INTERVIEW: ‘The Queen of Black Magic’ director Kimo Stamboel
Remaking a classic movie has never been an easy job, most especially if said movie is considered as one of the best that the genre has to offer, just like Liliek Sudjio’s 1981 relentless horror The Queen of Black Magic. Yet in the talented hands…
INTERVIEW: ‘The Flight Attendant’ Costume Designer Catherine Marie Thomas
The Flight Attendant is a limited series (8 episodes) on HBO Max, which started on November 18, 2020 and ends tonight (December 17). It premieres on Sky Atlantic in the UK on March 19, 2021. The Flight Attendant follows Cassie (Kaley Cuoco), a flight attendant…
INTERVIEW: ‘Sound of Metal’ Sound Designer Nicolas Becker
Sound of Metal is the story of Ruben (Riz Ahmed) – the drummer in a metal band who suddenly experiences massive hearing loss. As he is also an addict, his bandmate and girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) is worried that he is going to relapse and…
INTERVIEW: ‘Relic’ Director Natalie Erika James
Director Natalie Erika-James’ directorial debut Relic, is a heart-breaking horror film that looks at humanity and our connections with family. The film follows three generations of women from one family as they come together to face the shadows that haunt their minds and their family…
INTERVIEW: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ composer Carlos Rafael Rivera
The Queen’s Gambit, a new 7-part Scott Frank mini-series starts on Netflix on October 23 2020. It is set in the 1960s and follows Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) – an orphan and child chess prodigy – as she starts to compete at chess tournaments in…
INTERVIEW: ‘The Glorias’ Costume Designer Sandy Powell
British costume designer Sandy Powell is best known for her Oscar-winning work on The Young Victoria (2009), The Aviator (2004) and Shakespeare in Love (1998). She has been Oscar-nominated a further 12 times, most recently for The Favourite (2018), Mary Poppins Returns (2018) and The…
INTERVIEW: ‘African Violet’ Director Mona Zandi Haghighi
As I’m sure you know, we recently published Issue #2 of the JUMPCUT MAGAZINE and the focus for the issue was sophomore features. We were also lucky enough to speak with Iranian director Mona Zandi Haghighi about her recent sophomore feature, African Violet – and…
INTERVIEW: ‘The Boys’ Sound Editor Wade Barnett
With The Boys Season 2 now well underway, I had the chance to sit down with Wade Barnett, the Supervising Sound Editor of one of the most violent and fun TV shows around. Fresh off his Emmy nomination for his work on The Boys, we…
INTERVIEW: ‘Yes, God, Yes’ Director Karen Maine
Karen Maine is a screenwriter best known for co-writing Obvious Child (2014), a critically acclaimed rom-com that was praised and nominated for several awards. Yes, God, Yes is her debut feature film. A charming and wholesome coming-of-age film that explores sexual pleasure from a female…
INTERVIEW: ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Composer Jay Wadley
Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things hits Netflix today (4 Sept 2020) and brings his usual chaotic brand of existentialism to a story of a couple on a snowy roadtrip, played by Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley, with Toni Collette and David Thewlis in…
INTERVIEW: ‘God’s Own Country’ Director Francis Lee
[This interview featured in Issue #1] Francis Lee’s second feature film – Ammonite starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan – should have been coming out in 2020, but under the circumstances, we don’t know when that will be. (Editor note: We have since learned it…
INTERVIEW: ‘Perfect 10’ Director Eva Riley
Eva Riley is a Scottish writer and director based in Brighton. With numerous short films under her belt – including Patriot, which was in competition in Cannes, and Diagnosis, a surreal thriller about a woman who works in role-play for trainee doctors – Riley has…
INTERVIEW: ‘Summerland’ Director Jessica Swale
Jessica Swale is a playwright and theatre director, known for her plays Blue Stockings, Thomas Tallis and Nell Gwynn and adaptations including The Secret Garden, Far From the Madding Crowd and Sense and Sensibility. Summerland is her feature film debut. We discussed making the transition from theatre…
