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“I wanted to make a movie about summer, life, complexity, passion, desire,” says German director Christian Petzold of his dreamy new feature, Afire

As her new film is released, Nicole Holofcener talks about writing in the houses of Mike White and Ben Affleck, and why it’s “exhausting wanting people to like me”

Director Carolina Cavalli tells us the story behind her new delayed-comedy-of-age comedy, which follows a glamorous 24-year-old woman with zero friends

The director speaks to Nick Chen about his perverse new ‘nightmare comedy’, Beau Is Afraid: ‘I’d rather not expound on it’

As the BFI’s ‘Dario Argento: Doors into Darkness’ season begins, the reigning king of Italian horror discusses the ideas behind his most iconic films, the new generation discovering his oeuvre, and Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 remake of Suspiria

The film, which is Japan’s submission for this year’s Oscars, sees writer-director Chie Hayakawa concoct a chilling vision of the future. ‘It’s dystopian but it’s very realistic,’ she tells Nick Chen

Davy Chou delves into his new film about a 25-year-old woman who, raised in France but passing through Korea, spontaneously decides to search for her biological mother and father

Filmmaker Maryam Touzani discusses making an acclaimed gay film in a country where homosexuality is illegal

Lola Quivoron discusses their new film, which follows Julie as she enters a male-heavy environment of a biker gang who fund their lifestyle with larceny

How To Blow Up A Pipeline is a rallying call for a bolder, more radical style of activism. ‘It’s [about] being energised,’ the director explains. ‘It’s still possible to fight against this devastating situation that we’re in’