INTERVIEW: ‘Host’ Writer/Director Rob Savage and Co-Writer/Producer Jed Shepherd
[This interview was first published in Issue 2 (Sept. 2020) of our Patreon digital magazine] One of the biggest stories about the summer of 2020 will undoubtedly be the unexpected breakout of horror film Host. Host focuses on six friends, who are unable to meet…
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…
INTERVIEW: ‘Falcon & the Winter Soldier’ Composer Henry Jackman
Following on from the success of the Marvel Disney Plus show The Falcon And Winter Soldier, JumpCut are delighted to speak with composer Henry Jackman about his career to date and what it was like to revisit these characters and themes following his scores for…
INTERVIEW: ‘Bố Già’ Lead Actor and American Distributor
Bố might be già, but he’s in his prime at the box office. In the U.S., the made-in-Vietnam comedy-drama Bố Già (lit. “Old Dad,” but it’s Dad, I’m Sorry in international markets) is a hit, breaching the $1 million mark on June 15. JumpCut Online…
INTERVIEW: ‘Werewolves Within’ Director Josh Ruben and Writer Mishna Wolff
Director Josh Ruben What attracted to you to the project – were you aware of the game first or did you read the script first? I wasn’t aware of the game, but the script came to me via the producers Natalie Metzger and Matt Miller,…
INTERVIEW: ‘False Positive’ Writer-Director John Lee
The complicated nature of pregnancy and gaslighting play a big part in Hulu and A24’s atmospheric horror False Positive. Directed by John Lee and co-written by Ilana Glazer and Lee himself, the movie tells the story of a wife named Lucy (Glazer) whose dream to…
INTERVIEW: Emmy-Winning Composer Nathan Barr on ‘Halston’ and his TV Career
Nathan Barr is a prolific composer of scores for both film and television. His film scores include The House with a Clock in its Walls (2018) and The Turning, Uncle Frank and The Hunt (all from 2020). His work for television includes; True Blood, Hemlock…
TRIBECA INTERVIEW: ‘Kata’ Director James Latimer
Appearance can only tell a fraction of the story, and it’s a notion wholly applicable to Kata, a martial arts short from Japan-based filmmaker James Latimer currently showing at Tribeca in the “Go Big” programme. The seven-minute work is, like Bart Layton’s docudrama American Animals,…
INTERVIEW: ‘Dinner In America’ Star Kyle Gallner
[This interview originally featured in Issue #3 of our digital magazine] From the inside of his car, Kyle Gallner laughs about how it’s been tough finding an acting job during a global pandemic, which seems fair although hard to believe when talking to someone with…
INTERVIEW: Oscar-Nominated Composer Volker Bertelmann on his Film & TV Career
Since being Oscar-nominated for his score for Lion in 2017, Volker Bertelmann has become a prolific composer of film and television scores including: 2017 – 5 films/TV shows including: The Current War (dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) – our review TV BBC/HBO: Gunpowder (creators: Ronan Bennett, Daniel…
INTERVIEW: ‘Ted Lasso’ Hair & Makeup Designer Nicky Austin
Apple TV’s Ted Lasso has captured the hearts of several locked-down nations and provided that comforting cuppa tea and baby-pink box of homemade shortbread that we’ve all sorely needed in the last year or so. The costumes, hair and make up all combine to help…
INTERVIEW: ‘Ted Lasso’ Costume Designer Jacky Levy
Apple TV+’s award-winning series Ted Lasso unexpectedly captured the heart of the nation when it aired during lockdown last year. The endearing tale of a small-time American football coach hired to coach the struggling English team AFC Richmond quickly trended on social media, due to…
INTERVIEW: ‘Servant’ Costume Designer Caroline Duncan
They can be a lot to take in — the twists and turns, ordinary and otherwise, that creators Tony Basgallop and M. Night Shyamalan have planted in the Apple TV+ psychological horror show Servant, now in its second season and is focusing on Dorothy (Lauren…
