Interviews
Interview: David and Stéphane Foenkinos talk Audrey Tautou and Delicacy
Audrey Tautou is arguably this one of the biggest names within French film, despite the fact that she only stars in one film a year, and has not appeared in a directorial début in ten years. This year, however, she has made an exception. Tautou takes on the lead role in upcoming romantic comedy, Delicacy, the...
Indie and onwards: the Claire Garvey interview
In my career, I've interviewed quite a wide range of people, from a producer of fighting games, to a world-famous wrestler. But an actor who rarely speaks when in character is a new one. From her assured performance, you wouldn't have assumed that Booked Out was Claire Garvey's first feature film role. A...
Interview: Director Simon Curtis talks My Week with Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn is certainly a incredible story with a star-studded cast, so it's little wonder that the film is already being heavily tipped for Oscar nominations. We interviewed My Week with Marilyn's director, Simon Curtis, to find out about the making of the film. After pursuing the rights to...
Interview: Keith Chegwin on Kill Keith
Kill Keith is the first feature film venture for popular TV personality, Keith Chegwin, since 1992. We catch up with 'Cheggers' to find out what it was like having the title role in this film... It's difficult to tell whether or not Chegwin really is exceptionally excited about his part in Kill Keith,...
Interview with Andrew Haigh, Tom Cullen and Chris New of Weekend
“That's what the whole film's about: you don't have to be defined by one thing, you can be defined by whatever you want,” says Andrew Haigh, the director of Weekend. Ostensibly it is the story of two gay men who have a brief affair over two nights. But their relationship also raises a number of salient...
Interview: Steven Silver – director of The Bang Bang Club
The Bang Bang Club stars Ryan Phillippe and Taylor Kitsch as two members of a group of four war photographers covering the struggle between the Apartheid regime and Nelson Mandela's ANC in early 1990s South Africa. A gripping examination of what it takes to work in such extreme conditions, the film is...
Interview with Eyad Zahra and Dominic Rains of The Taqwacores
"This film is meant to spark a lot of different ideas and create a lot of different discussions,” says Eyad Zahra, the director of The Taqwacores, a film that asks more questions than most. Eyad is in town with Dominic Rains, who plays the film's star, a magnetic, Mohawk-sporting Koran-quoting Muslim punk...
Interview with Jerry Rothwell and JoEllen Marsh of Donor Unknown
Occasionally a film comes along that gets us at The Film Review talking. Not in a voyeuristic sense like My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, but sensible discussion about important issues. Mind you, a bit of colour doesn't hurt, and Donor Unknown has both: a fascinating story with a great character, which in this case...
Q&A with Honey 2 star Melissa Molinaro
As fans of dance films everywhere warm up for the release of Honey 2 this week, we catch up with star Melissa Molinaro. Unless you watch a lot of American TV shows you may not know who she is ...yet. Melissa was a finalist in the Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next Doll and also appeared in Making...
