Changing tunes | Pop's acting one-hit-wonders
by James Harvey | Jan 07, 2025 | Feature
We take a look at the times famous singers attempted to branch out into acting - to varying degrees of success....
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Film Stories issue 53 digital edition | Buy and download it here
by Simon Brew | Jan 06, 2025 | News
Get issue 53 of Film Stories to download in PDF format right here - and support our independent film magazine as you do so!...
Brain Trust | The making of The Almond And The Seahorse
by Simon Brew | Dec 23, 2024 | Feature
Writer, co-star and co-director Celyn Jones walks us down the long path to his new Rebel Wilson film: The Almond And The Seahorse…...
Found sounds | The shoe-stacked history of Foley artists
by Dan Cooper | Dec 20, 2024 | Feature
The early days of Hollywood saw plucky foley pioneers save audiences from a lifetime of boring sound design and create an art form which continues to...
The Third Man | An original crew member on the making of a classic
by Tim Murray | Dec 19, 2024 | Feature
The Third Man is celebrating its 75th anniversary; to mark the occasion, StudioCanal brought original crew member Angela Allen along for a special...
Viggo Mortensen interview | The Dead Don't Hurt
by Ryan Lambie | Dec 18, 2024 | Feature
As writer, director, producer, composer and co-star Viggo Mortensen delivers a personal take on the western genre with The Dead Don’t Hurt, Film S...
Depot cinema | The East Sussex cinema with flowers on its roof
by Zoe Dowsett | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature, News
How a Sussex-based community cinema became one of Europe’s most green-friendly arts venues....
The man who made Superman fly
by Amy Coop | Dec 17, 2024 | Feature
The granddaughter of Denys N Coop tells the cinematography pioneer's story, from The Third Man to Richard Donner's Superman....
Film Stories issue 52 | Purchase digital download here
by Simon Brew | Dec 03, 2024 | News
Get issue 52 of Film Stories to download in PDF format right here - and support our independent film magazine as you do so!...
Film Stories issue 51 | Purchase digital download here
by Simon Brew | Dec 03, 2024 | News
Get issue 51 of Film Stories to download in PDF format right here - and support our independent film magazine as you do so!...
Creative bankruptcy | How sequels came to dominate kids’ animation
by James Harvey | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
With Disney and Universal both leaning into existing properties for their animated blockbusters, has the original cartoon gone the way of the VHS?...
A Sense of Community | The film societies keeping British cinema afloat
by James Harvey | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We chat to the organisers behind some of the UK’s best-loved film societies – from the very new to the very old… ...
One Love | The making of the Bob Marley biopic
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Simon Brew sat down with the cast and crew of 2024's Bob Marley biopic to chat the making of the film. Ziggy Marley stopped by for a natter too......
Commercial breakdown | When film characters live on in TV adverts
by Mark Harrison | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We explore some of the oddest movie related corporate marketing campaigns from Darth Vader’s cough sweet ads to Winston Wolfe’s contents insurance cal...
Ridley Scott's path to Gladiator II
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Ridley Scott chats exclusively to Film Stories about Gladiator II, his career to date, plus the inside scoop on Gladiator III......
Alien Romulus | Director Fede Alvarez talks fighting cynicism in Hollywood
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Director Fede Alvarez talks exclusively to Film Stories about his path to making Alien: Romulus, its practical effects and fighting cynicism in the...
Young Woman And The Sea | The Disney hidden gem's nine-year path to the screen
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Director Joachim Rønning and legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer talk their Daisy Ridley underdog sports movie - Young Woman And The Sea....
Derelict interview | Director Jonathan Zaurin on the state of genre cinema in the UK
by Maria Lattila | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We chat to Jonathan Zaurin, director of Derelict, about the current state of the UK film industry and trying to get genre films made in an industry...
Morgan Neville talks his Steve Martin documentary
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
STEVE! (Martin): A Documentary In 2 Pieces is streaming on Apple TV+ now. We sat down with its director, Morgan Neville, to talk all about it......
John Krasinski interview | The IF director on helming his first kids’ movie
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
John Krasinski talks to us about his latest movie as director, IF, and how it’s taken him well out of his comfort zone…...
How to fix streaming | A step-by-step guide
by Dan Cooper | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
The honeymoon period between streaming platforms and audiences is officially over - what can these companies do to keep the romance alive?...
Revisiting Guest House Paradiso
by A J Black | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
How Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson’s big screen spin off from their popular TV sitcom unfairly hit rock bottom with critics…...
Crew Expendable: The making of Alien 3
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Co-star Ralph Brown talks to us about his memories of starring in 1992’s Alien 3, working with David Fincher, clashes with Sigourney Weaver, and its l...
Chaos walking | A conversation with maverick director Doug Liman
by Ryan Lambie | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Director Doug Liman talks to us about reuniting with Matt Damon for his latest comedy thriller, The Instigators, his earlier work on Go and The Bourne...
The making of Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget
by James Harvey | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We sat down with the director, production designer and puppet team leader to find out just what makes Aardman's poultry-packed sequel tick....
Girls State | Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss on their state of the nation documentary
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss tell us about their latest documentary Girls State, which follows their success with 2020’s Boys State....
Jackdaw | The making of a British indie thriller
by Lauren Miles | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
We chat with writer/director Jamie Childs, actor Oliver Jackson-Cohen and producers Kate Glover and Callum Grant about Jackdaw, filmed in the North...
Life, a cinematic universe, and everything | The underappreciated Hitchhiker’s Guide movie
by Mark Harrison | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Douglas Adams’s celebrated sci fi franchise The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy took almost 30 years to make it to the big screen. We revisit Gar...
One for you, one for them | How Hollywood gets big names to make big projects
by A J Black | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
There’s an old Hollywood maxim that if you do a film for the studio you get to make one for you too… We look into the back-scratching myth of the mov...
How To Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker on her exceptional debut
by Lauren Miles | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Molly Manning Walker’s first feature, How To Have Sex, has rightfully been receiving a lot of praise. We chat to her about the real-life origins of t...
Mr Payback | The interactive film that didn't change the world
by Dan Cooper | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Bob Gale, buoyed by the success of the Back To The Future trilogy, took on Mr Payback, the world’s first truly interactive movie. What could p...
All Of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh on BAFTA success and self-doubt
by Simon Brew | Nov 27, 2024 | Feature
Andrew Haigh talks to Simon Brew about his extraordinary new movie, All Of Us Strangers…...
