Maggie Greenwald’s Sophie and the Rising Sun is an unconventional period piece about race, public and private spaces, and romance. Set in 1941 in the South, the mysterious arrival of a badly beaten Japanese man disrupts small town life.
Film Interviews
Interviews with female directors / Index of Interviews
Here you will find all of our interviews with film directors, actors, cinematographers, and more.
Writer-director Nicolette Kribetz discusses Wild
German writer-director Nicolette Kribetz’s film Wild is a strange, dream-like journey of sexual and physical liberation. At Sundance, Kribetz and lead actress Lilith Stangenberg discussed the genesis of the story, creating the character, and the ways in which men and women are confined by social norms.
Rebecca Daly discusses Sundance drama Mammal
The new film from Irish writer-director Rebecca Daly, Mammal, is a smart, sensitive story about family, love, grief, and parenting.
Director Andrew Haigh talks 45 Years
Andrew Haigh discusses shooting long takes, keeping us in Kate’s head space, and editing the film before the editing room.
Anne Émond talks family intimacy in Our Loved Ones
Québécois filmmaker Anne Émond talks about depicting suicide, family intimacy, and her hometown in her moving new film.
Wiseman talks making In Jackson Heights
Master documentarian Frederick Wiseman discusses his editing process and how this informs how he shot In Jackson Heights.