Interviews

Heartbeats might be the make-or-break second feature length production from director Xavier Dolan, but it’s the first major film role for his leading lady, Monia Chokri. We interview Monia to ask her about her new role. When I meet her to talk about the film, you’d think she’d been doing it for...

It's not every day you get to interview someone who made a horror movie about a killer tyre. As a result, the interview was a rather interesting insight into the minds of those who love to create unique films. Chris' note: if you've not yet seen Rubber, be wary, as the interview contains a minor spoiler that...

Blooded is the mockumentary thriller we can't get enough of at the moment. After being wowed and surprised by the independent Brit film, I caught up with the film's director Ed Boase, producer and actor Nick Ashdon, writer James Walker and actors Neil McDermortt and Isabella Calthorpe, to talk hunting, the...

His and Hers is the first feature-length film from acclaimed short documentary maker Ken Wardrop. Through the voices of 70 women it tells the 90-year-old love story of a single archetypical woman. Set in the Irish Midlands, the film is a charming look at a woman’s relationship to the various men in her life -...

The Living and the Dead is the first feature film to come from Croatian director Kristijan Milic. The film follows the parallel stories of soldiers fighting in both World War II and in the modern-day Yugoslavian Civil War, giving a chilling representation of how those who do not learn from their pasts are...

My Kidnapper is a new feature-length documentary that follows the emotional journey of four people returning to the jungles of Colombia where they were kidnapped six years before. There they meet Antonio, former left wing guerrilla, fighter for the rights of the oppressed, and one of the men who had held them...

There are some young actors you just know are going to be huge stars. Blake Lively is one of those. Having blazed a trail through Gossip Girl, she's now become the face of  Chanel's Mademoiselle handbag line, as well as putting in a seriously good performance in Ben Affleck's The Town. Here's an interview that...

Sam Holland's directorial debut, Zebra Crossing, is a fast-paced, hard-hitting movie that grabs the audience from the beginning. It gives an unflinching portrait of the stark choices, that are many shades of grey, faced by a group of lads as they make the journey from youth to adulthood. The Film Review caught up...

The Dutch director Jean van der Velde's latest film, The Silent Army, is an exciting story of a man's desperate hunt for his son's kidnapped best friend. It is also a powerful exploration of the phenomenon of child soldiers in East Africa, where children are often forced to fight in brutal conflicts At The...

Nicole Grimaudo is beautiful. Not just like most Italian women are, but she glows in a movie star sort of way. When I meet her she is wearing simple clothes and is almost make up free. She is warm and eager to open about her latest film Loose Cannons, which opens in the UK this month. Nicole looks relaxed...