Michael Winterbottom talks to Greg Wetherall about Amanda Knox and the Kercher family’s response to his latest
Normally when you are making a film no one hears about it, but we had quite a lot of publicity about us making it beforehand, so even in Italy where we were filming, it was always written up as an ‘Amanda Knox film’, or are we saying ‘this’ about the Italian justice system? Are we saying ‘this’ about Amanda Knox? In the end, now that it is finished, it’s like, ‘look at it’.
Interview: Discussing ‘Appropriate Behaviour’ with writer/director/star Desiree Akhavan
“The very core of these messages are sexist. But I get it. It’s a machine. We’re trying to make it palatable to an audience that isn’t used to women being … Continue reading
Review: Spike Island (2012)
*** Dir: Mat Whitecross (2012) Fool’s Gold? Or What The World Is Waiting For? Spike Island revisited as a Stone Roses themed love note frames a coming of age tale … Continue reading