interview: 141 publications

Our dirty questions to Franz Böhm

Nataliia Serebriakova - 16-01-2026

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the German director of observational war drama Rock, Paper, Scissors, shortlisted for the Oscars; they discuss emotional landscapes, restraint, empathy, what it feels like winning a Bafta, and more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Nayla Al Khaja

Victoria Luxford - 10-01-2026

Victoria Luxford interviews the first woman director from the Emirates just as she releases her sophomore feature; they discuss a story rooted in silence, emotional impulse, working with the iconic A.R. Rahman, the UAE beyond modern skylines, and more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Sabrina Sutherland

Paul Risker - 02-01-2026

David Lynch's longtime friend and producer talks about a fight over Lost Highway, making a Disney movie, putting people inside little boxes, Denis Villeneuve, and much more - just as the BFI begins a retrospective of the late American filmmaker [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Tricia Tuttle

Victor Fraga - 28-12-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the woman at the helm of largest film festival in the world; they discuss her achievements, recent changes at the Berlinale, the relevance of the Oscars, genre entries, the thorny subject of censorship in Germany, and more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rippin Sindher

Eoghan Lyng - 25-12-2025

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of family/terrorist drama Flight 182; they discuss cinema as "memory justice", performances grounded in love (rather than tragedy), working with Ridley Scott, brewing storms, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Artima Sakulkoo

Eoghan Lyng - 18-12-2025

Eoghan Lyng interviews the Thai director of New York-set short LGBTQ+ drama It Happened in August; they discuss growing up without queer representations, memory as a safe place for suppressed feelings, Baz Poonpiriya, "students of the world", and more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Kelly Reichardt

Duda Leite - 17-12-2025

Duda Leite interviews the "quiet" American director of indie hit The Mastermind (featuring Josh O’Connor); they discuss subverting genre tropes, using minimal and improvisational jazz, history repeating in the United States, and more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Eduardo Boccaletti

Victoria Luxford - 15-12-2025

Victoria Luxford interviews the Brazilian director of gorgeously crafted short fisherman drama Bijupira; they discuss "the feeling of the outsider", blending VFX with aquatic images, the adversities of filming on water, gifts from the sea, and more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor

Paul Risker - 10-12-2025

Paul Risker interviews the director of immigration drama Dreamers; they discuss our indifference towards colonialism, small shifts of change, Wong Kar-wai, François Truffaut, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Fionnuala Hannigan

Duda Leite - 10-12-2025

Duda Leite interviews the new International Programme Director at the Red Sea International Film Festival; they discuss the female gaze, Arab sensibilities, LGBT+ films, turning down the Palme d'Or winner, a contentious [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Abu Bakr Shawky

Victor Fraga - 10-12-2025

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the Egyptan director of epic historical and family drama The Stories; they discuss baldness, football, Oum Kalthoum, Jimmy Carter and more - live from the Red Sea [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Nestor Lopez

Paul Risker - 10-12-2025

Paul Risker interviews the director of Goya-winning short Seeds from Kivu; they discuss the responsibility of cinema, first-person perspective, survival as a resistance weapon, showing your film at the UN and the Vatican, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rosanne Pel

Eoghan Lyng - 09-12-2025

Eoghan Lyng talks to the director of rape drama Light as Feathers; they discuss making a movie from the perspective of the perpetrator, Hannah Arendt, why that isn't the time for forgiveness, shooting on 16mm, and more - from ArteKino 2025 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Lena Gora and Will Madden

Duda Leite - 08-12-2025

Duda Leite talks to two protagonists of Erupja, an American-Polish drama about fleeting lovers and explosive relations; they discuss collaborative scripts, John Cassavetes, working with Charlie XCX, the Quran, and more - live from the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Sara Summa

Eoghan Lyng - 08-12-2025

The director of European family travel drama Arthur & Diana discusses choreographing movement, working with her two-year-old, improvisation, beautiful imperfections, and more - from ArteKino 2025 [Read More...]

Our questions to Nicole Medvecka

Joshua Polanski - 08-12-2025

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of Ukrainian rave documentary Who If Not Us; they discuss music subcultures, resistance through art, alternative spirituality, survival mechanisms, and more - from ArteKino 2025 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Sara Gutierrez

Victoria Luxford - 08-12-2025

Victoria Luxford interviews the Spanish director of alluring feature The Night She Moves; they discuss a script almost devoid of dialogue, translating real-life relations with filmic ones, shooting at a friend's place, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2025 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Morad Mostafa

Lida Bach - 05-12-2025

Lida Bach interviews the director of the acclaimed socio-surrealist drama Aisha Can‘t Fly Away; they discuss the Egyptian director‘s close connection to the film‘s setting, migrant stories in contemporary Egyptian cinema, bird metaphors, and more - from the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Austeja Urbaitė

