Film Interviews

Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.

Orla Smith / July 25, 2020

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.

Alex Heeney / July 25, 2020

Cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt discusses his close collaboration with Kelly Reichardt on all her films since Meek’s Cutoff.

Alex Heeney / July 25, 2020

First-time film composer William Tyler deconstructs the instruments and methods used to create First Cow’s gorgeous score.

Alex Heeney / July 25, 2020

Shatz chats about his collaboration with Kelly Reichardt and how they avoid making the “feel good movie of the year.”

Orla Smith / July 25, 2020

Screenwriter Jon Raymond explains how the eponymous cow was the key to unlocking his debut novel, The Half-Life, and adapting it into First Cow.

Orla Smith / July 25, 2020

Costume designer April Napier (Certain Women, First Cow) on the warm, collaborative environment Kelly Reichardt cultivates on set.