ScreenAnarchy: Interviews

FILIPIÑANA Interview: Rafael Manuel Talks the Colonial Legacy of the Philippines

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Also: How he works between different languages, actors and non-actors, and the film's particular visual form. Jorrybell Agoto delivers an understated performance as a marginalised "tee-girl" in this Filipino debut feature.

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Locarno 2026: Asia Argento on Failure, Scandal, and Choosing the Road "That Had a Heart"

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:02:09 -0500

Honoured with Locarno's Lifetime Achievement Award, Asia Argento reflects on surviving childhood fame, turning trauma into 'Scarlet Diva,' rejecting Hollywood millions and finding meaning in a career.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: MANHUNT Director Wayne Wapeemukwa on Humanizing Killers, Settler Mythology, and Cinema Without Sermons

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:02:07 -0500

Wayne Wapeemukwa talks about transforming a notorious Canadian killing spree, confronting misogyny and settler mythology, working with nonprofessional actors, and resisting demands that cinema reduce violent characters to moral lessons.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: KETTICÈ Filmmakers Luca Guadagnino and Giovanni Tortorici on Adolescent Rebellion and Protecting Cinema's Rare Roses

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:02:08 -0500

At Locarno, the Palermo-born director and his producer traced a line from adolescent resistance to an endangered idea of cinema, specific, unruly and built from a language of its own.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: DONKEY PRINCESS Filmmakers Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña Say "Jan Švankmajer Is Our Father"

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:02:07 -0500

The acclaimed Chilean duo discusses expanding their handmade cinematic language into live action and drawing on the formative influence of Jan Švankmajer.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: NOBODY'S VIOLENCE Filmmaker Denis Côté Talks Mortality and Making Cinema That "Floats"

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:02:08 -0500

The Québécois auteur explains how illness shaped the film's grainy 16mm aesthetic, why disciplined production is essential to improvisation, and how critical feedback informs his uncompromising filmmaking.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: SIXTEEN MOMENTS OF MY LIFE Filmmaker Albert Serra Discusses Five Cameras, Six Years of Creation, and AI's Limits

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:02:11 -0500

The Catalan filmmaker explains why his concert film was an "accidental consequence" of six years of work, why cinematographers must edit, and why artificial intelligence can never be innocent.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: OBJET A Filmmaker Ann Oren on Touch and the Ecstasy of Losing Control

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:02:10 -0500

Filmmaker and visual artist Ann Oren discusses how her sophomore feature draws on Lacan, touch-starved digital culture, Jan Švankmajer, surgical preparation and the dangerous promise of surrender.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: O JACARÉ Filmmaker Basil da Cunha on Gangster Heroes

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:02:08 -0500

Plus: a two-year edit and Reboleira's last dance.

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Locarno 2026 Interview: THE DAYS OFF Filmmaker Lucila Mariani Discusses Internet Nostalgia

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:02:07 -0500

Plus: Reality shifting, and an ominous eclipse.

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Locarno 2026 Industry: Marco Perego on Killing the Producer's Ego

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Plus: Turning small budgets into freedom, and using AI as a tool, not an auteur.

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Locarno 2026: Olivia Wilde on Why Streamers "Bribe" Films Away From Theaters

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Plus: Shooting comedy on 35mm, and refusing to "be less."

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Locarno 2026: James Gray on Why Every Director "Steals Like Crazy"

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Plus: The trap of chasing "fresh" and why AI can't replace human cinema.

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Interview: Michel Bonset Wants You To Watch Dutch With Him

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:02 -0500

Like many other countries, the Netherlands have their own film industry with its own knacks, weirdness, rumors and history. Award-winning Dutch scriptwriter (and sometimes actor) Michel Bonset started a channel on Instagram in which he discusses four Dutch films every week. Old, new, famous, forgotten... he briefly covers each title, the stories surrounding the film, whether it moved him, and what the impact on audiences and the industry was. This channel is called Kijk Nederlands Met Me, which means Watch Dutch With Me, a play on Kenny-B's popular Dutch popsong Paris in which he sings "Praat Nederlands met me!" (Talk Dutch to me). It quickly gained thousands of followers, many from within the Dutch movie industry itself, and Bonset is now upgrading the channel to...

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Locarno 2026: Zoe Saldaña on Making Gatekeepers Answer for Exclusion

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:02:09 -0500

Plus: The liberating power of sci-fi and why she's ready to say: "Give me that camera."

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Locarno 2026: Virginie Efira on Her Crooked Path From TV, a 20-Minute Japanese Take in Heels, and Why Acting Begins With Listening

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:02:11 -0500

After receiving the Leopard Club Award, the Belgian-born star talks comedy, Gena Rowlands, post-#MeToo sets and learning Japanese for Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's All of Sudden.

