What drew you to this material and inspired you to direct the film?
Sian Heder: I came to this because it was originally a studio film, and Lionsgate was looking to do a remake of La famille Bélier, a French film that came out in 2014.
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July 2023
Q&A with Savanah Leaf, Tia Nomore, and Erika Alexander
Can you talk about making the transition from athletics to a visual and creative artist?
Savanah Leaf: In a way, I think a film is this combination of working in a team environment.
October 2015
Q&A with Ridley Scott
You used classic filmmaking techniques, especially in the opening scene. Can you talk about shooting it?
Scott: These storms are absolutely disgustingly filthy, and we had real fifth in the air. You have a real mix of dust.
April 2022
Q&A with Pierre Perifel, Luc Desmarchelier and Marc Maron
In a narrative film, a character might have some piece of wardrobe or a prop that helps them inform the character. How did you work together to develop the voice of Snake?
Marc Maron: When we first got there, they showed me the sketches for the character but I think they were still trying to figure out how to get him to move.
December 2022
Q&A with Oliver Hermanus, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Bill Nighy
Can you talk about genesis of the film?
Kazuo Ishiguro: I can tell you about the origin story of this film, before the real work started. I can take credit for having the original idea, because it was kind of an obsession of mine for years. It was partly because I was a Japanese kid growing up in England and I was always very interested in any Japanese film that was shown in England.
November 2019
Q&A with Laura Dern, Adam Driver, and Noah Baumbach
Can you talk about conceiving this story, and you’re writing process?
Noah Baumbach: It was inherent in the title that we are asking, “Does anyone really know what the story of a marriage is, and if that story has an end of sorts, does it mean it wasn’t a marriage?”
October 2019
Q&A with James Mangold and Jenno Topping
Can you talk about what it was like to craft these characters?
James Mangold: I’m a big believer in hanging out. I am not a big believer in rehearsing.
May 2022
Q&A with Frank Marshall
How did this film get underway, and how did you decide to co-direct it?
How did this film get underway, and how did you decide to co-direct it?
Frank Marshall: One of the things that happens — as you get older — is that your friends also become experienced, and rise in their careers.
February 2022
Q&A with Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clifton Collins Jr. and Molly Parker
What drew you to this material and inspired you to direct the film?
Sian Heder: I came to this because it was originally a studio film, and Lionsgate was looking to do a remake of La famille Bélier, a French film that came out in 2014.
May 2023
Q&A with Austin and Meredith Bragg
I want to start out by talking about how you got the idea to do this. How do you collaborate to come up with this incredible work that we just saw?
Meredith Bragg: We’re not entirely sure where we first learned that pinball was illegal in many cities…
July 2025
Q&A with Sophie Brooks, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Molly Gordon
Sophie, let’s start with the genesis: how did this project begin?
Sophie Brooks: It really does feel like a miracle when an indie gets made. We almost made this movie in 2020 and thought, “this is easy,” but it ended up taking another four and a half years.
March 2025
Q&A with Gints Zilbalodis and Matiss Kaza
What is it like finally bringing a film into the world after you’ve been working on it for close to five years?
Gints Zilbalodis: It’s been very intense, and very strange, sitting in a room by yourself for such a long time and then going to twenty or thirty places and meeting crowds of people.
July 2025
Q&A with Eva Victor and Lucas Hedges
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Sorry, Baby. The film feels like you have a lot of trust in the audience to be patient, to wait for explanations, and to understand nuance. Was it that way during development?Eva Victor: Yes. I was honestly forced to be […]
April 2025
Q&A with Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, and Jay Ellis
This is a movie that shows real love for the Bay Area. Where did the story come from?
Ryan Fleck: Well, it starts with that Too $hort song, this really nasty song called Freaky Tales that I heard way too young, maybe nine or ten. I grew up with hippie parents. We had Beatles records and Janis Joplin and then my friends played me Freaky Tales and I was like, What is going on?!