Josh Slater-Williams

Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges on acting as therapy
Film

Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges on acting as therapy

Honey boys — The two actors play versions of Shia LaBeouf at different stages of his life, in a film that he wrote in rehab. To mark its UK release, we find about their own relationships with stardom.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

The Sundance breakout taking on gentrification
Film

The Sundance breakout taking on gentrification

Tales of the city — Ahead of its UK release, the team behind The Last Black Man In San Francisco explain how they made this year’s indie breakout – a story about friendship, solitude and displacement.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

Filmmaker Lulu Wang talks laughing through the tears
Film

Filmmaker Lulu Wang talks laughing through the tears

The Farewell — The writer-director’s tragicomic drama begins with words ‘Based on an actual lie’. Ahead of the film’s US release, she discusses adapting a real-life fib into one of 2019’s most buzzed-about films – one that finds laughter among the melancholy.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

Ray & Liz: an exploration of family life in Thatcher’s Britain
Film

Ray & Liz: an exploration of family life in Thatcher’s Britain

On the breadline — In Ray & Liz, photographer turned writer-director Richard Billingham presents a tale of deprivation and loneliness set in the West Midlands – based on his own upbringing.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

‘As a woman, I felt uncomfortable with my libido’
Music

‘As a woman, I felt uncomfortable with my libido’

Lola Kirke in conversation — In between touring her debut album Heart Head West, the musician and actor takes a break to talk self-promotion, sexual frustration and why she’s convinced that acting is a ‘dying art form.’

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

The strange story of Orson Welles’ final years
Film

The strange story of Orson Welles’ final years

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead — As the world gears up for The Other Side of the Wind – Orson Welles’ unfinished film, released after 40 years – a new documentary looks back on the decade leading up to his death, as he struggled to complete his magnum opus.

Written by: Josh Slater-Williams

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