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Stage and screen directing legend Richard Eyre discusses the real-life stage that is the courtroom in The Children Act and directing for stage vs. screen. Read …
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Writer-director Darlene Naponse on her unconventional protagonist, capturing the beauty of a landscape through both visuals and sound, and the respect and care …
[Read more...] about Interview: Falls Around Her centres a complex, middle-aged, Indigenous woman
Irish writer-director Carmel Winters discusses her second feature, Float Like a Butterfly, a female coming-of-age story set in the 1970s amongst the Irish …
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This solid, entertaining, and funny production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband at Ontario's Stratford Festival is nevertheless inert, old-fashioned, and often …
[Read more...] about Stratford’s An Ideal Husband is timeless in the worst sense of the word
Editor Jane Rizzo discusses cutting Leave No Trace, developing the father-daughter relationship, building the soundscapes for different locations, and …
Ben Foster discusses how he prepared for his role as Will in Leave No Trace. This is the fifth piece in our Special Issue on Debra Granik's Leave No Trace. …
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On Chesil Beach director Dominic Cooke discusses using his experience as a theatre director while still relishing the tools that are unique to cinema. Read part …
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In Lean on Pete, Charley’s search for home moves the plot, but the emotional journey to find home is at the heart of all Andrew Haigh’s work. This is the fifth …
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In The Tale, the semi-autobiographical narrative debut from Jennifer Fox, the character Jennifer’s process of sifting through and revisiting past memories is …
[Read more...] about The Tale: Comfortable stories mask uncomfortable truths
Breakout star Billy Howle discusses how he prepared to embody his On Chesil Beach character, Edward, throughout the years — creating his voice, movement, and …
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