Why Brady Corbet dedicated ‘The Brutalist’ to Scott Walker
In memory of his friend and collaborator.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 02/2025
“I know it”: Why Emily Blunt truly believes Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will win an Oscar
An ambitious prediction.
The exact moment Brian Cox realised his worst nightmare had come true: “It’s a little tough”
A sobering experience.
Molly Manning Walker: forging a bold new era for British cinema
A promising new era for British cinema.
‘True Detective – Night Country’: when Jodie Foster faced the most terrifying scene of her career
This scene even terrified a woman once attacked by a lion on set.
“You just read it and decide”: When Christopher Nolan apologised to Florence Pugh for his meagre offer in ‘Oppenheimer’
An acknowledgement of insubstantial writing?
Maxim Coffee: the Japanese commercial that paid Kirk Douglas just to say a single word
Good work if you can get it.
Why Stanley Kubrick’s films filled James Cameron with anticipation: “Can he pull it off and amaze me again?”
A fascination for precision and reinvention.