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THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER Interview: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on the Adaptation Between Fiction and Reality

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, and Ryota Miyadate star in Kurosawa's historical drama mystery film.

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Fantasia 2026 Interview: ATTACK ON PARADISE Creator and Star Saïd Boumazoughe, Director Bob Colaers Talk Heroes, Heart, and How to Change the World with Action Movies

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:02:02 -0500

Saïd Boumazoughe co-wrote and stars in Attack on Paradise as a second generation Moroccan immigrant named Suleyman, who, after being released from prison, returns to his Antwerp suburban neighbourhood to find his mother's apartment block has been taken over by drug gangs, arms dealers, and human trafficking hoods. He just wants to visit his mother, and get on with life, but a raid from the Antwerp SWAT force puts him in the middle of urban warfare in a residential complex. As our own J. Hurtado put it in his review of the film: "What sets Attack on Paradise apart from [other large-building siege] films is the connections between characters, while the action is certainly foregrounded appropriately, with a less solid core story, it would feel more...

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SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER: Watch a Conversation with Severin's David Gregory and Author / Filmmaker Marcus Hearn

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:01:01 -0500

My first encounter with Jimmy Sangster came long before I ever heard his name. As my father flipped through channels one lazy Saturday afternoon, I suddenly begged him to stop, as some guy I later found was Van Helsing and another guy who I later found out was Count Dracula fought to the death. The moment was courtesy of a local TV station’s midday afternoon movie program, and even though I only caught the end of the film, I have never forgotten that first glimpse into the hallowed halls of Hammer, or the first of many viewings of The Horror of Dracula (1958). Sangster, of course, not only wrote the screenplay for that film, but for Hammer’s previous horror blockbuster, The Curse of...

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SHEEP IN THE BOX Interview: Hirokazu Kore-eda on the Future of AI Technology and Human Society

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:02:11 -0500

The science fiction drama stars Haruka Ayase and Daigo Yamamoto as a couple and Kuwaki Rimu as the humanoid son.

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Shanghai 2026 Interview: 9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN Director Sompot Chidgasornpongse on His Debut Feature and Thai Independent Cinema

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:02:09 -0500

Independent Thai cinema has been rising on the international festival circuit in recent years. Following the success of A Useful Ghost in 2025, Thai independent filmmaker and longtime collaborator of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, premiered his feature debut, 9 Temples to Heaven, in the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes earlier this year. The film later continued its festival run at the Shanghai International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Goblet Awards for Best Director and Best Actor in the Asian New Talent section. In Shanghai, Screen Anarchy sat down with Sompot to discuss the family memories that inspired this deeply personal and spiritual debut. We also talked about religious culture in Thailand, the current state of Thailand's independent film scene, and the challenges...

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: Sharon Horgan on BAD SISTERS, Global TV and the Lure of Cinema

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

The writer, actress and producer discusses the contracting television market, the economics of internationally financed comedy and why commercial calculations must stay out of the writing room.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: THE STORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM - 1980s Director Mark Cousins on Cinema Canons, Generative AI, Docs in the Post-truth Age

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:02:04 -0500

Mark Cousins reflects on the political urgency of documentary, the limits of the established canon, the creative possibilities of the hybrid form and the existential challenge posed by artificial intelligence.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: INCINERATOR Filmmaker Shuntaro Uchida on Childhood, Memory and the Luxury of Slow Time

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:02:02 -0500

Japanese filmmaker Shuntaro Uchida discusses the creative and production choices behind 'Incinerator,' from adapting Kaori Ekuni's short fiction and directing first-time performers to constructing a distinctly cinematic vision of childhood through rhythm, sound, light and shadow.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: THE FRIEND'S HOUSE IS HERE Directors Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:02:10 -0500

Directors Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz discuss the clandestine production, collaborative method and international trajectory of their film, a Tehran-set drama about artistic freedom, friendship and resistance under political pressure.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: A HAPPY FAMILY Director Jan-Eric Mack and Star Anna Schinz on Poverty, Motherhood, Breaking the Rules of Social Drama

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:02:02 -0500

Swiss director Jan-Eric Mack and actress Anna Schinz discuss how they shaped the film as a socially engaged thriller, approached its moral ambiguities, and worked with two first-time child actors.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: THE GUEST Director Mads Mengel on Family Trauma and Finding Humor in Pain

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:02:12 -0500

Danish director Mads Mengel discusses his feature debut, Denmark's tradition of family dramas, the film's restrained microaggressions, and creating the conditions for productive chaos on set.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: THE GUEST Star Trine Dyrholm on Playing Beyond Diagnosis and Embracing Creative Risk

