INTERVIEW: Emmy-Winning ‘Ted Lasso’ Casting Director Theo Park
[This interview was first published in Issue 5 of our Patreon Digital Magazine] Theo Park is a casting director who has worked on Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers and High Rise, Paul King’s Paddington, Thomas Vinterberg’s Far from the Madding Crowd, Ben Palmer’s Man Up, Susanna Fogel’s…
INTERVIEW: ‘No Man of God’ Director Amber Sealey
True crime stories, particularly about serial killers, have long held fascination for people, with critically-acclaimed work such as David Fincher’s film Zodiac (2007) and TV show Mindhunter (2017-2019) being successful examples of projects inspired by what many view as a grim or grizzly aspect of…
INTERVIEW: ‘Ted Lasso’ Composer Tom Howe
Tom Howe is an Emmy-nominated composer who has worked on films such as A Shaun the Sheep – Farmageddon, Early Man and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. He has also worked on TV shows including Four in a Bed, Taskmaster and Whiskey Cavalier. We…
INTERVIEW: ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Costume Designer Christopher Hargadon
Costume designer Christopher Hargadon has worked on films including Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, ExistenZ and Johnny Mnemonic and TV shows including The X Files and Hemlock Grove. He has now been Emmy-nominated for his work on Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy, which saw the…
INTERVIEW: John Malahy discusses his new book for TCM – Summer Movies
We’re now halfway through the UK school summer holidays and it’s the perfect time to grab a beach read and escape from it all. And what better way to do that than with a book about Summer Movies? From the wholesome 50s and 60s beach…
INTERVIEW: ‘Blindspotting’ Composers Michael Yezerski and Ambrose Akinmusire
The 2018 film Blindspotting was one of the best of the year – an emotionally raw look at the effects of gentrification and police brutality in Oakland, California that also managed to be extremely funny. One of the most unique aspects of the film was…
REVIEW: Ride the Eagle (2021)
Through writing and starring in Digging for Fire (2015), Win it All (2017) and starring in Drinking Buddies (2013), all directed by Joe Swanberg; as well as Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), directed by Colin Trevorrow – Jake Johnson has established and maintained his schlubby manchild…
REVIEW: The Green Knight (2021)
Medieval Knights, especially Arthurian ones of the Round Table, come with certain expected traits – honour, loyalty, chivalry, heroism, bravery… and Sir Gawain of the original epic poem is no exception. You may be surprised then, by the Gawain you find in David Lowery’s new…
REVIEW: The Last Letter From Your Lover (2021)
A cosy romance may be the last thing you would expect as a follow up to the hedonistic Never Goin Back (2018) from director Augustine Frizzell, but it’s good that a new director is already showing range, especially when you consider that she’s also directed…
INTERVIEW: ‘The World to Come’ Director Mona Fastvold
The World to Come is set in the remote and rural Upstate New York in the 1850s and examines what happens when grief-stricken couple Abigail (Katherine Waterston) and Dyer (Casey Affleck) get new neighbours – Tallie (Vanessa Kirby) and Finney (Christopher Abbott). We met with…
TV REVIEW: Ted Lasso Season 2 Episode 1 (2021)
Season 1 of Ted Lasso could not have come at a more perfect time because it has helped us through lockdowns and beyond, with many people re-watching it countless times, for Ted’s biscuits are the ultimate in comfort food. Season 2 has fairly swiftly followed,…
No Sudden Move and Soderbergh’s Prolific Post-Retirement Period
After making Behind the Candelabra in 2013, Steven Soderbergh expressed frustration with the film industry and ‘retired,’ spending the next few years on a TV show – The Knick – instead. In 2017 he came out of retirement with aplomb and has gone on to…
TV REVIEW: Loki Episodes 3-4 (2021)
After getting very worried that Loki had jumped the shark in Episode 3, it’s with great relief that I can report that Episode 4 brings it fully back on track and we can now excitedly look forward to seeing how things will wrap up in…
