Music video director Aoife McArdle discusses her narrative feature debut, Kissing Candice, which marks her as a bold new visual stylist.
[Read more…] about Interview: Youth is ‘a dark fairytale’ in Kissing CandiceEstablishing Shots
Promising emerging filmmakers discuss their first feature film.
Director Rungano Nyoni on her Zambia-set debut I Am Not a Witch
Zambia-born, Cardiff-raised director Rungano Nyoni discusses her first feature I Am Not a Witch — which tackles patriarchal constraints on women in Zambia — and her own experiences with sexism in the film industry. The film is now available on VOD.
[Read more…] about Director Rungano Nyoni on her Zambia-set debut I Am Not a WitchLeilah Weinraub on exalting hedonism in Shakedown
Leilah Weinraub discusses Shakedown, waiting for the right climate to release her film on black lesbian club nights, the pitfalls of classic documentary practice, and trusting your audience.
[Read more…] about Leilah Weinraub on exalting hedonism in ShakedownEstablishing Shots: Introducing Beast director Michael Pearce
Director Michael Pearce discusses directing actors and developing the eerie tone of his directorial debut Beast, a psychological thriller with formal ambition. Read the rest of our Sundance 2018 coverage here.
[Read more…] about Establishing Shots: Introducing Beast director Michael Pearce‘She can be strong, even when she is wearing a bikini’: Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss their feminist rape-revenge film Revenge
Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss Revenge, the stigma around genre cinema, mixing humour and violence, and the way victims are still held responsible for being attacked. This is an excerpt from our forthcoming ebook on feminist horror beyond empowertainment. To read the entire article, get your copy of the book here.
[Read more…] about ‘She can be strong, even when she is wearing a bikini’: Director Coralie Fargeat and star Matilda Lutz discuss their feminist rape-revenge film RevengeDirector Francis Lee on the craft behind God’s Own Country
We interview director Francis Lee talks about the technical aspects of making his first feature, from sound to camera movement to editing. This is is an excerpt from our ebook God’s Own Country: A Special Issue, which is available for purchase here.
[Read more…] about Director Francis Lee on the craft behind God’s Own Country