Joshua Polanski - 03-12-2025

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of multilayered adoption drama Remember to Blink; they discuss absent parenting, "emotional blindness", not trusting casting agencies, Gorgons, her passion for France, and more - as part of ArteKino 2025 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Lande Yoosuf

Eoghan Lyng - 26-11-2025

Eoghan Lyng interviews the African-American director of White Agbada, a movie about grief, regret, hedonism; they discuss Pan-Africanism, empathy towards characters, turning her short film into a proof of concept/teaser for a longer project, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Harald Hutter and Olga Kviatkovska

Nataliia Serebriakova - 19-11-2025

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the director and lead actress of deeply experimental feature Leleka; they discuss leaving Ukraine without a destination, PTSD, a stork's nest, shooting on film, Abbas Kiarostami, and more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Andrés Clariond

Nataliia Serebriakova - 18-11-2025

Natalia Serebriakova interviews the Mexican director of Versalles, a sharp satirical drama about a politician and his wife morphing into fantasy monarchs - live from the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Nikolaj Nikitin

Jeremy Clarke - 03-11-2025

The man at the helm of the highly successful Critics' Picks strand at the Tallinn Black Nights shares his secrets with Jeremy Clarke, who covered every edition of the new section since its inception in 2022 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Dan Egan

Eoghan Lyng - 03-11-2025

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of award-winning, retro-futuristic short Dream Machine; they discuss flying cars, shocking and awing audiences, alcohol for pain numbing, the immigration policy in the US and Australia, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Dmytro Hreshko

Joshua Polanski - 22-10-2025

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of Karlovy Vary entry Divia, a "hypnotic" doc about Russian aggression; the Ukrainian filmmaker reveals the secrets of filming with a drone, music as "the ghost of nature", Netflix support, and combining military service and creativity [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Mark Andrew Altschul

Victoria Luxford - 21-10-2025

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of All American, a feature film about young wrestlers fighting inside and outside the ring; they discuss turning photographs into cinema, an environment hostile towards women, receiving nationwide recognition, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Nick Craven

Paul Risker - 09-10-2025

Paul Risker interviews the director of "challenging" short drama Crying on Command; they discuss a film industry filled with disingenuous politeness, moments of subjectivity, minimalistic features, a soundscape shaped by anxiety, cinema as therapy, and more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Catherine Argyrople

Joshua Polanski - 24-09-2025

Joshua Polanski interviews the American director of "well-meaning" feature film Growing pains; they discuss truthful stories about women, setting up your own production company rooted in social advocacy, universal pieces of adolescence and... rowing! [Read More...]

Out dirty questions to Jack Serra

Joshua Polanski - 15-09-2025

Joshua Polasnki interviews the director of Generation Well, a powerful short film about about substance abuse, trauma and distorted reality; they discuss hockey, words that don't fit together, constraints that create a unified world, and much more [Read More...]

A scary new home for horror lovers?

Victor Fraga - 07-09-2025

Portuguese horror fest MotelX has been around for nearly 20 years; now filmmakers from other parts of Europe (and the world) are beginning to uncover their dark and dirty secrets [Read More...]

Irvine Welsh and Paul Sng answer our dirty questions

Eoghan Lyng - 21-08-2025

Eoghan Lyng talks to the director and the subject of the documentary Reality is Not Enough; they discuss mortality, love, Asif Kapadia, story beats, turning up for concerts drunk, showing how to write novels, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Boyd and J. Markus

Victoria Luxford - 12-08-2025

Victoria Luxford interviews the two directors of American indie If You Should Leave Before Me; they discuss confronting loss, making a universal story of grief, filming with a real-life couple in the lead, designing and building a whole house on a low budget, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Tamara Stepanyan

Nataliia Serebriakova - 06-08-2025

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Armenian director of In the Land of Arto, the opening film at Locarno; they discuss reconstructing a sense of home, becoming a female director in a land that where "cinema is for men", carrying the weight of guilt, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Taige Shi

Eoghan Lyng - 21-07-2025

Eoghan Lyng interviews the Asian director of devastating sports documentary Gaku: One Last Round; they discuss fighting enemies on the boxing ring as well as combating hate crime on the streets of the United States [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Sergei Loznitsa

Lida Bach - 10-07-2025

Lida Bach interviews Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival; they discuss his new film Two Prosecutors, inspiration in cinema and literature, the painful persistence of dictatorial systems, the War in Ukraine, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Mark Jenkin

