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Hot off the press, The French Dispatch takes over Sight and Sound, as director Wes Anderson has his brains picked by long-time collaborator Tilda Swinton. Also in this issue: Richard Pryor, Roger Deakins, new films by Mark Cousins and Theo Anthony, Claudia Weill and Delphine Seyrig interviewed, previews from the BFI London Film Festival and more.
We at Sight and Sound love magazines. So, it turns out, does Wes Anderson, whose tenth feature The French Dispatch lovingly wanders the corridors of its titular publication. And so, hopefully, do you. Here’s what you can expect in this month’s issue.
Our cover star is Anderson himself, who agreed to a grilling from Tilda Swinton, one of The French Dispatch’s many, many stars. They discuss their coworkers, the magic of a portmanteau film and the creation of Swinton’s art critic character.
David F. Walker recalls almost interviewing the great comedian and actor Richard Pryor 25 years ago, and considers his dual career as a provocative stand-up and as an actor caught between mainstream comedies and grounded, human dramas.
Best known for his striking work as a cinematographer, Roger Deakins is equally adept in still photography. He speaks to Thomas Flew about 50 years of photos, recently collected into the book Byways.
‘Look closely’ is the message behind The Story of Looking and All Light, Everywhere, new films by documentarians Mark Cousins and Theo Anthony, respectively. Nick Bradshaw speaks to the two directors about the beauty and the dangers of observation.
Claudia Weill’s portrait of a female friendship in New York, Girlfriends, is the best-known work in the director’s largely overlooked career. Beatrice Loayza talks to Weill about filmmaking in the 1970s and her transition from documentary to fiction.
“Words are icebergs. You only see the little tip,” says Delphine Seyrig in this month’s archive interview. Likewise, these features are only the tip of this issue’s iceberg of writing, each page as meticulously crafted as a Wes Anderson scene. Dive in!
Wes Anderson interviewed by Tilda Swinton
Wes Anderson’s long-awaited tenth feature The French Dispatch is an ode to Paris, French movies and, most of all, magazines. The director’s longtime collaborator Tilda Swinton, who plays a writer in the film, took on our commission to interview him. Introduction by Isabel Stevens.