This is a somewhat personal film for you— and it’s your first feature. Can you discuss how you came to make this film?
Kathryn Ferguson: I grew up in Northern Ireland. My father, actually, was a huge fan of Sinéad’s in the late ’80’s, when The Lion and The Cobra came out
Features: Q&A
October 12, 2022
To Leslie – Q&A with Michael Morris, Andrea Riseborough, Marc Maron, and Andre Royo
by The National Board of Review
Michael, how did the script find its way to you?
It came to me through Arlie [Day], our producer and casting director. What I like to think she saw it in for me was that the great subject of the film was empathy. It’s about how to look at other people’s lives and experiences uncolored by any sense of judgment.
September 22, 2022
Moonage Daydream – Q&A with Brett Morgen
by The National Board of Review
This film was created with something of a new genre in mind: the “IMAX music experience.” Can you talk about that decision?
Brett Morgen: I have been doing biographical documentaries for the past twenty years. And when I finished Montage of Heck, I just… kind of feel like, for music documentaries… I love these speakers [gesturing around the theater]. I don’t think facts need to be delivered through these speakers!
September 9, 2022
Bodies Bodies Bodies – Q&A with Halina Reijn
by The National Board of Review
The following questions and answers are excerpted from a conversation that followed the NBR screening of Bodies Bodies Bodies. How did your experience in the industry as an actress influence your approach to this film? Halina Reijn: Yeah, I used to be an actress, mostly on stage. I was in a theater company and lived in […]
September 1, 2022
Thirteen Lives – Q&A with Ron Howard and Raymond Phathanavirangoon
by The National Board of Review
What was it like bringing a production of this size to Thailand?
Ron Howard: That was the big question I was asking of myself, going into the movie. I knew there was a genuine hurdle there.