Cinematographer Ed Lachman on Being Pablo Larraín’s “Dance Partner” for El Conde
Cinematographer Ed Lachman doesn’t often work with new directors, but for someone he considers “the most important filmmaker in South America,” he’ll make an e...
Interviews
Terence Davies on Bringing Poetry to Life, Directing His New Short, and Planning His Next Feature
Special is the opportunity to speak with one of our great living filmmakers; doubly rare is a chance to do so as their latest project premieres on YouTube. Par...
Wayne Wang on His Diverse Filmography, Revisiting Old Work, and the Time Gangsters Visited His Set
We recently had the good fortune to speak with the talented, prolific filmmaker Wayne Wang about his long career, in particular his film Dim Sum: A Little Bit ...
Fremont Director Babak Jalali on Finding Humor in Editing and His Love of the Hangover Trilogy
To characters in Babak Jalali’s Fremont, memories both serve an artistic purpose and function as nuisance to be dealt with. Unresolved experiences while servin...
Scrapper Director Charlotte Regan on the Deep Emotions of Childhood and the Art of Observation
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Charlotte Regan’s Scrapper delights within the first few minutes. Regan’...
The Eternal Memory Team on Melancholic Romance and Melding Personal and Political History
It had been a while since I’d seen a film as sweepingly romantic as Maite Alberdi’s The Eternal Memory, a documentary that focuses on the lives of Augusto Góng...
Michael Cera and Dustin Guy Defa on The Adults, Poker Cinema, and the Joy of Sesame Street
It’s February in Berlin and Michael Cera is dodging bullets. What's it like, one reporter asks, to be a new dad? “It's like a new obsession," the actor explain...
Claire Simon on Capturing the Female Body and What Sets Her Apart From Frederick Wiseman
A renowned filmmaker in French cinema for her social realism across many storytelling modes, Claire Simon has crafted documentaries (such as depicting the admi...
Klondike Director Maryna Er Gorbach on the State of the Russia-Ukraine War and Being Inspired by Maya Deren
If nothing else, Ukrainian director Maryna Er Gorbach’s first solo-helmed feature Klondike can be credited with uncanny timing. A vivid look at an ordinary far...
Ira Sachs on Passages: “I Wanted to Make a Horny Film”
Tomas (Franz Rogowski) seems to have it all: a career as a director, marriage to Martin (Ben Whishaw), and the freedom to pursue his desires as he wishes. In P...