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PODCAST | Sarah Bradbury interviews Sally Hawkins, actress of the film Eternal Beauty.

We hit the red carpet for the premiere of Eternal Beauty at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival. We had the privilege of speaking to British talent, Sally Hawkins, about playing June and tackling mental health on the big screen. We also spoke to director Craig Roberts about how a person in his own life with a “superpower” inspired the story and that he wrote the script specifically with Sally in mind.

Eternal Beauty: Sally Hawkins is a schizophrenic woman coping with a hallucinatory existence in Craig Roberts’ bold, sometimes hilarious and disturbing exploration of mental illness. Jilted as a young woman on her wedding day, the outsider in a fragmented family and beset with anxieties both real and imaginary, June has a life of constant struggle. Pills offer a possible solution and her relationship with vagrant musician Mike (David Thewlis) might be another. But does the medication and even love just exacerbate June’s delusional state of mind? Following his 2015 directorial debut Just Jim, Submarine star Craig Roberts’ sophomore feature is a true high-wire act, depicting the unstable perceptions of a fragile persona with delirious colour and design across ever-shifting time frames. Sally Hawkins’ fearless performance again confirms her as one of Britain’s best, and an ace supporting cast – Alice Lowe, Billie Piper, Penelope Wilton – prove equally committed to Roberts’ singular, humane vision.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Imogen Poots, actress of the film Vivarium.

Imogen Poots talks with FRED Film Radio, on the red carpet for the premiere of Vivarium at the London Film Festival, about the character in the film and the shifting of many moods she has, and the construction of the chemistry with her partner Jesse Eisenberg.

Vivarium: Young professionals Gemma and Tom are looking to buy a home together. When their local estate agent informs them of a new housing development, the enigmatically named Yonder, they ignore their initial reservations and decide to check it out. But this cautious couple should have listened to their instincts, quickly finding themselves unable to escape the seemingly endless maze of picture-perfect streets. As the weeks pass, they are forced to accept they are trapped inside this manufactured utopia. Then, one day, a baby boy is mysteriously delivered to their doorstep.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Jonathan Aris, actor of the film Vivarium.

Jonathan Aris talks with FRED Film Radio on the red carpet of the premiere of Vivarium at the London Film Festival; his character is the weirdest, the most disturbing and slightly frightening in the film and he tells how he built it and what inspired him.

Vivarium: Young professionals Gemma and Tom are looking to buy a home together. When their local estate agent informs them of a new housing development, the enigmatically named Yonder, they ignore their initial reservations and decide to check it out. But this cautious couple should have listened to their instincts, quickly finding themselves unable to escape the seemingly endless maze of picture-perfect streets. As the weeks pass, they are forced to accept they are trapped inside this manufactured utopia. Then, one day, a baby boy is mysteriously delivered to their doorstep.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Lorcan Finnegan, director of the film Vivarium.

On the red carpet for the premiere of his film Vivarium at the London Film Festival, Lorcan Finnegan talks about the idea for such an entertaining but disturbing film and the importance of the art direction in this particular creative situation.

Vivarium: Young professionals Gemma and Tom are looking to buy a home together. When their local estate agent informs them of a new housing development, the enigmatically named Yonder, they ignore their initial reservations and decide to check it out. But this cautious couple should have listened to their instincts, quickly finding themselves unable to escape the seemingly endless maze of picture-perfect streets. As the weeks pass, they are forced to accept they are trapped inside this manufactured utopia. Then, one day, a baby boy is mysteriously delivered to their doorstep.

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PODCAST | Sarah Bradbury interviews Alejandro Landes, director of the film Monos.

We hit the red carpet and the 63rd London Film Festival to hear from the judges and recipients of the film awards for 2019. Director Alejandro Landes and producer Santiago A. Zapata told us about their winning film, Monos. Yance Ford told us about heading up the jury for documentary film, Rubika Shah explained how it felt to win for White Riot. Wash Westmoreland stopped to tell us about leading the feature film jury.

Monos: High in the mountains of South America, above the billowing clouds but with gunshots heard in the distance, a motley group of child and teenage soldiers train and wait for instruction. They stave off boredom by fucking, playing and fighting. This might be some teen rave gone feral, but for the deadly seriousness underlined by the presence of an American hostage, the Doctora. Monos has inspired feverish buzz wherever it has screened this year and comparisons to Apocalypse Now and Lord of the Flies are not off the mark in mapping out the film’s terrain. But this is also a wildly original vision from Landes and screenwriter Alexis dos Santos, referencing horrors on their own continent. The camera prowls over mud and organic decay, cutting swathes through the jungle, all to the strains of Mica Levi’s visceral score. Monos sparks with dark adrenal electricity and it’s completely, utterly thrilling.

