Alex Garland on Civil War, Jonathan Glazer, and left-wing politics dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

...................I spoke to Ryusuke Hamaguchi about 'Evil Does Not Exist', its origins as a planned silent film, & how the elusiveness mirrors the mysteries that exist in real life: dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

.........................I spoke to Dev Patel about what went wrong & right on 'Monkey Man', the online rumours about why Netflix decided not to release it in 2022, & playing an action hero who fights with his teeth: dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

.............................................I spoke to Talia Ryder about 'The Sweet East', embracing love/hate responses, & the nuances of playing a character who pretends to be vulnerable to get info from awful men: dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s eerie study of the natural world dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

Dev Patel on Monkey Man: ‘This film is just as chaotic as I am’ dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

The Sweet East: Talia Ryder on her wildly surreal new road trip movie dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

............I spoke to Pablo Berger about how 'Robot Dreams' is a film for cinephiles, his Oscars experience (he wrote a speech), why he wanted genderless characters, if Robot & Dog are friends or lovers, & how he welcomes the queer readings on Letterboxd:
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.................I spoke to Rodrigo Moreno about subverting the heist genre for 'The Delinquents' (one of my fave films in recent years), how the bank robbery depicts time as more valuable than money, & why we should be grateful it's only three hours long:
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Robot Dreams, a dreamy animation about loneliness in 80s New York dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

The Delinquents: an anti-capitalist heist film set to become a cult classic dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

...........I spoke to Margaret Qualley & Geraldine Viswanathan about Ethan Coen's 'Drive-Away Dolls', turning comic chemistry into romantic chemistry, auditioning for each other's role, & the time Claire Denis complained to me about intimacy coordinators: dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…?

............unlike Frankenstein's Monster, I believe the film is called 'Monster', not 'Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster'. I spoke to Kore-eda here about Ryuichi Sakamoto, wrong-footing the viewer, & how the script was rewritten after consulting LGBTQ+ groups: anothermag.com/design-living/…

..............I spoke to Cate Blanchett about playing Sister Eileen alongside the new boy in 'The New Boy', whether she's playing another sister in Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother', the rumours she's starring in Guy Maddin's 'Rumours', & more:
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........the climax of Radu Jude's new film is so good, I would, in fact, say: do not not expect too much from the end of the world of 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World'. I spoke to Ilinca Manolache about her hilarious lead performance here: anothermag.com/design-living/…

Margaret Qualley on her new lesbian sex comedy, Drive-Away Dolls dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

Cate Blanchett: ‘I’ve always wanted to play a nun’ dazeddigital.com/film-tv/articl…

Hirokazu Kore-Eda, the Japanese auteur behind Shoplifters and Broker talks to Nick Chen about his new film Monster, and working with the late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto on his last-ever soundtrack buff.ly/3wTa3A2

Radu Jude’s New Film Skewers Sexist Influencers and Sadistic Corporations dlvr.it/T3pX1t

.......with AGGRO DR1FT entering the world, I wrote this BEG1NNER'S GUIDE to Harmony Korine: gq-magazine.co.uk/article/harmon…