As Errol Morris releases his latest documentary The Pigeon Tunnel, which dissects the mind of John Le Carré, Ella Kemp flips the script and quizzes the filmmaker on his favorite movies—and all the things he hates about cinema, too.

With a new Criterion Channel collection, a Sundance London retrospective and several restorations hitting theaters, Gregg Araki talks us through his favorite films—from Barbara Stanwyck to Pedro Almodóvar.

The Eight Mountains writer-directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vander­meersch on Belgian comedies, beardy men and the power of imagination.

Country Gold director and star Mickey Reece opens up about the cinematic heroes he’d love to meet, the comforting goodness of Paul Rudd and boundary-pushing indies to watch out for.

God’s Time writer-director Daniel Antebi talks mask discipline, breaking the fourth wall and the movies that capture real magic.

The Justice of Bunny King star Essie Davis writes about the power of a wronged woman, the impact of Peter Weir and the importance of play.

God’s Creatures star Emily Watson on growing up without television, the filmmakers who are changing the map and what she watches with her children. 

The Danish brothers behind the slow-burn holiday horror Speak No Evil talk guilty pleasures, why Face/Off should have won Oscars and the vitality of contemporary Korean cinema.

Funny Pages filmmaker Owen Kline chats about working with the Safdie brothers, dirty old New York movies and his favorite comedies starring his parents. 

Taking our Life in Film survey, Girl Picture director Alli Haapasalo talks about movies that center female friendship, learning life’s big lessons from European arthouse cinema and the insatiable charisma of Labyrinth-era David Bowie.

Apples director Christos Nikou recalls his Life in Film, telling us about the recent releases he loves and watching The Truman Show for the first time in a historic Athens theater.

The filmmaker behind Zoey Deutch influencer satire Not Okay on cinematic tragedies, cringe comedies and great films for Jersey girls and queer folk.