Victor Fraga - 09-07-2025

Just as the Cornish director premieres his new film in Karlovy Vary, DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interrogates him about the Celtic connection, Mark Cavendish, Woolfian pleasures, synesthesia, his blasphemous antipathy for Hitchcock's The Birds, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Mark Adams

Victor Fraga - 29-06-2025

Victor Fraga interviews the artistic director of the Mediterrane Film Festival, in Malta; they discuss the dirty secrets of programming for a nascent event, British-Maltese relations, finding the right jury, and ... erm... the weather! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Francisco Guijarro

Joshua Polanski - 29-06-2025

The director of filthy genius doc Moses, about an "invisible" homeless man, talks about 6,000 people on the streets of San Francisco, watching the subject of his movie take his last breath, lifelong friendships, communicating through music, and more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Karel Och

Victor Fraga - 26-06-2025

The director of DMovies interviews the artistic director of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious such events in the world; they discuss the breadth and the depth of their selection, the secret to keeping audiences relaxed, the strongest performance indicators, auteur and genre cinema, political films and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Brit Hensel

Joshua Polanski - 25-06-2025

Joshua Polanski interviews the Native American director of Thin Places, a film about the hidden powers of grief; they discuss the cost of deep love, John Cassavetes, working with her sister, collaborating with 14 tribal nations, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Fabrice du Welz

Lida Bach - 21-06-2025

Lida Bach talks to Fabrice du Welz, the Belgian director of serial killer crime drama Maldoror; they discuss the repercussions of [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Michael Lavine

Joshua Polanski - 06-06-2025

Joshua Polanski talks to the acclaimed portrait photographer and director; they discuss the fear of dying, death as a release of pain, filming with an Alexa Mini, in 2k and out-of-focus, electric rock chords, working with Cat Power, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to David Kabbe

Eoghan Lyng - 04-06-2025

Eoghan Lyng talks to the director of Romanian orphan story Izidor; they discuss "emotionally accessible" animation, the real meaning of resilience, recording sound at an elementary school, a "mini-miracle" called Iosua Barbu, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Angeline Gragasin

Paul Risker - 27-05-2025

Paul Risker interviews the American writer and director of Myself When I Am Real; they have a profound conversation about the genesis of cinema, Angeline's relationship to the earth, the political climate in the US, the act of observation and discovery, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Virginia Root

Victoria Luxford - 26-05-2025

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of apocalyptic short film Dead Weight; they discuss routinely taking in world-ending events, empathy for your characters, shooting with the wind, the heat, cactus needles, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Cristobal Abugaber

Victoria Luxford - 15-04-2025

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of filthy genius Mexican short The Perfect Tomato; he reveals how one vegetable can connect two different worlds, how to challenge negative portrayals of Mexico, the secrets of filming at night on a low budget, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Carolina Perelman

Victoria Luxford - 19-03-2025

The director of boozy, confessional Spanish drama Confesiones Chin Chin talks about "the tone and the spirit" of sharing secrets, her experience as a foreigner in Madrid, Miles Davis, Julio Cortázar, laughing and pooping at the theatre, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Todd Verow

Eoghan Lyng - 18-03-2025

American filmmaker discusses unreliable memories, little mementos, pornography and "real sex", making films "a little dirty, a little faded, a little scratched", working with non-professionals, and much more - just as he is about to premiere his last collaboration with the late Charles Lum at BFI Flare [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Fawaz Al-Matrouk

Lida Bach - 18-03-2025

Lida Bach talks to the director of philosophical sci-fi Anwar; they discuss eternal life, Ridley Scott, the relation between technology and death, conflicts with religion, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Sarah Sellman

Eoghan Lyng - 17-03-2025

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of surprising queer story Gillyfish; they discuss filming in Ireland, comfort in intimacy, healing by proxy, and that forlorn pop sound of longing and regret (can you guess which song that is?)! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Yuxuan Ethan Wu

Joshua Polanski - 04-03-2025

Joshua Polasnki interviews the Chinese-born and US based director of intriguing Sundance documentary Death Education; they discuss a very peculiar ancient tradition, experiencing the concept of death in school, crafting a meditative film with little information and dialogue, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Iván Fund

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-03-2025

Silver Bear winner discussess the link between childhood and cinema, the nobility of spontaneous emotions, adults who perform "magic", Argentinian cinema's "defiant determination", and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Gabriel Mascaro

Nataliia Serebriakova - 26-02-2025

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Brazilian director of The Blue Trail, the dystopian old-age drama which just won the Silver Bear for Best Picture; they talk about "removing" the elderly from society, exoticising the Amazon, Yasujiro Ozu, Rodrigo Santoro, Brazil's obsession with the Oscars, coming-of-age in your 80s, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Léonor Serraille

