Confessions

Director and writer Mark Cousins opens up on the ways that Pier Paolo Pasolini changed his life, in this emotional, deeply personal essay.

Hand of God star Luisa Ranieri talks with Luke Georgiades about what it means to be Neapolitan soul.

Many of us grow up with cinema, but Bill Prince was practically raised in one. Here, the writer and editor remembers the magnificent theatre that shaped his early years.

The writer-director waxes on conceiving the Soho Film Club, a formative experience dating a cinephile, and Pedro Almodovar...

Rising star Lyna Khoudri on her upcoming work in Novembre, and the importance of her parents in becoming an actor.

The past is forever, but the future of cinema and the arts remains one of optimism and fantasy. As the world changes — as unexplored subjects are brought closer to the lens — filmmakers, actors, and creatives in France are emerging with perspectives that have the power to change their society. This is their manifesto. Their J’Accuse; a call to arms, a rousing spark for their beloved metiers.

The following discussion took place between the actress Elsa Zylberstein and the Oscar-winning writer-director Sir Christopher Hampton. Over strong coffee, sitting in Sir Christopher’s colourful West London office, he intimately opened up about his life in theatre and cinema, and the uncompromising power of words.

"On me parle beaucoup de mon regard ces derniers temps." The director of L’Événement shares an essay on the pitfalls of categorisation in art and film.

Producer Lawrence Bender reflects on a career visiting Cannes with Tarantino, in this series of anecdotes.

These essays first appeared in Two Screenplays: The Blood of A Poet and The Testament of Orpheus (1985). Reprinted by permission of Marion Boyars Publishers, New York, London.