Monos is released in UK cinemas across UK and Ireland on 25th October 2019. For more information visit the official website here, or visit the Facebook page, and find on Twitter #MONOSFILM.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Rashaad Ernesto Green, director of the film Premature.

Rashaad Ernesto Green, at his second feature, tells us how the film was born: starting for a short film by the same name and a longtime friendship with his co-writer, and actress in the film.

Premature: Budding writer Ayanna’s life is transformed over the course of one hot Harlem summer, when a handsome and mysterious stranger walks into her life.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Antonio Monda, artistic director of the 2019 Rome Film Fest.

An interview with Antonio Monda, artistic director of the Rome Film Fest, recorded just a few days before the beginning of the festival – although, as he explains, it would be more right to call this international event a “feast.” Monda explains to us this driving concept and talks about how this year’s program reflects it. We also discuss the marked female presence on the program, two new sections (“Duel” and “Loyalty/Betrayal”), some of the international guests and his thoughts on the much-discussed presence of Netflix productions at film festivals.

Rome Film Fest Rome was born in 2006. Since the beginning, it has imposed itself as one of the most important film events internationally. This year, as other years, will include many international guests – from Wes Anderson to John Travolta to Viola Davis and beyond – and will be defined by lots of great films – a mixture of highbrow and lowbrow – and noteworthy events. Greta Garbo’s image adorns the posters of this year’s Rome Film Fest.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, directors of the film The Lodge.

Veronika Franz and Severine Fiala are fun to talk to, like their films are fun to watch. We discover their ideas about not using the genre rules, trying to build up their own rules and involving the audience in a journey that will stay with them for a long time.

The Lodge: After the sudden death of their beloved mother, heartbroken siblings Aidan and Mia struggle to embrace their father’s new fiancée – the reserved, somewhat mysterious Grace. Forced to spend the holidays together at their isolated family lodge, the kids begrudgingly find themselves alone with their new mother figure when their dad heads back to work for a few days. As the weather outside worsens, tensions inside the cabin show little signs of thawing. Meanwhile, dark secrets from Grace’s traumatic past slowly begin to surface.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Lisa Barros D’sa and Glenn Lyburn, directors of the film Ordinary Love.

Lisa Barros D’sa and Glenn Lyburn talk about the tone they chose for a film about a serious issue, that is unfortunately common. But they managed to give us a positive and never manipulative film. They tell us how.

Ordinary Love: As the Christmas decorations go up, we quickly get a sense of Joan and Tom’s bantering relationship; witty and teasing, they’re a couple who can finish each other’s sentences. When Joan is diagnosed with breast cancer, Tom is there to support and we follow as they navigate the mundane and frightening new world of exams, diagnoses, and waiting rooms. a warm and affecting drama.

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PODCAST | Matt Micucci interviews Stanley Nelson, director of the film Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.

An interview with documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, who presented his latest film, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, in the Create strand of the 2019 BFI London Film Festival. The film is a comprehensive and beautiful portrayal of the life, times and formidable works of Miles Davis, one of the greatest music artists of the 20th-century and still one of the most popular jazz artists to this day. In this interview, we talk about Davis and Nelson shares with us how he first came across him and the first album of his that he remembers listening to. We also discuss the wealth of archive material and contributions from fans, colleagues and people from Davis’ life, as well as whether he found it challenging to condense this life in a two-hour movie and more.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool: Veteran documentarian Stanley Nelson takes on the multifaceted creativity and myriad contradictions of Miles Davis in a mere two hours. This detailed, textured chronology offers something for all, from jazz newbies to viewers who’ve long been drowning in the ocean of genre-expanding music that poured from the musician’s magically muted trumpet. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool swings through five decades of sonic innovation: from hard bop to heavenly orchestrations, the ambient acoustics of Kind of Blue to the funky fusion of Bitches Brew. It’s a treasure trove of electrifying archive and authoritative interviewees (including several collaborators and ex-lovers), which smartly deploys extracts from Miles’s searing autobiography. The film also explores his impact on black cultural identity and doesn’t flinch from discussing the violent, drug-fuelled ravages of a troubled and troubling icon.

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