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James Mottram

James Mottram

James Mottram is a film journalist and author. He's written several books on film including The Making of Dunkirk, published in the UK by Titan

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‘How I mixed Jodie, Jewish jokes and AI to make my thriller’

Director Rebecca Zlotowski on the Oscar winner’s role in her new film

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Flawless: Jodie Foster as psychiatrist Lilian in A Private Life
Ben Stiller and sister Amy Stiller in 'Stiller and Meara: Nothing is Lost'. Credit: Apple TV+

‘It’s a way of processing grief – and connecting’: Ben Stiller on making a documentary about his famous parents

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Chris Evans stars as Drew Devlin in Ethan Coen’s Honey Don't! Credit: Karen Kuehn / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

Honey Don’t! – Ethan Coen on his latest lesbian detective caper

6 min read
Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr in 'The Smashing Machine'. (Photo: Cheryl Dunn/AP)

The Smashing Machine review: A sweat-and-blood sports drama without the Rocky-style finale ★★★

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Orphan review: ‘Impressive cinematography can’t quite redeem a muddled narrative’ ★★★

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August 28, 2025 14:59
Actor Bojtorján Barábas in the film 'Orphan'. (Photo: Press La Biennale di Venezia)

Caught Stealing review: ‘Darren Aronofsky’s most enjoyable romp in years’ ★★★★★

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August 27, 2025 15:46
Brooklyn boys: Austin Butler (centre) with Liev Schreiber and Vincent D'Onofrio in Caught Stealing

Self-confessed neurotic Jew Ari Aster on why he made Eddington, his Western set in the pandemic

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August 20, 2025 10:37
Dark visions: filmmaker Ari Aster

Yes, review: ‘This Israeli filmmaker’s voice is unmeasured’

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May 26, 2025 19:48
Yes, review: ‘This Israeli filmmaker’s voice is unmeasured’

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, review: ‘long and necessarily sombre’

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May 25, 2025 22:04
August Diehl as Mengele

Eleanor the Great, review: Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut takes on Holocaust survivor trauma

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May 23, 2025 09:38
June Squibb plays Eleanor, a 94-year-old Jewish mother and grandmother

‘My animated Shoah movie tells truths that kids will understand’

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April 2, 2025 13:28
Hand-drawn visions: a scene from The Most Precious of Cargoes. Director Michel Hazanavicius drew all of the characters in the film himself Photo: Ex Nihilo

The Polish nurse, the Nazi officer and the Jews in the basement

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March 27, 2025 12:40
Courage and faith: Sophie Nélisse (centre) as Irena Gut, the housekeeper for a Nazi officer

All I Had Was Nothingness review: ‘you will never see a more haunting road movie’

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February 20, 2025 18:32
Claude Lanzmann driving into the village of Treblinka, in July 1978

September 5 isn’t about the hostages or terrorists of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, it’s about journalism

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February 5, 2025 11:59
Intense: a scene from the cramped gallery of ABC TV's sports division where most of the film is set

The Brutalist director on why he made a film now set for Oscar glory

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January 22, 2025 17:37
Design matters: Adrien Brody as the fictional Bauhaus school architect László Toth

Why I’ve made another film about Bob Dylan

6 min read

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January 15, 2025 15:03
Like a Rolling Stone: Hollywood director James Mangold in conversation with Timothée Chalamet, who plays Bob Dylan in the film
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