Adolescence Archive

  • British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

    Carey Mulligan (actress) – An Education

    British actress CAREY MULLIGAN (And When Did You Last See Your Father?, Pride & Prejudice) talks about drama school auditions, teenage rebellion, and how she’s coping with life in the limelight after her first starring role in An Education. MMM: You were 22 when you made the film, so how did you find getting back into the mindset of a 16-year-old? Mulligan: I’ve always played younger parts. When I was 19, I played a 14-year-old....

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  • From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

    Nick Hornby (writer) – An Education

    From English student, to English teacher, to English set text. Film journalist Jan Gilbert finds out what’s next for author NICK HORNBY. When Cambridge University graduate Nick Hornby taught English at the city’s Parkside Community College, he had no idea that one day pupils would be studying his novels. It all started in 1992 with Hornby’s autobiographical tale Fever Pitch, a story of football fandom. For his latest film, An Education, Hornby has adapted another...

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  • DANIELE LUCHETTI, director of My Brother Is An Only Child, chats to film journalist Jan Gilbert about Italian pop music, the influence of his iPod, and adapting a tale of two brothers with opposing political beliefs for the big screen. MMM: Tell us about the book that inspired you to make this film. Luchetti: It was an autobiographical book by Antonio Pennacchi, who’s actually the main character, Accio. As a teenager he was in a...

    Daniele Luchetti (writer-director) – My Brother Is An Only Child

    DANIELE LUCHETTI, director of My Brother Is An Only Child, chats to film journalist Jan Gilbert about Italian pop music, the influence of his iPod, and adapting a tale of two brothers with opposing political beliefs for the big screen. MMM: Tell us about the book that inspired you to make this film. Luchetti: It was an autobiographical book by Antonio Pennacchi, who’s actually the main character, Accio. As a teenager he was in a...

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