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Oct 16, 2014 — This past August, on the occasion of Volker Schlöndorff’s being selected for a Silver Medallion award by the Telluride Film Festival, Criterion’s Peter Becker talked with the German filmmaker about his long career. A short version of the conversation was...

Jun 30, 2014 — The filmmaker’s recollections of the great producer.

Mar 26, 2014 — The author recalls his encounters with the great Swedish actress.

Dec 22, 2013 — The author reflects on his interactions with the great filmmaker.

Sep 30, 2013 — The author describes his interactions with the great Polish filmmaker.

Jul 31, 2013 — The story of the author’s long correspondence with the silent film icon.

Jun 17, 2013 — The author recounts the story of his friendship with the great filmmaker.

Feb 22, 2013 — The writer shares his memories of his friendship with the great writer and Japanese cinema expert, who passed away this week.

Feb 2, 2011 — This interview was published in the winter 2010 issue of Brick, a literary journal based in Toronto. It is posted here by permission of the Toronto International Film Festival. The photograph appears courtesy of Colleen Murphy. We met on March...

Apr 9, 2009 — The first time I “met” Max was in May of 1959, when Bergman’s stunning production of Urfaust came to London for just one week in the World Theatre Season. Groupie of all things Swedish that I was, I waited outside...