Nataliia Serebriakova - 24-02-2025

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the director of Montparnasse Bienvenüe and Ari, which just premiered in Berlin's Official Competition; they talk about motherhood, dark and sorrowful interpretation, growing apart from old friends, working with children, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Austin Nunes

Eoghan Lyng - 23-01-2025

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of Into the Bloo, a reflective movie about drag songwriter Lagoona; they discuss queer shaming, trauma, pain, immigration, take a deep-dive into the past, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Bruno Anković

Victoria Luxford - 16-01-2025

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of Croatian war drama Celebration, which premiered at Karlovy Vary; they talk about his "cold" and surgical approach to filmmaking, remaining loyal to the original novel, shooting at night without lighting, desperate people doing bad things, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Stephanie J. Röst

Eoghan Lyng - 25-12-2024

The director of My Boo, a comedy about a ghostly boyfriend, talks to DMovies about old-school movie magic, "normic" suburban life, Sofia Coppola, whether short film is the perfect medium for a character study, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the nomad filmmakers

Victor Fraga - 21-12-2024

Victor Fraga talks to Kilian Armando Friedrich and Tizian Stromp Zargari, the directors of gently disturbing doc Nuclear Nomads; they describe their experience living in a camper van on a nuclear site, sharing the director's chair, insalubrious and precarious working conditions, and a lot more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Fridtjof Ryder

Paul Risker - 18-12-2024

Paul Risker interviews the director of British folk horror Inland; they talk about the relationship between cinema and literature, rural English language, fighting against constraints, aversion to risk, avoiding categorisation, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Carol Polakoff

Eoghan Lyng - 18-12-2024

Eoghan Lyng talks to the director of Speak Sunlight, a Spanish fable taking place during the Franco years; they discuss the Paris bookstore that changed her life, finding the right translator, the ultimate "American in Spain", the Beatles in Iberia, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Adam Rybanský

Susanne Gottlieb - 17-12-2024

Susanne Gottlieb interviews the Czech director of Somewhere over the Chemtrails; they talk about conspiracy theories, the roots of small-town racism, stylisation, exaggeration, Easter slapping, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Paolo Marinou-Blanco

Victor Fraga - 09-12-2024

Victor Fraga talks to the Greek-Portuguese director of assisted suicide comedy Dreaming of Lions about laughing away your pain, the questionable interests of the wellness industry, Yorgos Lanthimos and why it's ok not to be ok - live from the 4th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rodrigo Areias

Eoghan Lyng - 06-12-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of The Worst Man in London, about a deviant British-Portuguese painter from the 19th century; they talk about London under candlelight, Barry Lyndon, the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, cold sensations in film, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Lisa Bierwirth

Susanne Gottlieb - 02-12-2024

Susanne Gottlieb interviews the director of Prince, a tale of interracial love in a Germany not prepared to welcome immigrants; they talk about finding inspiration in her mother's partner, survival strategies, working with professionals and non-professionals alike, the African diaspora, and much more - as part of ArteKino 2024 [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Ramon Zürcher

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-12-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the director of Locarno entry The Sparrow in the Chimney; they talk about making chamber pieces, metamorphoses, Christian Petzold, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, killing cats inside the washing machine, and much more! [Read More...]

Victoria’s dirty questions top Catherine Argyrople

Victoria Luxford - 02-12-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of Growing Pains, a blend of coming-of-age and cancer survival drama; they talk about her experience with the disease in her childhood, eating disorders, LGBT+ sensibility, the importance of having women telling stories, and much more [Read More...]

Or dirty questions to Jon Bass

Joshua Bogatin - 24-11-2024

Joshua Bogatin talks to New York based director of Carole & Grey, Jon Bass; they talk about making films for TikTok, working with a three person crew, filming in New York, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Muneeb Hassan

Joshua Polanski - 24-11-2024

Joshua Polanski interviews the queer American-Pakistani director of All The Men I Met But Never Dated; they talk about autobiographic cinema, shooting in one and a half day, the closet as a safe haven, showing his film to his family, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Nicolas Dozol

Victoria Luxford - 13-11-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews the director of Last Party, an ambitious and reflective graduation drama with a dirty twist; they talk about filming in one continuous take, temporality between the audience and the characters, David Lynch, the teenage experience in film, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions do Sanjay Patel

Victoria Luxford - 04-11-2024

The Indo-Canadian director of indigenous drama The Birds Who Fear Death talks to Victoria Luxford about hiring native talent, cultural and environmental challenges, working in the oil and gas industry, drawing inspiration from cancer, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to John Jurko II

