The Talks

Short Profile Name: Joachim Trier DOB: 1 March 1974 Place of birth: Copenhagen, Denmark Occupation: Film director Mr. Trier, as a filmmaker, do you ever get nervous on set? Well, I sometimes feel this anxiety of performance. A lot of the time, I feel that I’m failing. I’m strange in that way. But I think when we create something, a combination of confidence and talent is necessary to create something of value; you’ve got to question it and then find it. Question it and find it.

Short Profile Name: Jessie Buckley DOB: 28 December 1989 Place of birth: Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland Occupation: Actor Hamnet directed by Chloé Zhao and starring Jessie Buckley, is scheduled for release on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD in Germany on 23 April 2026. Ms. Buckley, your filmography suggests a love of playing complex and contradictory women. What attracts you to these roles? I mean, isn’t being human quite complex?

Short Profile Name: Paul Thomas Anderson DOB: 26 June 1970 Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, United States Occupation: Film director Mr. Anderson, would you consider yourself a politically-minded filmmaker? It’s funny, Inherent Vice is very, very politically-minded, maybe even more so than One Battle After Another. It really, really deals much more in that; it’s as much about politics as Boogie Nights is about porn. But for me, politics ultimately gets a little bit boring.

Short Profile Name: Adolpho Veloso DOB: 31 May 1989 Place of birth: São Paulo, Brazil Occupation: Cinematographer Train Dreams by Clint Bentley, with cinematography by Adolpho Veloso, is streaming on Netflix now. Mr. Veloso, as a cinematographer, is there a certain magic to shooting in a natural environment? Absolutely, I love shooting in nature. I feel like shooting in the real world is so much more inspiring than shooting on a sound stage.

Short Profile Name: Steven Ellison DOB: 7 October 1983 Place of birth: San Fernando Valley, California, United States Occupation: Music producer, film director Flying Lotus' new ep Big Mama is out 6 March on Ninja Tune. FlyLo, is it true that you like to think about your music as the soundtrack to a film that doesn’t exist? Yeah, I’ve always loved building worlds and characters and all that stuff, I’ve always had a big imagination.

Short Profile Name: Lachlan Bailey DOB: 16 December 1974 Place of birth: Australia Occupation: Fashion photographer Mr. Bailey, it’s pretty rare for you to give interviews — I only managed to find a couple online. As a photographer, are you simply the type of person who prefers to be behind the camera? I think so, yeah. I’ve never felt that comfortable in front of the camera, even though I’m expecting a lot from other people when they’re in front of my lens.

Short Profile Name: Kate Hawley Place of birth: New Zealand Occupation: Costume designer Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is streaming on Netflix now. Ms. Hawley, the blue dress you designed for Mia Goth’s character Elizabeth in Frankenstein is quickly becoming one of those iconic film costumes — it’s even being recreated on social media. How is it when your work takes on this big life outside of the film?

Short Profile Name: Sandra Maria Barclay Panizo DOB: 1967 Place of birth: Lima, Peru Occupation: Architect Ms. Barclay, as an architect born, raised and based in Peru, what traditions of your country’s architecture do you hope to keep alive in your own work? Well, a great work that cannot leave you indifferent, is the Royal House in Puruchuco. It is a mud construction located on the coast, on the edge of the city of Lima, at the foot of the arid Andes.

Short Profile Name: Jessica Lois Ware DOB: 15 October 1984 Place of birth: London, England, United Kingdom Occupation: Singer, songwriter Jessie's new single "I Could Get Used To This" is out now via Island EMi. Ms. Ware, when do you feel most powerful as an artist? I feel the most powerful when I’m in the room singing and performing for my fans. There’s nothing more powerful than going to do the job that you want to do. That’s a power in itself.

Short Profile Name: Harvey Forbes Fierstein DOB: 6 June 1952 Place of birth: Bensonhurst, New York, United States Occupation: Playwright, actor Mr. Fierstein, apparently you never dreamed of being a writer or even a performer — and yet you ended up becoming a Tony award winning playwright. How did that happen? That’s right, I was an art student! That’s what I always thought I was going to be, and that’s what I studied, I got my degree in painting.