAWRENCE: “horror has its own issues but it can serve as such a great platform to tell certain stories that you can’t tell in your typical drama or your typical straight comedies”
Director Matthew John Lawrence talks to Kyle Gaffney about his memories of the video store, The Simpsons, the horror genre, and his latest film UNCLE PECKERHEAD
10 Questions with JESSE O’BRIEN
Ahead of the UK premiere of TWO HEADS CREEK, a playfully dark cannibal horror comedy, director Jesse O’Brien talks about the joys of cannibal karaoke, tackling immigration issues and filming in a haunted hotel
10 Questions with ALASTAIR ORR
Ahead of the UK premiere of TRIGGERED, his cat-and-mouse slasher, Alastair Orr talks about being inspired by old console games and why he loves working in South Africa
PAUL HYETT: “I actually get upset when a film comes to the cinema that costs around four or five million to make and is a really good, intelligent, adult drama but doesn't do well”
Director Paul Hyett sits down to talk to Ashley Robson about COVID-19, the independent market, streaming giants, and his latest mind-bending horror PERIPHERAL
10 Questions with BREA GRANT
Director Brea Grant sits down and answers 10 questions about her latest film 12 HOUR SHIFT
Richard Lett and Roy Tighe: “When I found alcohol and drugs, the terrifying part of that losing my shit was numbed away and the hilarious part emerged“
Star Richard Lett and Director Roy Tighe talk to Ewan Gleadow about addiction, recovery, stand-up, and the duo’s collaborative effort Never Be Done: A Richard Lett Story
Kana Yamada: "I was feeling inferior about being a woman, I thought, no matter how harder you tried, women can’t be better than men in terms of the power and the position they have in society"
Director Kana Yamada talks to Jak-Luke Sharp about her transition from theatre to film, bringing a much needed female voice to cinema, sex work in Japan, and her outstanding debut feature film Life: Untitled
Julian Marshall: “The history of this country is inseparable from the oppression and violence perpetrated against African-Americans”
We Are George Floyd director Julian Marshall talks to Hillary White about fighting the system, finding justice, voting in November, and the chance for change
Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez: "Cinema can provide a record and shape values, and move us and make us more curious, but lived experience is what gets us wisdom"
Directing duo Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez talk to Lalo Ortega about the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, inspiration, COVID-19, and the duos latest film The American Sector
Judith Helfand: "This connects me to thousands of people if not millions who have lost parents and are now asking important existential questions about the quality of their relationships"
Judith Helfand talks to CLAPPER about the importance of tone, motherhood, grief, desperately wanting to create conversation, and her latest documentary Love and Stuff
Louise Mootz: "I wish we could destroy all those borders and encourage immigration, helping more people together"
Director Louise Mootz talks to Jak-Luke Sharp about honesty, her powerful friendships, cinematic influences, and her debut film Jungle
Takako Tokiwa (常盤貴子): "I imagine what kind of movie Mr Obayashi would have shot using me if I met him when I was a little girl"
Actress Takako Tokiwa talks to Jak-Luke Sharp about loving American TV, the late great Nobuhiko Obayashi, the craft of performance, and her role in Labyrinth of Cinema
Alexandra Dalsbaek: "I wish I could have more of an impact with this film but unfortunately, there are very few Russian festivals which would take the risk to show this kind of film"
Director Alexandra Dalsbaek talks to Jakub Flasz about documenting political activists, problems getting the film shown in Russia, being a woman in a male-dominated industry, and her latest documentary We Are Russia
Eléonore Weber: "I think it is urgent to examine the singular violence in which our democracies are engaged"
Director Eléonore Weber talks to Hung Huynh about war crimes, devastating footage, women in film and her latest documentary There Will Be No More Night
Kim Seungwoo: "Even though I’ve imagined and prepared for this film for so long time, I was both excited and frightened at the beginning of the shooting"
South Korean director Kim Seungwoo talks to Jak-Luke Sharp about working with actress Yeong-ae Lee, the success of Bong Joon-ho and Parasite, torturing his audience and his latest film Bring Me Home (Na-reul cha-ja-jwo)
Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser: "We wondered all the time about why humans always for these first steps, use animals"
Directing duo Levin Peter and Elsa Kremser talk to Deigo Andaluz about the space race, ethics, their passion for animals, a perfect film score, and their directorial debut as a pair in Space Dogs
Mo Scarpelli: "It’s a film which is the truest reflection of my way of seeing things, than anything I have ever made"
Mo Scarpelli talks to Charlie Batista about never turning the camera off, family bonds, inspiration, the future, and her latest feature El Father Plays Himself
Steven Berkoff: "What makes Poe elusive is that most filmmakers have not the acute sensibility to capture the finesse"
Steven Berkoff talks to Kyle Gaffney about his fascination with Edgar Allan Poe, turning down Blue Velvet, working with Stanley Kubrick, and his latest film Tell Tale Heart
Woo Min-ho: "LEE Byung-hun's meticulous yet abundant acting had a sense of stillness that developed tension, just like a bomb that can explode anytime"
Woo Min-ho talks to Jak-Luke Sharp about Korean politics, the tremendous talent of LEE Byung-hun, adapting history, and his latest feature The Man Standing Next
Nicholas Ashe Bateman: "The only real piece of advice that I imagine I can have for anyone is to continue and continue at all costs"
Nicholas Ashe Bateman talks to Diego Andaluz about his Emily Bronte influence, working with producer Shane Carruth, future projects, and his directorial debut The Wanting Mare