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:02:11 -0500

The acclaimed Danish actor discusses embracing first-time filmmakers, finding the human being behind mental illness, improvising within a rigorously conceived script and refusing to pass judgment on the volatile mother at the center of Mads Mengel's family drama.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: RAIN CATCHER Filmmaker Michele Fiascaris on Voyeurism and Building a Neo-Noir on a Limited Budget

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:02:01 -0500

The Italian-born, London-based filmmaker discusses casting Dudley O'Shaughnessy, drawing on David Fincher and Brian De Palma, and transforming the Barbican into a psychological maze.

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Karlovy Vary 2026 Interview: MY FRIEND THE PORN STAR Filmmaker Rosa Friedrich on Deepfake and Intimacy

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Austrian filmmaker Rosa Friedrich discusses the making of the unconventional documentary.

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CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN Video Interview: Dominic Hardy Sheds Further Light

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Some films never die. They just keep demanding sacrifices. In the case of The Wicker Man (1973), those sacrifices have been many and varied: Those made in the service of shooting and releasing the film, and dealing with financial fallout. The effort and energy expended by scholars, historians, and critics attempting to assign meaning to it. The money spent on tickets, physical media, and other memorabilia by a growing group of rabid fans, of which I am one. There have also been two other films: The remake The Wicker Man (2006) and director Robin Hardy’s sequel, The Wicker Tree (2011), neither of which fared particularly well with critics or audiences. But Children of the Wicker Man (2024) is a film that gives far...

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THE WORLDS OF LUCILE HADZIHALILOVIC Video Interview: The Director Talks

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

The news that Severin Films was partnering with Yellow Veil Pictures to release a box set of Belgian director Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s films came as a pleasant surprise. But I quickly recognized that such a partnering made complete sense. While Severin is often thought of as a champion of neglected exploitation cinema, that sort of simplistic labeling makes less sense when you look at their output, which also includes films such as Peter Medak’s Drowning by Numbers (1988), Juenet and Caro’s Delicatessen (1991), and Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue (1980). The truth is that the instincts that have led to Severin releasing box sets of Ray Dennis Steckler, Andy Milligan and Al Adamson, complete with hours of deep-dive extras laden with expert and...

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THE FURIOUS Interview: Star Joe Taslim

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:02:09 -0500

After a career as a judo champion, Joe Taslim turned to movies, with roles in The Raid: Redemption (2011), Fast & Furious 6, Star Trek Beyond, and Mortal Kombat. In The Furious, he plays Navin, a journalist searching for his missing wife. In the process he uncovers a child trafficking ring, leading to some of the most sustained and exciting action sequences on screen this year. Taslim talked to ScreenAnarchy via Zoom. ScreenAnarchy: Let's start with your training for the movie. Joe Taslim: I think I got to Bangkok two, three weeks prior and straightaway jumped into the choreography. But before that, I prepped myself a couple months. So I trained three months before Bangkok, but mostly about physicality, endurance, and stamina. In action scenes,...

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THE FURIOUS Interview: Star Xie Miao

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:02:02 -0500

The action star Xie Miao has worked in film for decades, including playing Jet Li's son in My Father Is a Hero (1995). After earning a degree in Ethnic Sports, Xie worked in television on martial arts shows. Roles in films like Ip Man: The Awakening led to the Eye for an Eye franchise. In The Furious, Xie plays Wang Wei, a freelance handyman in an unnamed Southeast Asian city. An incident in China left him with a metal plate in his skull. Now mute and in exile, his world revolves around his daughter Rainy (Yang Enyou). Her kidnapping sets in motion one of the most propulsive action movies of the year. Xie spoke with ScreenAnarchy on a Zoom call. How do you play a...

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THE FURIOUS Interviews: Director Kenji Tanigaki and Producer Bill Kong

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Few action films have been as eagerly anticipated as The Furious. Since its premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, word of mouth has been building about the film's over-the-top stunts, driven by intense choreography and relentless editing. Directed by Kenji Tanigaki (action choreographer on Twilight of the Warriors), with action choreography by Kensuke Sonomura (director of Ghost Warrior), it stars Xie Miao (My Father Is a Hero), Joe Taslim (The Raid), Brian Le, Yahan Ruhian, Jeeja Yanin, and Joey Iwanaga. Among its producers: the veteran Bill Kong, who has worked with Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, and developed the Monster Hunt franchise. The film opens around the world this weekend. We first talked with director Kenji Tanigaki, who explained his work on The Furious....