Eoghan Lyng - 26-10-2024

The co-director of visceral poaching documentary Rhino Man talks to Eoghan Lyng about the physicality of the filming, sleep deprivation, kingpins battling for territory, David Attenborough, the real value of keratin, receiving a nod from the Prince of Wales, and more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Juri Rechinsky

Nataliia Serebriakova - 17-10-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the director of brutally honest and unforgivingly graphic war doc Dear Beautiful Beloved; they discuss vulnerable Ukrainian evacuees, lies on television, filming near shelling, and why Juri will never watch his own film again [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Amanda Deering Jones

Joshua Polanski - 16-10-2024

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of Little Mother Lies, a short film about two feuding sisters, a bowl of borscht, and an addicted son; they discuss fiction written from experience, Russian heritage, optimism, nostalgia and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Christopher Greenslate

Victoria Luxford - 15-10-2024

The director of Bananahead, a horror-drama about an actor with a troubling legacy, gets [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Llaima Sanfiorenzo

Joshua Polanski - 08-10-2024

Joshua Polanski interviews the director of And Still The Seed, a "decidedly anti-colonial" film about the bond between trees and people; they talk about Llaima's native Puerto Rico, trees older than Christopher Columbus, non-human life as film protagonists, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Pavlo Ostrikov

Nataliia Serebriakova - 02-10-2024

Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Ukrainian director of U Are The Universe, a chamber play about a lonely astronaut and his mean computer; they talk about the challenges of making cinema in his country (both before and after the invasion), retrofuturism, Soviet vibes, Christopher Nolan, Stephen Hawking, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rocky Walls

Eoghan Lyng - 27-09-2024

The director of Dirty Laundry - a movie about two inseparable friends, a laundromat and some filthy secrets - talks about mundane tasks, Latin immigrants, the implications of [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Ryan Ashley Lowery

Eoghan Lyng - 20-09-2024

The director of Light Up, a movie about queer impressions of life in a world divided by religion and righteousness, talks about black masculinity, finding superpowers within, anti-LGBTQ+ judges, Oprah’s Master Class, "sounding white", and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Shuchi Talati

Paul Risker - 19-09-2024

Indian director of Sundance hit and Tiff Romania winner Girls Will Be Girls discusses the emotional earthquakes of her quiet drama, the challenges the male gaze, video games, Covid and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Karim Shaaban

Paul Risker - 13-09-2024

Paul Risker interviews the Egyptian director of I Don't Care If The World Collapses, about a "Faustian deal" he made with capitalism while shooting a commercial; they talk about sensory and intellectual connections, the intent to provoke, shooting inside a constructed set, connecting with audiences despite manyfold differences, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the Chinese-American daydreamer

Victoria Luxford - 11-09-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Ziyu Lou, the director of American Daydream; they talk about undocumented immigrants, language barriers, Confucian values, shifting from comedy to drama, and... cooking Chinese food for your cast and crew! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Warren Fischer

Victoria Luxford - 10-09-2024

The director of The Serena Variations - about an autistic violinist coaxed into taking drugs - talks about the pressures musicians face, taking psychedelics, the Niccolò Paganini connection, seeking the approval of mentors, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Olha Zhurba

Nataliia Serebriakova - 26-08-2024

Ukrainian journalist Nataliia Serebriakova interviews her fellow countrywoman, just as she premieres her jarring "mosaic" of a war documentary at the Biennale [Read More...]

Israel’s equine weapon: Alina Orlov discusses treating horses and mistreating people

Victoria Luxford - 18-08-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Alina Orlov just as she premieres The Cavalry in Locarno; they talk about filming with the Israeli police, animal abuse as a metaphor for human authoritarianism, and raising awareness of what Israel "has been doing for the last more than half a century" [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Ziad and Christine

Victoria Luxford - 24-07-2024

Victoria Luzford interviews Ziad H. Hamzeh and Christine Handy, the director and original writer/ exec producer of Hello Beautiful, an emotionally compelling drama about successful model, her mother, and a life-changing diagnosis [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the two-hearted filmmakers

Victoria Luxford - 15-07-2024

Victoria Luxford interviews Rory McHarg and Bret Miller, the two directors of A Two Hearted Tale, a colourful documentary about a peculiar beer label and a heartwarming local story [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Agnieszka Holland (second time around)

Agnieszka Holland

2024

Paul Risker - 03-07-2024

Agnieszka Holland talks about her latest film Green Border, the corruption of European politics, the hyper-escalation of violence, shooting in black and white, and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Jethro Waters

Eoghan Lyng - 02-07-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of Gunfighter Paradise, an intriguing drama set in a very trigger-happy US; they talk the Coen Brothers, pro-gun ammunition, anti-gun artillery, religion and much more - read our exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Jay Liu

