Interviews with Directors and Artists
Toronto International Film Festival 2010
A conversation with Ken Loach
By David Walsh, October 21, 2010
David Walsh and Joanne Laurier spoke to director Ken Loach—accompanied by screenwriter Paul Laverty—about his latest film, Route Irish, and his career as a whole at the recent Toronto film festival.
Toronto International Film Festival 2010—Part 5
What does it mean to take reality seriously?
By David Walsh, October 14, 2010
Films from Iran, China and Romania, including a conversation with Iranian filmmaker Rafi Pitts, director of The Hunter.
“I wonder about this inequality and how it’s impacting on my country”
Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik speaks to WSWS
By Richard Phillips, October 5, 2010
Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik spoke with the World Socialist Web Site following screenings of her feature at this year’s Melbourne Film Festival
Brillante Mendoza discusses Lola
By Richard Phillips, July 10, 2010
Philippines director talks about his latest film with the WSWS
An interview with Dawn Mikkelson, co-director of The Red Tail
July 6, 2010
The WSWS recently spoke to Dawn Mikkelson, co-director of The Red Tail, who was in the Detroit area for a showing of the film.
An interview with Melissa Koch, co-director of The Red Tail
July 6, 2010
Joanne Laurier recently spoke to Melissa Koch, co-director of The Red Tail, about the making of the documentary.
San Francisco International Film Festival 2010
An interview with Woo Ming-jin, director of Woman on Fire Looks for Water, and a comment
By David Walsh, June 3, 2010
An interview with the young Malaysian film director, Woo Ming-jin, and a comment on his new film, Woman on Fire Looks for Water.
Jan van der Marck, former chief curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts, dies
Interviewed by WSWS on “Art, museums and society” in 2000
By David Walsh, April 30, 2010
Jan van der Marck, the former chief curator of the Detroit Institute of Arts and a remarkable figure in the world of art, died April 26 after a long battle with cancer.
An interview with Philippe Lioret, director of Welcome
By Richard Phillips, April 17, 2010
French filmmaker Philippe Lioret speaks about his latest movie, which explores the human impact of increasingly repressive French immigration laws on undocumented refugees and French citizens.
“What’s necessary is a vibrant film culture not just a formula”
Lucky Country scriptwriter Andy Cox speaks with the WSWS
By Richard Phillips, March 10, 2010
The WSWS recently spoke with Lucky Country scriptwriter Andy Cox, who explained some of the film’s themes, and commented on the increasing demands for Australian filmmakers to be animated by commercial considerations.
Film critic Robin Wood dies at 78
By David Walsh, December 21, 2009
British-born film critic Robin Wood died December 18 at the age of 78 in Toronto, where he had lived since the late 1970s. We repost the interview we did with him in 2000.
A conversation with Austin Chu, co-director of The Recess Ends
A film about the impact of the economic crisis in the US
By Marge Holland, December 9, 2009
Earlier this year Austin and Brian Chu traveled to every state in the US in an effort to capture the reality of the recession, which was being so under-reported by the American media. The WSWS spoke to Austin Chu recently in San Francisco.
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