Hannah Strong

As she makes her first short film Amaretti, the actor-turned-director speaks to Hannah Strong about learning through observation, losing a 35mm camera and Bill Nighy’s casting tip.

By harnessing dreamwork and tapping into the subconscious, actress Jessie Buckley and writer-director Chloé Zhao respectively built a lived-in character and world for their poignant period drama. By Hannah Strong

Academy Award-nominated writer-director Celine Song tells Hannah Strong how her brief stint as a matchmaker inspired her thought-provoking new romance.

While dogs might have long held the crown as man’s best friend, cats are particularly beloved by filmmakers, from Agnés Varda to Stanley Kubrick; here's our guide through a short history of cats in films. 

From voguing in The Favourite to arrhythmic jumping in Poor Things, the dance sequences in the director’s oeuvre reflect wider themes of social rebellion, says Hannah Strong.

Hannah Strong digs into the beguiling world of Alice Rohrwacher's imagination, considering the filmmaker's dazzling La Chimera, Happy as Lazzaro and more.