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BY HOOK OR BY CROOK Interview: Harry Dodge and Silas Howard Look Back on Their Landmark Film in Advance of Restoration Tour

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:02:01 -0500

In the time since By Hook or by Crook premiered at the 2001 Frameline Film Festival and established itself as a landmark of queer cinema, the two writer/director/stars behind the film have gone in very different directions. Silas Howard has become one of the most respected television directors of the 21st century, made history as the first trans director to work on Transparent, and continues to make both narrative and documentary films. Harry Dodge became an interdisciplinary artist, whose work earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017, and more recently an author; his 2020 book My Meteorite Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Despite their divergent creative paths, the two, who became...

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THE FURIOUS Interview: Flying Lotus on Captain Murphy, Collaboration, and Creating an 'Explosive' Song

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:02:12 -0500

We here at ScreenAnarchy have been looking forward to Kenji Tanigaki's The Furious since it was announced two years ago. Of course we were excited about a film that reunites Joe Taslim and Yayan Ruhian from modern action classic The Raid and seeks to bring a pan-Asian melting pot of martial arts violence, with stars like Thailand's Jeeja Yanin and China's Xie Miao. So with the film finally near, our team has been thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with anyone and everyone involved in the film in any way. For my part, that meant I got to speak with the inimitable Flying Lotus (legal name Steven Ellison) about "Mudhole," the bombastic end credits song he created with fellow electronic musician Little Snake and...

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Cannes 2026 Interview: TITANIC OCEAN Director Konstantina Kotzamani on How Personal Experience Inspired Her Dreamlike Debut

Mon, 25 May 2026 14:02:02 -0500

Bringing a flash of neon colour to the 79th Cannes Film Festival this year, Greek director Konstantina Kotzamani’s feature debut Titanic Ocean premiered in Un Certain Regard at the festival. Inspired by the Japanese aquarium industry and the Greek myth of the sirens, Kotzamani builds a romantic yet melancholy world of beautiful mermaids, exploring feminine power and girlhood through a modern fairy tale. At Cannes, I had the privilege of speaking with Konstantina Kotzamani about her latest film that was ten years in the making. ScreenAnarchy: How did the film come about? Konstantina Kotzamani: I was in Argentina writing a script for another feature film. While I was drinking my morning coffee, an article about five Japanese girls with silicon mermaid tails popped up on...

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THE TASTE OF TEA Interview: Katsuhito Ishii Talks Family Dramas and FUNKY FOREST 2

Sat, 09 May 2026 09:00:00 -0500

Katsuhito Ishii discusses domestic dramas, arthouse positioning, and how that 'Funky Forest' sequel is coming along.

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Beyond Fest Chicago Video Interview: Meiko Kaji, The Legendary Lady Snowblood Herself

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Beyond Fest’s first year here in Chicago went off without a hitch. Sold out screenings brought huge crowds and created instant community amongst Music Box Theater regulars, industry professionals and excited out-of-towners. I experienced this first-hand as I arrived for a scheduled interview with the legendary actress Meiko Kaji, best known for her starring roles in Lady Snowblood (1973) and Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (1974) as a young woman raised to be an assassin after the murder of her parents in turn of the century Japan. Revered for their combination of elegant composition, ferocious sword play, and fearlessly violent set-pieces these two films were enshrined in the Criterion Collection in 2016. Kaji herself was a primary inspiration for Quentin Tarrantino's...

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FACES OF DEATH Interview: Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei on IP, Censorship, and Horror History

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Turning a maybe not quite beloved but certainly important cult object like 1978's faux-snuff/faux-documentary Faces of Death into a multiplex-friendly narrative film with aspirations of taking on major social media companies is no small endeavor, creatively or culturally. That's part of why it's taken director/co-writer Daniel Goldhaber and co-writer/producer Isa Mazzei's new Faces of Death almost two full years to make its way to public screens after being completed in early 2024. So when I had the chance to sit down with the creatives, there was a lot I was curious about. With Faces of Death in particular, and within the context of their other films, another of which similarly brought a more obscure source to larger audiences, and all of which seek to say...

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THE STRANGER Interview: François Ozon on Existential Authorship and Colonial Visibility

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:02:11 -0500

François Ozon reflects on the artistic and political choices behind his black-and-white adaptation of Albert Camus' canon.

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Visegrad Film Forum 2026 Interview: Uli Hanisch on Production Design as Writing, World-Building from Story and Three Decades with Tom Tykwer

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:02:11 -0500

German production designer Uli Hanisch examines production design as a narrative discipline, tracing how conceptual development, collaboration and logistical execution shape the construction of cinematic worlds.

