Orla wraps up her time at the 2019 Glasgow Film Festival by spotlighting three of the best films that screened there.Discovering great films at a …
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Timothée Chalamet and the contradictions of coming-of-age
Timothée Chalamet is delivering some of modern cinema's most compelling coming-of-age performances, dealing with the contradictions and confusion of figuring …
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Interview: Crystal Swan‘s heroine is as unforgettable as her costumes
Writer-director Darya Zhuk discusses her feature debut Crystal Swan, and creating her charismatic, dynamic, unforgettable protagonist. …
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Rafiki interview: ‘Falling in love is when you giggle and blush the most’
Director Wanuri Kahiu discusses her controversial debut feature, Rafiki, a lesbian film which has faced bans in Kahiu's native Kenya. …
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Thomasin McKenzie tracks every step toward independence in Leave No Trace
Increment by increment, Thomasin McKenzie tracks Tom's journey from girl to young woman. This is the seventh piece in our Special Issue on Debra Granik's Leave …
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Interview: One woman’s experience of the Dublin housing crisis in Rosie
Director Paddy Breathnach on building the characters and family dynamic in a film that makes the political personal, and crafting an immediate, engaging visual …
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Amma Asante: ‘These black children were walking a strange tightrope’
Asante details the long road to making her passion project, Where Hands Touch, and explains the importance of nuance in her controversial love story. …
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Behind the Lens: The Miseducation of Cameron Post DP Ashley Connor
Placing The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Madeline's Madeline side by side, it seems like DP Ashley Connor can do anything. Read more interviews with …
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Establishing Shots: Rebecca Addelman on her marriage drama, Paper Year
Addelman discusses fictionalising her first marriage into her feature debut, which took years of rewrites, great casting, and generous collaboration. …
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Brett Haley: ‘Music and creativity bring people together’
Director Brett Haley discusses Hearts Beat Loud and the joy of nice movies about kind people. …
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