“Anyone’s life can be upended”: The Birthday Gift Interviews
The Birthday Party is a fascinating, award-winning short film that sees an Argentine birthday party upended by revelations about it’s characters tragic history. We had...
Category: Interviews
“When the lights go down and the curtains open, that’s the show”: Projectionists Andrew Walker and Jennifer Weston-Beyer on Big Screen Formats
Andrew Walker and Jennifer Weston-Beyer are projectionists at the Pictureville Cinema in Bradford, the home to the Widescreen Weekend and soon to host one of...
Curating Suspense: Inside the Four Seasons of Hitchcock with Rebecca McCallum
Rebecca McCallum is a writer, curator, podcaster and devoted student of Hitchcock’s cinema. She shall be presenting a season of Hitchcock films at the Pictureville...
“The Most Interesting Thing You Can Do Is Watch People” In Transit’s Alex Sarrigeorgiou and Jaclyn Bethany Interview
In Transit is a tender and thoughtful rumination on ambition, art and love. Eschewing indie movie clichés, the film offers an unhurried exploration of the...
“This is the Biggest Programme We’ve Ever Done” Widescreen Weekend 2025: Rebecca Hill Interview
Bradford is the 2025 City of Culture. What does that mean for the festival this year? It means that we’ve been able to push the...
“Film has Such Powerful Political Possibilities”: Invisible Women Curator Rachel Pronger Interview
I spoke with writer and curator Rachel Pronger from feminist archive film collective Invisible Women about their upcoming season of coming-of-age films directed by women...
“It Makes You Uncomfortable in Different Ways”: Dr Christina Brennan on The Vanishing
Can you tell me about your first experience seeing The Vanishing? I was first aware of the film when I was very young. I caught...
Jen and the Widescreen Critic 2024
It’s the most wonderful time of year again! …no, not that one…or that one…Ok, you can stop guessing; it’s Widescreen Weekend! A brilliant celebration of...
Widescreen Weekend: Rebecca Hill, Lead Programmer Interview
It seems to have been a very busy year since last we spoke, including the closure of the Pictureville, until recently. Can you tell me...
Broderick Fox Interview: Manscaping and Queering the Barbershop
So how did Manscaping get started with you? Oh, that’s a great question. Making a documentary, at least in the independent way that I...