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Visegrad Film Forum 2026 Interview: Alexander Nanau on Shooting Without a Script, Building Trust, Discovering the Story in the Edit

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:02:10 -0500

Romanian filmmaker Alexander Nanau examines the working methodology behind his observational documentaries, from character discovery and long-term filming to editing as the primary stage of narrative construction.

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Visegrad Film Forum 2026 Interview: Shane Mahan on In-Camera Creatures, Director-Driven Design, Workshop Craft

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:02:09 -0500

Shane Mahan, creature designer, practical effects supervisor and co-founder of Legacy Effects, offers a rare inside view of contemporary creature effects practice.

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GHOST ELEPHANTS Interview: Werner Herzog and Dr. Steve Boyes Speak of Dreams, Ritual, and the Vast Mondo Wilderness

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:02:11 -0500

Werner Herzog needs no introduction. He has been one of cinema's most fascinating and deliberate risk-takers for over five decades of extraordinary cinema. The enlightenments he discovers through his pursuit of the "ecstatic truth" are often intense and absurd in varying measure. Well into his 80s at this point, he has not slowed down in his filmmaking, and seemed to have no reservations traipsing around the "terra incognito" of the rugged and uninhabited Angolan wilderness along with his current documentary subject, South African biological conservationist Dr. Steve Boyes. Boyes has been an advocate and activist for the preservation of the lakes and flora and fauna of the Bié Plateau in Central Angola. Since 2015, Boyes has led the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, a collection of...

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Berlinale 2026 Interview: IN A WHISPER Director-Writer Leyla Bouzid on Queerness and Her Narrative Approach as a Tunisian Filmmaker

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:02:08 -0500

As a Tunisian queer filmmaker, one must exercise particular care when addressing an issue that remains deeply taboo in society to this day. Yet this does not prevent Leyla Bouzid from boldly portraying the increasingly precarious reality faced by homosexual people within her community. With In a Whisper, she sets the story in her own former family home, revolving around three generations of women who inhabit the same space. During a roundtable discussion near the Berlinale Palast, Bouzid shared her personal perspective on the situation of queer people in Tunisia, as well as her understanding of the characters she created. In this half-suspense, half-drama story, she weaves what she witnessed growing up in a fairly conservative social environment into the fabric of the narrative. Screen Anarchy: Why...

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Berlinale 2026 Interview: QUEEN AT SEA Director Lance Hammer on the Ethical Dilemma of Alzheimer's

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:02:11 -0500

After an 18-year hiatus, Lance Hammer makes a remarkable return to the director’s chair following his Sundance Award–winning debut Ballast. For this long-awaited project, he assembled what he describes as his dream cast, led by Juliette Binoche and the outstanding Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay, who jointly received the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance at this year’s Berlinale. The film also won the Silver Bear Jury Prize, marking recognition from Wim Wenders’ jury and audiences alike for its sensitive yet uncompromising exploration of Alzheimer’s disease. By depicting sexual behaviour involving an elderly person living with dementia, a subject many may find controversial, Queen at Sea confronts a profound ethical dilemma suspended between desire and vulnerability. The film raises urgent questions about autonomy, dignity, and...

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Watch GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE Video Interview: Director Gore Verbinski

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:02:10 -0500

It was exciting enough to see the new Gore Verbinski film, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, months ahead of time at Fantastic Fest 2025. But I was shocked to hear I’d actually scored a face-to-face interview. It underscored for me just how much I love the man’s work. He’s the kind of director who does big mainstream movies about decidedly odd stuff. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl was based a theme park ride and introduced one of the most eccentric characters ever. Verbiniski has been all over the genre map leaving solid marks along his path. Mouse Hunt (1997) is a marvelous bit of stunt-laden slapstick that makes great use of stars Nathan Lane, Lee Evans and Christopher Walken. The...

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BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS Interview: Director Yuen Woo-ping on Passing the Baton and Still Learning After Over 50 Years

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:12 -0500

There are few filmmaking visionaries whose work has touched more than Yuen Woo-ping. A triple-threat stuntman, choreographer and director, his illustrious career began hand-in-hand with Jackie Chan's, helming the seminal Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master in 1978 and supercharging the Hong Kong film industry with a new brand astonishing martial artistry and bawdy comedy. His eye for high-impact and idiosyncratic fighting styles took him to Hollywood, lending his talents to the Wachowski Sisters' Matrix series and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill diptych, projects which bookended the unprecedented international success of his iconic wirework in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. After a ten-year gap, we at Screen Anarchy were overjoyed to be able to talk to him a second time for the release of his new blockbuster, Blades of the Guardians,...

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