Jason Wood is Director of Programming at Curzon Cinemas.

Wood asks crisp, pointed, well-focused questions while simultaneously building a conversational relationship with the person being interviewed. The remarkable assemblage of filmmakers who comprise his cast of characters represent just about every point along the spectrum of serious screen art today, and every one of them has ideas, opinions, and experiences that deserve the attention of everyone who cares about the troubled present and uncertain future of worthwhile cinema. -- David Sterritt, chair, National Society of Film Critics

• Acknowledgments Forewords by Andrew Kotting Introduction Lenny Abrahamson Clio Barnard Marco Bellocchio Anton Corbijn Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck Fernando Eimbcke Michel Gondry Joanna Hogg Tom Kalin Charlie Kaufman Gideon Koppel Harmony Korine Andrew Kotting Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy Ray Lawrence James Marsh Christopher Nolan Christian Petzold Nicolas Winding Refn Kelly Reichardt Ben Rivers Ira Sachs Celine Sciamma Peter Strickland Tilda Swinton Wim Wenders Ben Wheatley Michael Winterbottom