A cartoonist, novelist and screenwriter, Alex Garland, who’s most commonly known for writing films such as The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go, and Dredd, has now made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a sci-fi cautionary tale that challenges viewers with a variety of existential questions in regards to artificial intelligence. Can consciousness exist without gender? …

Simon Curtis made quite an introduction to the world of film with My Week with Marilyn being his directorial debut. I don’t think he or anyone involved saw how well that movie was going to do. When he came in town to promote Woman in Gold, I obviously had to ask him about that as well as get to hear …