Eoghan Lyng - 21-06-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews the director of Anywhere the Wind Blows, a ":punchy" and queer love story from Hong Kong; they talk about LGBTQ+ ideologies in the Chinese region, the "guilt of comfort experienced by refugees, Joachim Trier, Robin Campillo, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Simone Baumann

Victor Fraga - 18-06-2024

Just as Raindance kicks off with a special celebration of German cinema, we talk to the Managing Director of German Films about the past, the present and the future of movies from the largest country in Europe [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Jonas Trueba

Nataliia Serebriakova - 03-06-2024

Ukrainian movie critic Nataliia Serebriakova interviews the Spanish director behind the happy-go-divorce drama The Other Way Around, which premiered in Cannes last month; they talk about his career, the good side of separations, a lesson that he learnt from his filmmaking father, making low-budget films, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the Mexican dreamer

Eoghan Lyng - 28-05-2024

Eoghan Lyng interviews Laura Plancarte, the director of "tactile" documentary Mexican Dream; they talk about making observational cinema, challenging European misconceptions of Mexico, gratitude towards #MeToo, and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Hamoody Jaafar

Paul Risker - 23-04-2024

Paul Risker interviews the director of a basketball documentary that transports viewers to the front seat of the stadium; they talk about serendipities, racial politics in segregated Michigan, cinema as a transformational experience, fatherhood, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Elan Golod

Eoghan Lyng - 12-03-2024

Eoghan Lyng talks the to first-time Israeli-American documentarist about his heartwarming creation: a movie about a retired Jewish guard recalling the atrocities that he witnessed with his own eyes through dazzling cartoons [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Layla Kaylif

Victor Fraga - 12-02-2024

The director of The Letter Writer, a film about a young Arab infatuated with the picture of an astounding English woman, talks about the origins of this labour of love; the movie is out on Amazon on February 14th (US) and 19th (UK) [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Matthew Bauer

Eoghan Lyng - 31-12-2023

Eoghan Lyng interviews the man behind the many James Bonds, as his documentary about the peculiarly-named, ordinary citizens with a famous, fictitious namesake premieres on ITVX - on January 4th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Baz Luhrmann

Duda Leite - 20-12-2023

Duda Leite interviews the director of Elvis, Moulin Rouge and other classics as the Australian filmmaker heads the jury at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival; they talk about the resistance of musicals, 35 years without going to the cinema, Lawrence of Arabia, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Kaouther Ben Hania

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga interviews the director of Four Daughters, one of the most inventive, politically and emotionally charged films of the year; they discuss conservatism in Tunisia, the multiple connotations of the hijab, the European monopoly of philosophy, Iranian cinema and much more - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Tamer Ruggli

Joshua Bogatin - 11-12-2023

Joshua Bogatin interviews the Swiss-Egyptian director of Back to Alexandria, an impressive melodrama featuring Fanny Ardant and Nadine Labaki; they talk about returning home, childhood memories, Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, and much more - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Rachel Ramsay

Victor Fraga - 11-12-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga meets Rachel Ramsay, the British filmmaker behind the filthy genius documentary Copa 51 (about the largest Women's World Cup nobody ever heard of) at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival; they talk about erasing history, sexism, Fifa's dirty tactics, American footballers, Billie Jean King, and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Baloji

Duda Leite - 10-12-2023

Brazilian journalist and filmmaker Duda Leite interviews Congolese multimedia artist Baloji as he showcases his debut feature at the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival; they talk about cinema, music, fashion, postnatal depression, coffins and how most African movies are entirely dependant on French money and whim [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to the Malaysian tigress

Duda Leite - 07-12-2023

Brazilian journalist Duda Leite attends the 3rd edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival and interviews Amanda Nell Eu, the young and promising Malaysian filmmaker behind the widely-acclaimed teen horror Tiger Stripes; they discuss censorship, Brian de Palma, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, laser pink eyes, TikTok and much more [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Valerie Delpierre

Victor Fraga - 25-11-2023

Victor Fraga talks to the film producer behind some of the most exciting Spanish films to reach the international market (including UK cinemas) in the past decade; the conversation took place in a very special event [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Brittany Snow

Paul Risker - 25-10-2023

American actor-turned-director Brittany Snow reveals the biggest hurdle she had to overcome in order to become a filmmaker, talks about eating disorders, seeing through the curtain of "perfection", and much more - in an exclusive interview (from Raindance) [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Tsai Ming-Liang

Victor Fraga - 15-08-2023

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga met with the iconic Taiwanese filmmaker as he prepared an exhibition and received a major prize at the 76th Locarno Film Festival; they talked about slow cinema, gay marriage in Taiwan, and... lots of sex! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Giona Nazzaro, Locarno’s Artistic Director

Victor Fraga - 14-07-2023

We catch up with the man at the helm of one the world's most diverse and exciting film festivals; he talks their [Read More...]

