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Actors talk about their work on a specific performance or their career as a whole and their technical approach.

A still of Kristine Thorp in Ninjababy next to a headshot of director Yngvild Sve Flikke. The text on the images reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / March 3, 2021

‘I’m sick of poetic sex scenes’: Yngvild Sve Flikke and Kristine Thorp on Ninjababy

Writer-director Yngvild Sve Flikke and actress Kristine Thorp discuss their subversive pregnancy comedy, Ninjababy, one of the best of the Berlinale. Check out …

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Alex Heeney / February 28, 2021

Nina Hoss on My Little Sister and acting with the camera

Actress Nina Hoss discusses My Little Sister, Switzerland's Oscar entry, and why it's important for her performance to know how a film is going to be …

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A headshot of writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat in front of a still of her film, I Blame Society. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / February 12, 2021

Gillian Wallace Horvat on turning herself into a serial killer in I Blame Society

In the mockumentary I Blame Society, writer-director Gillian Wallace Horvat plays a murderous version of herself who makes a film about being a serial …

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Alex Heeney / January 20, 2021

‘He was always raw’: Aldis Hodge on playing Jim Brown in One Night in Miami…

Aldis Hodge on playing Jim Brown with a cool, level head in One Night in Miami..., exploring the character through rehearsals, and responding in the moment. We …

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A still of Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night in Miami in front of a still from the film, with the text 'Interview' over the image.

Orla Smith / January 14, 2021

‘The vulnerability of these men was the centre of the piece’: Kingsley Ben-Adir on One Night in Miami

Kingsley Ben-Adir on the challenge of playing Malcolm X in One Night in Miami as a man with vulnerabilities that the public rarely saw. We also talked to Aldis …

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A still from Saint Frances next to headshots of director Alex Thompson and writer/star Kelly O'Sullivan. The text 'Interview' is over the image.

Lindsay Pugh / November 15, 2020

Saint Frances Interview: On shame, healing, abortion, and blood

Saint Frances director Alex Thompson and writer-star Kelly O'Sullivan on depicting abortion on screen, working with child actors, and telling personal stories. …

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