Videos
On the ground in Austin for SXSW, the Reverse Shot team chats with Marie Losier (The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye) about a particularly surprising meeting with a wasp during a screening of Azazel Jacobs's Terri.
Host Eric Hynes talks to Palme d'Or–winning filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) about the Thai jungle, time and duration, and the transformative qualities of life and cinema.
Host Eric Hynes talks to photojournalist-turned-filmmaker Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again) about combat journalism, the power of received images, and how his latest innovations in immersive technology will change the face of filmmaking.
Host Eric Hynes talks to director Im Sang-soo (The Housemaid) about the nature of suspense, female desire, and why conservative Korean filmgoers hated his latest film, a remake of Kim Ki-young's sexed-up 1960 classic.
Bruno Dumont (Hadewijch, Twentynine Palms) talks to Reverse Shot's Damon Smith about faith, mysticism, and the mysteries of cinema. Translated from French by Robert Gray.
Filmmakers Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor from Sweetgrass discuss their film and sheep intelligence with Catskills farmer Eugene Wyatt.
Host Eric Hynes talks to French filmmaker Claire Denis (White Material, Beau travail) about why she prefers working with familiar collaborators, the erotics of the actor-director relationship, and how she often feels mastered by her own creations.
French screen legend Isabelle Huppert talks to host Eric Hynes about being an object of scrutiny in Claire Denis's White Material, how filmmaking is a questioning, and why movie acting is about just doing it.
Host Eric Hynes talks to Kent Jones (A Letter to Elia, Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows) about film restoration, the art of criticism, and the need to discover life outside cinema.
Host Eric Hynes talks to French auteur Olivier Assayas (Carlos, Summer Hours) about visual style, the paradox of cinephilia, and the connections between cinema and real life.
Frederick Wiseman (Boxing Gym, La Danse) talks to Reverse Shot's Damon Smith about observing real life, associative editing, and why his documentaries aren't made with an audience in mind.
Eric Hynes and legendary documentary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus tour Jacques Torres Chocolate, uncover the subject that links all their films, and discuss the perils of being married while editing.
Inspired by Ermanno Olmi's neorealist classic The Tree of Wooden Clogs, acclaimed chef Marco Canora (Hearth, Terroir) reminisces about his own culinary upbringing and preps a delicious cucina povera salad.
Host Eric Hynes talks to French star Romain Duris (Heartbreaker, The Beat That My Heart Skipped) about painting, performance, and the rigors of being a leading man.