Interviews

In Interview: Stephane and David Foenkinos on Delicacy

by Helen Cox 28 March 2012

On a rather clammy Friday, in a tall, corporate tower in the heart of Soho director Stephane Foenkinos and writer / director David Foenkinos relax in air-conditioned bliss awaiting questions from several press members who have gathered for the junket on their upcoming film: Delicacy.

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London’s Italian Film Festival: Part 7

by Silvia Felce 27 March 2012

Part 7 of our London Italian Film Festival coverage comes in the form of an interview with director Ivan Cotroneo. Cotroneo directed Kryptonite! (La Kryptonite Nella Borsa!) and spoke exclusively to New Empress reporter Silvia Felce.

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London’s Italian Film Festival: Part 5

by Silvia Felce 24 March 2012

Part 5 of our coverage from Cine Lumiere features an interview with the director of Scialla! or Take it Easy!, Francesco Bruni. The review of Scialla! was Part 4 of our festival coverage.

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London’s Italian Film Festival: Part 3

by Silvia Felce 23 March 2012

London’s Italian Film Festival: ‘Cinema – Made In Italy’, started on the 9 th of March at Cine Lumiere and will feature many new offerings from Italy’s finest producers of film until the 30 th . Part 3 of our coverage features an interview with the director of My Tomorrow, Marina Spada.

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In Interview: Keith Coogan

by Helen Cox 31 August 2011

New Empress editor Helen Cox talks to 80s/90s teen star Keith Coogan to commemorate 20 years of Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead… As is evident from the majority of the stuff written both by and about me I had what others would deem a somewhat wasted youth and, granted, a mad-cap publication like New [...]

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Fright Night 2011: Interviews with Cast and Crew

by David Katz 24 August 2011

By David Katz Fright Night (2011) is released in the UK on 2nd September giving fans of the original the opportunity to judge its steel as a remake awakening a whole new generation to this beautifully quirky horror yarn.

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In Interview: New Empress Cover Artist Dan Havardi

by Helen Cox 28 July 2011

By Helen Cox One of the first things people comment on when the first clap eyes on a copy of New Empress Magazine is the artwork on the front cover. It’s one of the key things that differentiates our publications from other publications already on the shelf. As editor of the magazine I am always [...]

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In Interview: Jesse Eisenberg on Holy Rollers (2011)

by David Katz 9 July 2011

By David Katz Jesse Eisenberg’s first live-action role since The Social Network (2010) is a big departure from his usual fare: in Holy Rollers (2010) he plays Sam Gold, a Hasidic Jew from Brooklyn who gets embroiled in smuggling ecstasy for the local mob.

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In Interview: Rose Bosch, writer and director of The Round Up (2010)

by David Katz 24 June 2011

By David Katz Rose Bosch’s The Round Up (2010) is one of the most notable recent success stories in French cinema, a moving and thought-provoking account of the Vel d’Iver round up in 1942. The round up was a mass arrest corroborated by the Nazi-occupied French government of 13,000 Parisian Jews, forcibly removed from their [...]

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Paul Merton on Hitchcock and The 39 Steps

by Joe Walsh 29 May 2011

By Joe Walsh Last week the Barbican hosted a special screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, on 35mm courtesy of the BFI for you fellow cine-philes out there, followed by a screening of Paul Merton’s brilliant 2009 documentary on Hitchcock. Merton also put in an appearance at the event for a lively Q&A and, of course, a [...]

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