Two women, one hotel, many dreams!

Galle Biguenet - 16-01-2023

Meet the two Belgian filmmakers behind Dreaming Walls, the latest documentary about the emblematic Chelsea Hotel; they share their dreams, their secrets, their experience working with Martin Scorsese, and more with Gaelle Biguenet [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Fatih Akin

Victor Fraga - 05-12-2022

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga encountered Turkish-German director Fatih Akin at the Red Sea International Film Festival; they talked about his experience in Saudi Arabia, his latest movie Rhinegold, what it means to be a Muslim in Europe, football and more [Read More...]

Daniel Waters answers our dirty questions

Ian Schultz - 01-12-2022

Just as Tim Burton's iconic Batman Returns marks its 30-year anniversary with a very large theatrical release in the UK, Ian Schultz speaks to the filthy mind behind the film [Read More...]

The ugly face of female violence, from the horse’s mouth

Redmond Bacon - 23-03-2022

Inspired by producer Bayan Maxatkyzy's own brutal experience, Kazakh drama Happiness takes an unflinching look at life under shocking misogyny; Redmond Bacon analyses the film while also interviewing the woman behind it [Read More...]

Gazing into the abyss of dirty masculinity

Paul Risker - 02-02-2022

Actress-turned-director Romola Garai discusses challenging toxic masculinity in a tantalising tonal mix of fantastical and social realism horror; her directorial debut Amulet is in cinemas on January 28th [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Peter Francis

Charles Williams - 06-10-2021

The production designer of double-Oscar winner The Father shares the secrets of how to make a convincing and riveting single-location drama [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Abel Ferrara

Redmond Bacon - 12-08-2021

Just as he launches his pandemic thriller ZEROS AND ONES, the king of New York brings down the eternal city - read our exclusive interview conducted at the Locarno Film Festival [Read More...]

Conversations with Peter Greenaway: the heart of the matter

Victor Fraga - 25-03-2021

DMovies' editor Victor Fraga sat down with the iconic Peter Greenaway for nearly three hours bang in the middle of the pandemic. They talked about his extensive career, music, fashion, politics, his dislike of Tarkovsky, and the numerous projects he intends to complete before he dies (in five years)! [Read More...]

A return to cinemas this summer? Yes, we can do it!

Victor Fraga - 09-03-2021

Giona Nazzaro, the new artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, is teeming with optimism, enthusiasm and new ideas for the prestigious event, which could be the first of its type to return to physical format this year - in exclusive interview [Read More...]

The dazzling colours of British-Pakistani rap

Dan Daniel - 12-10-2020

The American-Pakistani director of Mogul Mowgli talks about his second feature film, the story of a rapper having grapple with a very unexpected enemy within [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Šarūnas Bartas

Charles Williams - 12-10-2020

The iconic Lithuanian filmmaker talks about his quiet and meditative war drama, and how his childhood and adolescent experiences and observations inspired him [Read More...]

The man behind the great women

Paul Risker - 21-05-2020

We interview the documentarist Mark Cousins, as he releases his 14-hour cinematic journey through the history of female directors [Read More...]

The time for burning bridges!

Paul Risker - 07-05-2020

The director of superb and lyrical masterpiece FIRE WILL COME talks about making an "essential" movie, filming inside real fires, and crossing the boundaries between commercial and art cinema, in exclusive interview [Read More...]

From fast cars to quiet horses: a wild journey into filmmaking

Paul Risker - 30-04-2020

Nick Rowland, the British director of Calm with Horses, talks about a sudden career change from motorsport to cinema, his latest "hyper-violent" movie and filmmaking fatigue, in exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Bernard Rose

Ian Schultz - 21-01-2020

Ian Schultz interviews the 59-year-old English filmmaker and screenwriter, who has a career spanning nearly 40 years and a brand new Samurai movie! [Read More...]

Ken Loach’s lucid indictment on free market capitalism

Victor Fraga - 23-10-2019

Our editor Victor Fraga met up with Ken Loach in order to find out what's gone wrong with workers' rights in the UK, as he releases his new film taking aim at zero-hour contracts [Read More...]

The making-of of the Cambridge Film Festival

Victor Fraga - 14-10-2019

The Marketing Coordinator of the third longest-running film festival in the UK speaks to DMovies, and she shares some of event's biggest achievements, anecdotes and encourages both established and nascent filmmakers to take part! [Read More...]

The Brazilian resistance speaks up!

