Love it or hate it, SPARTACUS: Blood and Sand, is like nothing you’ve seen before—on the small screen, at least. The success of the original series spawned a prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and inevitably, a sequel Spartacus:…
Novelist and screenwriter Neil Cross has created one 2010′s most memorable TV characters in DCI John Luther. Here he explains how he turned a passionate pitch into the BBC’s dark cop drama LUTHER.…
Dado Valentic, chief colourist and managing director of MyTherapy D-Cinelab, discusses the musicality of colour and the new possibilities digital technology offers to independent filmmakers. …
Back in 2009 we interviewed Iain Smith for movieScope magazine issue 13′s ‘Insider’s POV: PRODUCING’ column. 18 months later, Smith was appointed Chair of the British Film Commission. His insights are as enlightening now, as…
You may not know his face, but Vic Armstrong is a cornerstone of modern cinema. The man responsible for the stunts in a plethora of films from Indiana Jones to Spider-Man, and Bond to The…
Nicole Lobart is one of the most in-demand concept artists working in Hollywood today, contributing to films like DRIVE ANGRY, SUCKER PUNCH and the upcoming RED SONJA. And though her work may be invisible to…
Novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls, author of STARTER FOR TEN and ONE DAY, reveals why adapting his own work for the screen comes with its own unique set of challenges.…
An actress famous for taking strong roles in provocative films like 21 GRAMS, ANTICHRIST and the upcoming THE TREE and MELANCHOLIA, Charlotte Gainsbourg reveals why she draws so much inspiration from her own life.…
Having penned screenplays for the likes of JESUS’ SON (1999), I’M NOT THERE (2007) and MARRIED LIFE (2007), Oren Moverman is making his directorial debut with THE MESSENGER. He also co-wrote this tale of an American casualty notification…
As the creator of graphic novels WANTED and KICK-ASS, and now the writer/director of superhero movie MIRACLE PARK, Mark Millar has tamed an industry that doesn’t take kindly to newcomers. And, as he explains, in order to…
