Jessie Buckley & Rory Kinnear on the Unnerving Provocation of Men, Gender Dynamics, and Fables

Alex Garland built his career on cerebral sci-fi. The novelist-turned-screenwriter-turned-director was responsible for two of the most acclaimed science fictio...

Michelangelo Frammartino on Il Buco, the Melancholy of Cave Exploration, and Italian Cinema

Slyly and majestically bringing a sense of documentary-like authenticity to his humbling, spiritual portraits of the ways humankind and nature intersect, Itali...

Eskil Vogt on The Innocents, Childhood Morality, and Joachim Trier’s Advice

Norwegian filmmaker Eskil Vogt had quite a 2021, bringing both his most recent collaboration with Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World (for which he wo...

Daniels on Directing as a Duo, Soulmates, and Embracing the Chaos of Everything Everywhere All At Once

Everything Everywhere All At Once has become a cultural phenomenon. Adored by critics and audiences alike, it’s one of the few films of the pandemic era that s...

Anaïs in Love Director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet on Cassavetes, Capturing Vitality, and Setting a Tone

Immediately setting a buoyant, vibrant tone that carries through the rest of the film, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s Anaïs in Love makes one of 2022's finest de...

Céline Sciamma on Petite Maman, Cinema as Resurrection, and Childhood Pleasures

There are few things in contemporary cinema as pleasurable as witnessing Céline Sciamma’s fascination with childhood. Although she doesn’t technically make fil...

Mira Nair on Mississippi Masala’s Enduring Impact, Body Language, and That Phone Call Scene

After being lost in the tendrils of rights issues for many years, Mira Nair’s 1991 masterpiece Mississippi Masala is finally being brought back to audiences wi...

Jane Schoenbrun on the Power of Slow Cinema and the Loneliness of the Internet in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

In the midst of writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair it becomes easy to forget we're watching a film, not a swirl of the next ...

Strange What Love Does: David Lynch on Remastering INLAND EMPIRE

Suffice it to say interviewing David Lynch constitutes a white whale for yours truly, let alone the Film Stage as a publishing entity. But let’s not turn senti...

Gagarine Directors on Dreaming of Space and the Otherworldly Vision of Leos Carax

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh's remarkable drama Gagarine is one of the best films of 2022. Centered on Youri, a 17-year-old engineer who is likely on the s...