Victor Fraga - 06-10-2019

We spoke to the two directors of Bacurau, the audacious sci-fi/Western that won the Jury Prize in Cannes this year, and became a powerful weapon against the far-right, anti-culture government of Brazil [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Thirza Cuthand

Victor Fraga - 24-09-2019

As the transgressive Indigiqueer filmmaker arrives in London from Canada for the Native Spirit Festival, we took the opportunity to talk about indigenous traditions, transposing, oral storytelling into cinema, humour as a political tool and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Karim Ainouz

Victor Fraga - 11-09-2019

Our editor met up with the director of The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao, the astounding Brazilian melodrama that won the prestigious Un Certain Regard award in Cannes and is out in cinemas on October 15th! [Read More...]

The dark humour of fatherhood

Redmond Bacon - 22-08-2019

German film lays bare the awkwardness of fatherhood. We sat down with directors Henner Winckler and Ulrich Köhler to learn about their latest work! [Read More...]

Cinema that bites!

Redmond Bacon - 13-08-2019

We sat down with the directing duo behind Space Dogs, an experimental and deeply disturbing doc depicting canine life in a never-seen-before way - live from Locarno [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Peter Strickland

Lara C. Cory - 01-08-2019

Lara C. Cory interviews the director of In Fabric and finds out the secrets and peculiarities of his latest movie, a dirty gem of filmmaking shining with mystery and twisted sexualities [Read More...]

Binders full of men???

Eoghan Lyng - 01-02-2019

Marianne Farley is the only female director to receive an Oscar nod this year, for her short film Marguerite (about an older woman coming to terms with her sexuality); she talks to us about generational themes, representation and more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Alberto Sciamma

Redmond Bacon - 23-10-2018

We spoke to the Spanish director of I Love My Mum, a British comedy laced with sociopolitical undertones, Brexit tropes and jokes about nationalism, plus it's also a picturesque tour of Europe and North Africa - the film premieres at the Cambridge Film Festival [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Panos Cosmatos

Lara C. Cory - 12-10-2018

As the instant classic Mandy premieres at the BFI London Film Festival and hits UK cinemas, Lara C. Cory met with the Greek-Canadian filmmaker and found out where the filthy story began! [Read More...]

Meet the man behind the Black Divaz

Victor Fraga - 25-09-2018

As the documentary BLACK DIVAZ - about six Aboriginal drag queens - premieres at the Native Spirit Film Festival, we had a dirty talk with the filmmaker Adrian Russell Wills and found out about his inspiration, his impetus and the challenges in making such a thought-provoking movie [Read More...]

Look the other way!

Redmond Bacon - 26-05-2018

Egyptian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky challenges the conformism of cinema by casting a different gaze at actors with leprosy and various disabilities in his film YOMEDDINE; he talks to us about selecting the actors, filming and why cinema should be bold! [Read More...]

Yugo-nostalgia checks into the present!

Redmond Bacon - 02-03-2018

Swiss-born director Nicolas Wagnières talks about his film Hotel Jugoslavija and the Balkans, a region grappling with nostalgia of a defunct country as well as the rise of nationalism [Read More...]

The Russian filmmaker who shot Elvis!

Redmond Bacon - 27-02-2018

Read our exclusive interview with Aleksei German Jr., the director of Sergei Dovlatov's biopic, whom he describes as "the Elvis Presley of Russian literature" [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Jeremy Clarke - 08-01-2018

The prolific and uncategorisable Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa reveals his influences, talks about the creative process and what genre he'll be working on next! [Read More...]

Making it happen: my first feature film!

DMovies team - 01-06-2017

Do you have a million ideas screaming to get out? Do you wish to transform your life? Well, it's about time you do your first feature film. Philip Brocklehurst has now embraced this difficult and rewarding task, and he's looking for your support! [Read More...]

The man with the nightmare vision

Victor Fraga - 28-03-2017

Andrew Tiernan, the director of the dystopian extreme surveillance sci-fi UK18, talks about the rise of neofacism, why he thinks the UK is moving in the wrong direction, how his work with Derek Jarman influenced his latest project, and much more! [Read More...]

Our dirty questions to Olivier Assayas

Victor Fraga - 15-03-2017

The director of the unusual blend of horror and fashion Personal Shopper and the classic lesbian romance Clouds of Sils Maria talks to the DMovies about his latest movie, which is out this weekend. [Read More...]

Ken Loach answers our dirty questions

Victor Fraga - 01-11-2016

The veteran and legendary British filmmaker talks exclusively to DMovies about 2,300 Daniel Blakes, a government that deliberately murders people, nostalgic period dramas, Britishness, Brexit, immigration and whether Cathy would be homeless 50 years later! [Read More...]