International Interviews
ENDLESS SUMMER SYNDROME Interview: Kaveh Daneshmand, Gem Deger, and Sophie Colon Talk Creative Collaboration, Cinephilic Filmmaking, and National Morality
The team behind France's freshest incest drama discuss lockdown creativity, national morality, and embarking on a uniquely familial project without bumpers.
ALL THE HAUNTS BE OURS VOL. 2 Interview: Kier-La Janisse Talks New Blu-ray Box Set
Any opportunity to talk to Kier-La Janisse makes me happy. The chance to help celebrate a new project of hers is a cause for celebration. I hereby nominate for Blu-ray box set of the year All the Haunts Be Ours...
THE HOLIDAY CLUB Interview: Alexandra Swarens Talks Seasonal Sapphic Storytelling, Respecting Romance, and Getting Her Hands Dirty
The queen of seasonal lesbian love discusses romantic cinema, screen chemistry, and hilarious, accidental euphemisms.
European Film Awards 2024: Maura Delpero on VERMIGLIO Reflecting on Family Legacies, Gender Roles, Mountain Life
Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero talks about the exploration of personal memory, regional authenticity, and shifting social norms.
European Film Awards 2024: Magnus von Horn Talks THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE, Social Failures, Moral Ambiguity, Crafting a Dark Fairytale
Swedish director Magnus von Horn discusses themes of systemic societal failure and moral ambiguity, as well as historical and contemporary contexts.
European Film Awards 2024: Saulė Bliuvaitė Talks TOXIC, Post-Soviet Realities, Authentic Adolescence
Saulė Bliuvaitė talks about how her experiences growing up in post-Soviet Lithuania shaped the film's portrayal of adolescence, industrial decay, and socio-economic struggles.
GET AWAY Interview: Steffen Haars, Maisie Ayres, Sebastian Croft on Their Horror Comedy
In the horror comedy Get Away, an Anglo-Irish family (Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Maisie Ayres and Sebastian Croft) go on vacation to Svälta, a place that sounds ideal for horror: a small Swedish island where in the 19th century a...
Ji.hlava 2024 Interview: Tsai Ming-liang on Hand-Sculpted Cinema, Breaking the Industry Norms and New Films
The Taiwanese master of slow cinema discuses VR works, the intersection of theatre, performance art and cinema, and upcoming works.
Lausanne 2024 Interview: SCALA!!!, Jane Giles and Ali Catterall on Cult Cinema, Counterculture Icons, London's Underground Legacy
Jane Giles and Ali Catterall discuss the transformation of London's Scala cinema from an underground movie theater into an icon of cult film and counterculture.
Lausanne 2024 Interview: MAKAMISA: PHANTASM OF REVENGE Director Khavn de la Cruz on Punk-Surrealism and Total Cinema
In the interview with Screen Anarchy, Khavn de la Cruz—a boundary-pushing Filipino filmmaker known for his avant-garde approach—opens up about his latest cinematic venture, Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge. Screened at the Lausanne Underground Film Festival, whre the film won the...
Lausanne 2024 Interview: BEEZEL Director Aaron Fradkin on Haunted Homes, Genre-Bending Horror, Crafting Viral Scares
Aaron Fradkin delves into discusses the unique challenges of using personal spaces to amplify fear, blending vintage horror aesthetics with modern pacing, and drawing on feedback from his viral YouTube shorts to craft scares that resonate deeply.
Vancouver 2024 Interview: SUPER HAPPY FOREVER Director Kohei Igarashi Talks Romantic Memory and Finding the Happy in the Sad
People and places can leave an impression on us. In absence of one thing, we might find ourselves returning to the other for traces. Sano (Hiroki Sano) sits in his minimally adorned hotel room, staring blankly towards the light from...
Toronto 2024 Interview: THE GESUIDOUZ Director Kenichi Ugana Talks Punk, Transnationalism, and Childhood
If you're a genre fiend with a taste for the low-budget and oddball, you might have noticed Kenichi Ugana's name appearing time and again over the past few years at festivals such as Fantasia, Japan Cuts, and Nippon Connection. With...
ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE Video Interview: Severin's David Gregory Talks the History of Bruceploitation
I've been blessed to have several conversations with Severin founder David Gregory over the years. He always leaves me feeling that the history of horror and exploitation film is in good hands. It would be enough if he were simply...
RED ROOMS Interview, Part 2: Pascal Plante Talks the Music and Ethics of His Thriller
In part 1 of our interview, Red Rooms filmmaker Pascal Plante talked extensively about how individual scenes were designed and shot. In part 2, we got more into the musical score and the ethics of making his thriller. Red Rooms...
RED ROOMS Interview, Part 1: Pascal Plante Talks the Craft of Making a Thriller
In Martin Kudlac's review of Red Rooms, he writes about how the film draws on Michael Haneke, its "enigmatic" protagonist Kelly-Anne (Juliette Gariépy), and the ways it repeatedly "bucks genre expectations" as a film ostensibly about a serial killer. More...
Locarno 2024 Interview: Denis Côté on Defying Filmmaking Norms, Upcoming Simp Movie, Embracing Artistic Freedom, Navigating Life After a Kidney Transplant
The Canadian filmmaker talks embracing DIY approach, refusing the Hollywood road, three new projects and another kind of cinephilia.
Locarno 2024 Interview: MEXICO 86 Director César Diáz on Blending Personal Trauma with Political Thrillers, Mother-Son Relationships, Guatemala's Dark History
Belgian-Guatemalan filmmaker César Díaz delves deeper into his personal past with his latest film, which intertwines the intimate struggles of family with the broader socio-political turmoil of the Guatemalan Civil War.
Locarno 2024 Interview: LUCE Filmmakers Silvia Luzi, Luca Bellino Talk Truth, Fiction, Worker Rights, Power, Alienation
Italian filmmakers Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino delve into the blurred boundaries of fiction and reality in their latest film.
Karlovy Vary 2024 Interview: FINGERNAILS, Christos Nikou Talks Yorgos Lanthimos and Greek Weirdness
Nikou opened up about the process how his film got made with help from Cate Blanchett, the influence of Charlie Kaufman, rom-com and the inevitable topic, Yorgos Lanthimos.
