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Marshall Shaffer

Marshall Shaffer’s interviews, reviews, and other commentary also appear regularly in Slashfilm, Decider, and Little White Lies.

Ephraim Asili

Interview: Ephraim Asili on The Inheritance’s Insider View of Collectivism

by Marshall Shaffer
March 12, 2021

Asili discusses why he strives for an equality of images and what his film means now in a new age of racial reckoning.

Richard Kelly

Interview: Richard Kelly on Southland Tales As an Ever-Evolving Work in Progress

by Marshall Shaffer
February 4, 2021

Kelly discusses the so-called “Cannes cut” of Southland Tales and his desire to incorporate new material into the film.

Interview: Colman Domingo on Bringing Honesty to Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Euphoria

Interview: Colman Domingo on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Euphoria, & More

by Marshall Shaffer
December 14, 2020

Domingo discusses Chadwick Boseman’s final performance, delivering a “sermon” to an ailing nation alongside Zendaya, and more.

Interview: Joyce Chopra on Creating a Believable Teen Movie with Smooth Talk

Interview: Joyce Chopra on Creating a Believable Teen Movie with Smooth Talk

by Marshall Shaffer
November 9, 2020

Chopra discusses the joys of reappraisal, and why she doubts John Hughes could believe in the universes he created on screen.

Garrett Bradley

Interview: Garrett Bradley on Exploring Human Dimensionality in Time

by Marshall Shaffer
October 16, 2020

Bradley discusses how the forces of collaboration and intuition inform her filmmaking process.

Interview: Cooper Raiff Talks Shithouse, Nostalgia, and Being There for Others

Interview: Cooper Raiff Talks Shithouse, Nostalgia, and Being There for Others

by Marshall Shaffer
October 12, 2020

The filmmaker discusses how Shithouse reflects the specifics of a certain life experience.

Interview: Kirsten Johnson on Dick Johnson Is Dead and the Expansion of Time

Interview: Kirsten Johnson on Expanding Time with Dick Johnson Is Dead

by Marshall Shaffer
October 2, 2020

Johnson discusses how the omnipresence of cameras is adjusting our relationship to the concept of memory.

Miranda July

Interview: Miranda July on Kajillionaire and the Malleability of Movies

by Marshall Shaffer
September 23, 2020

The multihyphenate artist discusses why the medium she wants to work in comes before her ideas.

Kate Lyn Sheil

Interview: Kate Lyn Sheil on Calibrating Her Performance in She Dies Tomorrow

by Marshall Shaffer
August 7, 2020

Sheil discusses how she situates the specifics of work within such an ambiguous and allegorical film.

Seth Rogen

Interview: Seth Rogen on An American Pickle and Reconnecting with His Roots

by Marshall Shaffer
August 6, 2020

Rogen discusses collaborating with Simon Rich, how the film enriched his understanding of Judaism, the exhibition prospects of comedy in the streaming era, and more.

Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross

Interview: Bill and Turner Ross on the Constructions of Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

by Marshall Shaffer
July 9, 2020

The Rosses discuss how performance, accessibility, empathy, and nostalgia figure into their work.

Shannon Murphy

Interview: Shannon Murphy on Charting the Wild Emotional Terrain of Babyteeth

by Marshall Shaffer
June 17, 2020

Murphy discusses how she steered the film away from weepy clichés and toward an authentic portrayal of teenage experience.

Odessa Young

Interview: Odessa Young on the Intuitiveness That Fuels ‘Shirley’

by Marshall Shaffer
June 11, 2020

Young discusses Josephine Decker’s unconventional processes and what she will take from the film to future projects.

Rob Morgan

Interview: Rob Morgan on the Long Ride to Leading Man Status in Bull

by Marshall Shaffer
April 27, 2020

In a wide-ranging conversation, the actor discusses his film appearances, as well as all the life and roles in between.

Eliza Hittman

Interview: Eliza Hittman on the Poetic Odyssey of Never Rarely Sometimes Always

by Marshall Shaffer
March 13, 2020

Never Rarely Sometimes Always breaks new ground for Hittman as a filmmaker.

Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles

Interview: Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles on Bacurau’s Politics

by Marshall Shaffer
March 12, 2020

In our wide-ranging conversation, we covered the hazy distinctions between past, present, and future in both Brazil and the United States.

Josh O'Connor

Interview: Josh O’Connor on Hope Gap and Inhabiting the Physicality of His Characters

by Marshall Shaffer
March 6, 2020

O’Connor discusses the challenge of rendering a performance with a smaller delta between actor and character

Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson

Interview: Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson on Working Together on Ordinary Love

by Marshall Shaffer
February 19, 2020

It’s to the immense credit of these two great actors that Ordinary Love is so inspiring.

Kantemir Balagov

Interview: Kantemir Balagov on Avoiding Artistic Stagnation with Beanpole

by Marshall Shaffer
January 27, 2020

Balagov’s cinematic verve feels like an accomplishment not so much because of his age, but in spite of it.

Ladj Ly

Interview: Ladj Ly on Sounding an Alarm Bell with Les Misérables

by Marshall Shaffer
January 8, 2020

The filmmaker discusses the public reaction of the film, bringing it to Emmanuel Macron, and more.

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