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British Film Institute London Film Festival Interview

Julius Avery – Son of a Gun #LFF

Julius Avery, Writer/Director, Son of a Gun. Festival Section: Official Competition. From prison yard to gold mine, Son of a Gun is a heist thriller that swaggers and shines in the Australian sun, announcing director Julius Avery as a breakthrough talent with a knack for muscular action. The character of the young inmate ingénue has provided a rich seam in recent cinema, and fresh-faced JR (Thwaites) cuts a sympathetic figure …

October 18, 2014

Critics Week - Mostra del Cinema di Venezia Interview

Suha Arraf – Villa Touma #sicvenezia

Suha Arraf, Writer/director, Villa Touma. Festival Section: Venice Critics Week. VILLA TOUMA is a wonderful film about three spinster sisters who are forced to look after their orphaned niece Badia. They have shut the world out following occupation, and expect the newcomer to marry so they can absolve themselves of any responsibilities, but tragedy strikes. Suha Arraf is known for her screenplays (The Syrian Bride; Lemon Tree) but this is her …

August 31, 2014

Interview

Olivier Assayas – Sils Maria (Clouds of Sils Maria) #Cannes2014

Olivier Assayas, Writer/Director, Sils Maria (Clouds of Sils Maria). Festival Section: Competition. Olivier Assayas’s second movie at the Cannes film festival has had a much more positive response from the Critics as he collaborates with friend and actress Juliette Binoche for SILS MARIA, a rather personal film of life-imitating-art-imitating-life. Fred Reporter Amanny Mohamed caught up with this charming Writer/Director to find out about the casting, how Juliette Binoche encouraged him …

May 31, 2014