Interview with director Andrew Legge

 

Director and writer of a series of award-winning shorts, Andrew Legge makes his feature film debut with LOLA. He took the time to chat with Filmhounds about all the aesthetics of old machinery, twisting the concept of the mad scientist and the pros and cons of making a found footage film.

Full interview over at Filmhounds HERE. 

Interview with Screenwriters Pen Densham and John Watson

 

As the 90s is the current era we are all nostalgic for, it seems only right that we take a look back at the second highest grossing film of 1991, Kevin Costner starring Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Despite there being two other versions of the legendary noble who robbed from the rich to give to the poor, the 90s classic will be remembered and celebrated for far longer. But before there fights in the forest, Bryan Adams’ theme song and Alan Rickman delivering some of the best lines of his career as the Sheriff of Nottingham, there were Pen Densham and John Watson who write the now classic Robin Hood film. We talked with Densham and Watson about how the script came into being, the hero’s journey, balancing humour and drama and who came up with the famous spoon line.

Full interview over at Filmhounds HERE.

Confess, Fletch - Interview with John Slattery

 

Just like the previous iterations, Fletch finds himself in the middle of a mystery, art theft and a murder, with him as prime suspect. Supporting Hamm in this crime comedy is host of weird and wonderfully characters played by an equally brilliant cast. All embracing their comedic side and they obviously had a lot of fun doing so. Playing Fletch’s long suffering boss who happens to hate everyone, is Frank, played by John Slattery. Known mostly for playing Roger Sterling in Mad Men and Howard Stark in the Marvel films franchise, Slattery has also taken various comedic roles, adding Frank to the list. We got to steal a few moments of Slattery’s time to talk Fletch, directing and whether comedy is harder than crying.

Full interview in the latest issue of Filmhounds HERE.

London Short Film Festival interview with Philip Ilson

 

Before the Christmas and New Year festivities began last year, I got to ask Philip Ilson from LSFF (London Short Film Festival) about the festival's programme for 2022 which will be taking place in person after two years of virtual events across the film landscape.

Full interview can be read HERE over at Run Riot.

LSFF 14 - 23 January 2022, across various venues in London

Petite Maman

 

Following on from her powerhouse romantic epic, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Celine Sciamma returns with a very different story, an intimately framed portrait about a mother and daughter who meet each other at important times in their lives in Petite Maman. We sat down with the director-writer before the film was to screen at BFI London Film Festival to discuss her latest masterpiece, filmmaking, collaborating with actors and her thoughts on disparity between stories centred around girls and boys.

Full interview is over at Filmhounds HERE.

The Capote Tapes

 

Documenting from his start and first novel, where the photograph on the book jacket was more talked about than the book itself, Truman was unashamedly himself. This was not only brave but dangerous in a time when being gay was illegal. Capote created a character for himself to play throughout his life whenever he was in the spotlight and in private, he tried to live up to his creation. 

 

My full review is over at Filmhounds HERE.

Ema - BFI London Film Festival

Slightly different this time as instead of a review, this is for an interview I had with Mariana Di Girolamo who plays Ema. A hell of a character with a style (which we mention quite a bit) that stands out from the crowd and a personality to match.

A vibrant, sexual rampage with dance sequences to match the energy but with a tragic and heartbreaking story at the core and Ema herself as the conductor for this performance. I was lucky to speack to Di Girolamo about the film, Pablo and Ema, which you can read over at Vulturehound HERE.