After delivering the Shudder hit MadS last Halloween, French filmmaker David Moreau is back with another haunting nightmare called Other. In this interview, the writer and director breaks down his penchant for atmospheric horror, why he doesn’t bother much about “referencing” other films, and how he went for a “faceless” approach this time, filming only the face of heroine Olga Kurylenko.
OTHER is now streaming on Shudder.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
In this interview, director-editor-cinematographer Pierre Tsigaridis and his co-writer, co-producer Maxime Rancon break down the challenges of filming low-budget supernatural horror film Traumatika, their nods to classics like The Exorcist and The Omen, and the amusing audience reactions since Traumatika premiered at the 2024 FrightFest.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
Bury Me When I'm Dead is a 2025 supernatural thriller/horror written and directed by American filmmaker Seabold Krebs. The following interview explores the inspirations behind the film's central concept and the personal and creative choices that shaped its story. The conversation also touches on the film's visual and sonic design, Krebs' cinematic influences, and concludes with a glimpse into what he's working on next.
Interviewer: Connor Winterton
The documentary film follows several women from Artsakh who share their stories, plans, and dreams of a better life as they rebuild themselves in the aftermath of war. A year later, their trajectory is forever changed when war is declared once more, forcing them to adapt to a new, harrowing reality as Azerbaijan commits genocide on the indigenous people.
Interviewer: Rachael Sampson
The Cut is not your ordinary boxing drama as Orlando Bloom plays a washed-out puncher who endures eating disorders and flashbacks from the era of the Irish Troubles, as he gives his all to make the required weight category cut. In this interview, director Sean Ellis breaks down his genre-bending film, Bloom's intense transformation, and his own history with combat sports.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
British ventriloquist Nina Conti trades her hand puppets for the director’s chair in her filmmaking debut Sunlight. In the following interview, Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen discuss improvising the film’s funnier moments, filming inside costumes in American deserts, using music by Radiohead and the Pixies, and trusting your filmmaking intuitions.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
Vera Drew has gotten a mountain of praise and several awards, including one for Breakthrough Director at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. The People’s Joker is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story and a superhero parody movie that brings life and personality to an overdone genre. Drew sat down with Borrowing Tape to discuss her inspirations and advice for aspiring filmmakers.
Interviewer: Sofia Sheehan
Psycho Therapy is a 2025 dark comedy feature film that stars Steve Buscemi as a retired serial killer who becomes an unlikely mentor to a struggling novelist. In this interview, writer-director Tolga Karaçelik delves into the absurdity of his new film (and his mind), adjusting to a llama's shooting schedule (yes, the animal llama), and creating his own imaginary worlds.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
Eli Craig, the director behind cult horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, returns with the new slasher Clown in a Cornfield. In a pre-release chat, the director and co-writer breaks down his latest film, reveals how his teen son helped shape his Gen-Z characters, and explains why he might never make a horror comedy like Tucker and Dale again.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
DIE ALONE is the post-apocalyptic horror film from Lowell Dean (“WolfCop”) starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith and Frank Grillo.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
OLD GUY is the latest action comedy by the experienced director of the genre, Simon West ('Con Air', 'The Mechanic'), about an aging contract killer starring Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, and Cooper Hoffman. Borrowing Tape had the opportunity to speak with West about making the movie, such as filming on location in Belfast, working with Christoph Waltz, and the method used to cast the lead action stars in his movies.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
Borrowing Tape had the opportunity to interview producer Colmán Mac Cionnaith and writer Michael Whelan on the drama short film nominated for “Best Live Action Short Film” at the 2025 Oscars.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
The following interview is with Nebojsa Slijepcevic, the director and writer of the 2024 drama short film, nominated for “Best Live Action Short Film” at the 2025 Oscars.
Interviewer: Sofia Sheehan
The Iranian animated short film In the Shadow of the Cypress was one of the films nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2025 Oscars. In this interview with Borrowing Tape, the husband-and-wife director duo Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohai break down the short's commentary on real-life PTSD among war veterans in Iran, the significance of the titular cypress tree and the daily struggles of making it big as an Iranian animator and director.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
Italian filmmaker Marco Perego joins his creative collaborator and wife Zoe Saldaña for Dovecote, a slow-burning prison drama that made it to the Oscars nominations for Best Live-Action Short. Perego breaks down how he filmed a short film in an actual Venetian prison, using female inmates as extras, and the incredible sense of community he discovered among them.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
The following interview is with Adam J. Graves the director and writer of the 2024 drama short film, nominated for “Best Live Action Short Film” at the 2025 Oscars. .
Streaming now on Netflix.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
The following interview is with Laurynas Bareiša, the director and writer of the 2024 drama film selected as Lithuania's entry for 97th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.
The interview explores the filming process, the director's experience working with the cast, and the film's fragmented narrative structure, with the latter leading to a consideration of how narrative structure may impact the viewing experience.
Interviewer: Connor Winterton
The following interview is with Gints Zilbalodis, the director and writer of the 2024 Latvian silent animation film FLOW about Cat, who must team up with various species on a refuge boat to survive a flood. The film won the Golden Globes for Best Picture - Animated and is shortlisted for the Best International Film Award at the 97th Oscars.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
The following interview is with Lucy Kerr, the director and writer of the 2023 drama movie FAMILY PORTRAIT. The film follows a family whose attempts at capturing a family photo things take a dreamlike turn.
Interviewer: Connor Winterton
The following interview is with Benjamin Barfoot,, the director and writer of the 2024 folk horror movie DADDY’S HEAD.
A boy and his stepmother are terrified after a strange creature, resembling the boy's recently deceased father, visits them.
Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa
