Interviews with leading figures from the arts
The Third Man rides again - 75th anniversary of Carol Reed's noir classic
Friday, 06 September 2024
It was originally released in Britain 75 years ago this month, making its debut in a small cinema in Hastings on 1 September 1949, and quite a few people will tell you that The Third Man is their all-time favourite film.
theartsdesk Q&A: conductor Dalia Stasevska on her new album of contemporary orchestral music
Saturday, 31 August 2024
Dalia Stasevska is a persuasive advocate for new music, as presented on her new album Dalia’s Mixtape. She combines a puppyish enthusiasm with a salesman’s eloquence – beneath which sits a steely self-confidence in her own artistic vision. The Mixtape is a collaboration between Stasevska, the BBC Symphony Orchestra (of which she is Principal Guest Conductor) and Platoon, an artist-led label that is part of the Apple Music family.
theartsdesk Q&A: David Morrissey on (among...
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Without ever getting embroiled in tabloid mayhem, even if he has confessed that he’d like to have a go on Strictly, David Morrissey has patiently...
theartsdesk Q&A: violinist Braimah and...
Thursday, 01 August 2024
It seems like only yesterday – the date in fact was 22 December 2016 – that 17-year-old Sheku Kanneh-Mason, fresh from his win as BBC Young Musician...
10 Questions for DJ-producer Dave Clarke
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Dave Clarke (b. 1968) is, arguably, Britain’s greatest techno DJ. Although, in fact, he has lived in Amsterdam since 2009. He is also a producer of...
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theartsdesk Q&A: Lucie Shorthouse is flying high with 'We Are Lady Parts' and 'Rebus'
An actor's progress from Cambridge Footlights to 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie', a female Muslim punk band and crime-fighting in Edinburgh |
theartsdesk Q&A: Viggo Mortensen on 'The Dead Don't Hurt', Westerns and the dangers of patriotism
The star considers romance in Durango, co-star Vicky Krieps, his outsider childhood and taste for adventure |
theartsdesk Q&A: Matthew Modine on 'Hard Miles', 40 years in showbusiness and safer cycling
An eventful journey from 'Full Metal Jacket' to 'Oppenheimer' and 'Stranger Things' |
'I think of her as a proto-punk': documentarist Svetlana Zill on Anita Pallenberg
The co-director considers her revelatory account of the Stones' muse of mayhem |
theartsdesk Q&A: Eddie Marsan and the American Revolution, posh boys and East End gangsters
Versatile actor on playing John Adams opposite Michael Douglas in Apple TV+’s ‘Franklin' |
theartsdesk Q&A: Marco Bellocchio - the last maestro
Italian cinema's vigorous grand old man discusses Kidnapped, conversion, anarchy and faith in cinema |
10 Questions for folk singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney - 'deeply personal songs that open out to the universal'
The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter on 'Circus of Desire', her strongest album to date |
theartsdesk Q&A: Singer Dee C Lee
The vocalist chats through music, life, love, heartbreak and glorious Eighties times with The Style Council and WHAM! |
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theartsdesk Q&A: Wim Wenders on 'Perfect Days'
The German director explains why he made a drama about a Tokyo toilet cleaner |
10 Questions for 'The Settlers' film director Felipe Gálvez Haberle
Why he made a Western to condemn the Chileans responsible for the Selk'nam genocide |
Scala!!! interview with documentary co-directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall
How the Scala became London's most infamous repertory cinema |
theartsdesk Q&A: Steven Wilson on Porcupine Tree, 'The Harmony Codex' and electro-dominance
Travelling not arriving drives the reluctant prog star onto fresh musical terrains |
32 Sounds: Interview with innovative documentarian Sam Green about his audio and visual feast
Rare chance to catch a unique documentary that explores the listening world |
10 Questions for the avant-pop icons Stereolab
Laetitia and Tim on Nineties tribes, new-age technology and their lifelong affinity with music |
'The people behind the postcards': an interview with Priya Hein, author of 'Riambel'
The writer discusses her prize-winning debut novel, the power of fragments, and the motivations that drive her work |
Warhol, Velázquez, and leaving things out: an interview with Lynne Tillman
Allongside its British re-release, the author of Motion Sickness discusses the state of fiction and her ways of writing |
'We wanted to make a record we really love': The Rolling Stones at Hackney Empire
Mick, Keith and Ronnie at their Hackney Diamonds press conference on Wednesday |
Composer and conductor Carl Davis, 1936-2023
theartsdesk Q&A from 2021 with the silent film specialist on shot lists, bass drums and projection speeds |
Isabelle Huppert and director Jean-Paul Salomé: 'Cinema is about a little trade, a little business'
La Syndicaliste's star and director discuss misogyny, ambiguity and the quest for perfection |
theartsdesk Q&A: musician Susanne Sundfør - ‘Blómi is a message of hope for whoever might need it’
Interviewed about her new album, the Norwegian singer-songwriter reveals its inspirations - family, flowers and much more |
Filmmaker Tarik Saleh: ‘A director is at heart an immigrant’
Cairo Conspiracy's director talks power, Egypt, Islam and Le Carré |
'I let it emerge': an interview with Fiona Benson on the cusp of the TS Eliot Prize announcement
The poet discusses her new book, mayflies, motherhood, and memory |
'Corsage' director Marie Kreutzer: 'Being beautiful is her only currency'
The Austrian director on Vicky Krieps, a rotting empire's rebel royal and corsetry as control |
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