Interviews with Directors and Artists
In defense of Shakespeare—a conversation with veteran Australian actor and director John Bell
By David Walsh, December 13, 2011
A conversation with distinguished Australian actor and director John Bell, who founded the Bell Shakespeare theatre company in 1990.
“Emotional truth and social truth are what I’m interested in”
An interview with Bryan Wizemann, director of Think of Me
By David Walsh, October 12, 2011
David Walsh spoke to Bryan Wizemann, the director of Think of Me, during last month’s Toronto international film festival.
Interview with Detroit Symphony violinist: “We went on strike because we didn’t want the orchestra to be destroyed”
By Shannon Jones, October 10, 2011
On the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the strike by Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians, the WSWS interviewed DSO violinist Marian Tanau.
Sydney Film Festival: Filmmaker Ivan Sen speaks to WSWS
By Richard Phillips, July 26, 2011
Writer/director Ivan Sen spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about Toomelah, his latest feature, during the Sydney film festival.
An interview with Christopher Newton, director of the Shaw Festival’s Heartbreak House
By Joanne Laurier, July 23, 2011
The director of the current production of George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, speaks to Joanne Laurier of the WSWS.
“They look at the arts as a luxury item”
An interview with Greg Near, Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra musician
By Shannon Jones, May 10, 2011
WSWS reporter Shannon Jones and arts editor David Walsh recently interviewed Michigan Opera Theatre musician Greg Near.
Musicians’ strike entering sixth month
A conversation with Detroit Symphony Orchestra violist Jim VanValkenburg
By Shannon Jones, March 9, 2011
Jim VanValkenburg, assistant principal violist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, recently invited WSWS reporters into his home to discuss the lengthy strike by DSO musicians.
The Guerilla Orchestra and the struggle to defend the arts from funding cuts
An interview with Heather Bird
By Jackie Warren, January 25, 2011
Heather Bird, a Manchester, England-based classical double bassist, created the “Guerilla Orchestra” in response to the savage cuts being made in music performance and education.
An interview with photographer Andrew Moore, author of Detroit Disassembled
By Tim Tower, January 5, 2011
Tim Tower of the WSWS recently spoke to photographer Andrew Moore, whose Detroit Disassembled link to review reveals the devastation of the city as “a multi-faceted metaphor of America.”
Toronto International Film Festival 2010
A conversation with Ken Loach
By David Walsh, October 21, 2010
David Walsh and Joanne Laurier spoke to director Ken Loach—accompanied by screenwriter Paul Laverty—about his latest film, Route Irish, and his career as a whole at the recent Toronto film festival.
Toronto International Film Festival 2010—Part 5
What does it mean to take reality seriously?
By David Walsh, October 14, 2010
Films from Iran, China and Romania, including a conversation with Iranian filmmaker Rafi Pitts, director of The Hunter.
“I wonder about this inequality and how it’s impacting on my country”
Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik speaks to WSWS
By Richard Phillips, October 5, 2010
Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik spoke with the World Socialist Web Site following screenings of her feature at this year’s Melbourne Film Festival
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