Stig Björkman

Apr 11, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Lou Thomas |Faye D. Effard |Leigh Singer |Stig Björkman

With his latest feature Civil War, writer-director Alex Garland offers viewers an American election-year provocation wrapped upin a nuanced study of the risk-taking lives of war reporters. In a near-future United States ravaged by a conflict in which the ‘Western Forces’ of Texas and California are among groups fighting for control, photojournalist Lee (Kirsten Dunst) hopes to get the last interview with the president (Nick Offerman) at the White House in the final days of his tenure.

Apr 5, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Faye D. Effard |Leigh Singer |Stig Björkman |Lou Thomas

Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss tell us about their new documentary Girls State, following a campus in Missouri that allows girls to form a mock government. 5 April 2024By Faye D.

Mar 26, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Leigh Singer |Stig Björkman |Lou Thomas

Following on from their acclaimed collaboration Dirty God, star Vicky Knight and director Sacha Polak discuss their new hard-hitting drama, which uses its lead actor’s physicality in a central, even more personal, context. 26 March 2024By Leigh SingerIn 2019, indie film Dirty God took its lead actor, Vicky Knight, far beyond her comfort zone. As a child, Knight had suffered severe burns from a suspected pub arson fire that killed her two cousins, as well as the man who saved her life.

Mar 22, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Lou Thomas |Leigh Singer |Stig Björkman

A wild time-jumping romcom fantasy, Timestalker is the second feature from writer-director Alice Lowe, following her murderous pregnancy romp Prevenge (2016). This time Lowe plays lovestruck Agnes, who we first meet as a Scottish peasant falling for sexy preacher Alex (Aneurin Barnard, Dunkirk and The Personal History of David Copperfield), but who ends up living, dying, dancing and crying in 1793, 1847, 1940 and even 1980 New York.

Dec 20, 2023 | spiritualityandpractice.com | Stig Björkman

Joyce Carol Oates, the renown American writer, resisted having a film made about her life and work for years. She finally agreed to Stig Bjorkman’s invitation to grant extensive interviews and walks through places that are important to her. The director added archival clips and had excerpts from her books read by Laura Dern. Joyce Carol Oates has written over 100 books. Her favorite writer is Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland.