Zeros and Ones writer-director Abel Ferrara opens up about images as weapons, fourth-wall breaker Ethan Hawke, and being an optimist in spite of it all.

As the Covid-era festival landscape shifts yet again, our Festiville team picks the best of the films that premiered at the major fall film festivals.

Away from the breathtaking island of Fårö, Mitchell Beaupre speaks with Bergman Island filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve about all things Bergman, finding the balance between your art and relationships, and the sex appeal of Elliott Gould.

Titane filmmaker Julia Ducournau speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about destroying societal expectations of gender, the unspoken nature of love, and finding art in a bunch of dancing firefighters.

Taking on a rare leading role in his decades-spanning career, national treasure Tim Blake Nelson speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about demystifying heroes, reinventing genres and something called a quiche Western.

With his latest film Prisoners of the Ghostland now in theaters and on VOD, one-of-a-kind filmmaker Sion Sono speaks with Mitchell Beaupre about working with Nicolas Cage, fusing Eastern and Western influences, and drawing from Japanese history for his madcap new creation.

Popular member Sally Jane Black (18,000 followers and climbing) opens up about trans representation in cinema, watching films as a Marxist-Leninist and enjoying bad rom‑coms.

As Pig snuffles its way up Letterboxd’s best of 2021 ranks, Mitchell Beaupre hunts down writer-director Michael Sarnoski for a chat about some of the finer creative points of his Nicolas Cage-starring meditation on cookery and grief.

Delightful confections, Covid films worth watching and characters doing their best under every circumstance: our Festiville team present their ten picks from this year’s virtual and—hallelujah!—in-person Tribeca Festival.