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An Interview with Rich Newey
Rich Newey is an award-winning director, writer, editor and producer. Having started his career shooting music videos, Rich has...

oliverjlwebb
Feb 19, 202111 min read
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An Interview with Annika Marks
Annika Marks is an actor, writer and producer known for her work on Goliath, Waco, The Fosters, and The Last Tycoon. Annika has also...

oliverjlwebb
Feb 15, 20218 min read
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An Interview with Jonas Nay
Jonas Nay is an actor and musician known for his role as Martin Rauch in the Deutschland series, as well as acclaimed films including The...

oliverjlwebb
Feb 6, 20214 min read
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An Interview with Abraham Adeyemi
Abraham Adeyemi is an award-winning writer, director and playwright. In 2020 his short film No More Wings won best narrative short at...

oliverjlwebb
Jan 31, 202112 min read
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Film of the Week: Euphoria: F*ck Anyone Who’s Not A Sea Blob
Not quite a film, but Euphoria’s second lockdown special is a stellar essay on trans identity, delivered by a formidable Hunter Schafer.

Alex Harper
Jan 27, 20214 min read
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An Interview with Jamie Robson
Jamie Robson is an award-winning actor. He has collaborated with directors such as Tim Courtney, Charlotte Wells and Ross A. Wilson in...

oliverjlwebb
Jan 24, 20215 min read
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2020: A Year in Review
2020 has been a difficult year on every front, and even deeply affecting cinema releases and how we consume films. Streaming services and...

oliverjlwebb
Jan 4, 20218 min read
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An Interview with Benjamin Wiessner
Benjamin Wiessner is a producer. His credits include Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, Beast Beast, and The Grief of Others. I spoke...

oliverjlwebb
Dec 27, 20207 min read
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A few words on the films of Jim Cummings
Jim Cumming’s feature debut, 2018’s Thunder Road, had sat dormant for a while on my watchlist before finally being nominated as one of...

Corey McKinney
Dec 23, 20203 min read
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An Interview with Sam Bain
Sam Bain is a BAFTA award-winning writer and co-creator of Peep Show, Fresh Meat, and Babylon. He has also co-written acclaimed films...

oliverjlwebb
Dec 5, 20208 min read
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An Interview with Eva Habermann
Eva Habermann is an actor and producer known for her work on Lexx, Dr Klein, Deichbullen, and Trolls World. I spoke with Eva about...

oliverjlwebb
Nov 30, 20204 min read
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An Interview with Alena Von Stroheim
Alena Von Stroheim is an actor known for her work on Hacker’s Game, Found Footage 3D, and The Activist. I spoke with Alena about her...

oliverjlwebb
Nov 18, 20202 min read
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An Interview with Jakob Ihre
Jakob Ihre is a cinematographer known for his work on films including Louder Than Bombs, Thelma, Oslo, August 31st, Reprise, The End of...

oliverjlwebb
Nov 11, 20206 min read
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An Interview with Elizabeth Marmur
Elizabeth Marmur is an actor known for her work on Peep Show, Coupling, Black Books, Doctors, and My Family. I spoke with Elizabeth about...

oliverjlwebb
Nov 1, 20207 min read
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Film of the Week: Greed (1924) with an introduction by Alena Von Stroheim.
I don’t know that I have much (particularly profound) to add to the conversation… this film has such a wildly storied history; thank you...

oliverjlwebb
Oct 25, 20204 min read
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An Interview with Florian Hoffmeister
Florian Hoffmeister is a cinematographer known for his work on Official Secrets, A Quiet Passion, The Deep Blue Sea, In Secret, Great...

oliverjlwebb
Oct 22, 202013 min read
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An Interview with Ulf Brantås
Ulf Brantås is an acclaimed cinematographer. He has shot films including Show Me Love, Together, Lilya-4-Ever, We are the Best, and The...

oliverjlwebb
Oct 17, 202013 min read
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An Interview with Kate Magowan
Kate Magowan is an actor and producer known for her work on Stardust, 24 Hour Party People, Spotless, A Lonely Place To Die, and Dream...

oliverjlwebb
Oct 11, 20206 min read
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An Interview with Mark Harelik
Mark Harelik is an actor known for his work on series including The Morning Show, Preacher, Wings and The Big Bang Theory. He has also...

oliverjlwebb
Oct 6, 202015 min read
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An Interview with Jeffrey Jur
Jeffrey Jur is an acclaimed cinematographer. He has shot films including The Last Seduction, Dirty Dancing, Panic and My Big Fat Greek...

oliverjlwebb
Sep 30, 20206 min read
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