We present our interviews from the TIFF premiere of The Goldfinch, the John Crowley adaptation of Donna Tartt’s novel. It stars Nicole Kidman, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Ansel Egort, Anuerin Barnard, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Oakes Fegley, Willa Fitzgerald, Luke Kleintank, Denis O’Hare and Peter Jacobson.

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, here are the interviews from the red carpet. As well as hearing from Nicole Kidman we spoke to actors Aimee Laurence, Caroline Day, Aneurin Barnard and director John Crowley, who talked to us about his own personal journey with the story of The Goldfinch. We also had the absolute pleasure of time with the Godfather of cinematographers Roger Deakins. He spoke about Film Vs. Digital, his eclectic mix of recent projects and…yes, we asked him about the rumours of Sam Mendes’ 1917 being all one shot…

Here are the interviews

Synopsis:

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy Upper East Side family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 13-year-old New Yorker Theo Decker’s life is turned upside-down when his mother is killed in a terrorist attack at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Confused in the rubble of the tragedy, he steals a priceless piece of art known as The Goldfinch.