Directors Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis discuss collaborating, using in-depth research to make fiction, and why they keep writing films about women. Read our …
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
‘I don’t believe opposites attract’: Orion Lee on playing one half of First Cow‘s sweet friendship – an ebook preview
Actor Orion Lee discusses his affinities with his First Cow character King-Lu, and how we prepared to play the itinerant entrepreneur. This is an excerpt of our …
Playing Cookie Figowitz was ‘very liberating’ for John Magaro – an ebook preview
First Cow star John Magaro on the liberating experience of acting in a Kelly Reichardt film and how he got into character by cooking stews. This is an excerpt …
‘I feel lucky shooting these films’: Chris Blauvelt on shooting for Kelly Reichardt – an ebook preview
Cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt discusses his close collaboration with Kelly Reichardt on all her films since Meek's Cutoff. This is an excerpt of our …
William Tyler on how improvisation led to the First Cow score – an ebook preview
First-time film composer William Tyler deconstructs the instruments and methods used to create First Cow's gorgeous score. This is an excerpt of our Reichardt …
Sound designer Leslie Shatz on Kelly Reichardt, town sounds, and misbehaving dogs – an ebook preview
Leslie Shatz chats about his collaboration with Kelly Reichardt and how they avoid making the "feel good movie of the year." This is an excerpt of our Reichardt …