Interviews

InSession Film Awards Editor Shadan Larki chats with The Testament of Ann Lee production designer Sam Bader. Be sure to check out our other awards season interviews here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjlTFomyhWU

Listeners of Chasing the Gold will know that Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee is unequivocally my favorite film of 2025. It’s visually stunning, innovative, evocative, truly unlike anything I’ve seen before.  I spoke...

As Ann Lee’s faithful follower Mary Partington, Thomasin McKenzie took the role of testifying her life as the film’s narrator. The actor, originally from New Zealand, formed a solid bond with director...

Many people recognize Amanda Seyfried from roles such as the sweetly clueless Karen Smith whose special talent is to predict the weather through her breasts in Mean Girls, or Sophie the bride-to-be...

I spoke to Mary Bronstein in person after the Melbourne International Film Festival showing of If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and her focus repeatedly returned to Rose Byrne not only...

Kate Winslet’s debut directorial film Goodbye June, written by her son Joe Anders, tells the story of an indomitable matriarch played by Helen Mirren whose cancer has progressed to the point of...

Nadine Whitney: Hi Joachim. I’ve read articles where you use the term polyphonic to describe Sentimental Value would it also be considered "polyvocity" (or "polyvocality") as it refers to the affirmation of...

Chloé Zhao’s interpretation of Maggie O’Farrell’s historical fiction, Hamnet is a strong contender at the very least for Jessie Buckley winning a few best actress nods in her role as Agnes Hathaway....