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In conversation with director Alicia MacDonald - Finding Emily, Mike Leigh, short films, romantic comedies, Kickstarter

52 min•24 maj 2026

Alicia MacDonald first feature film as director, Finding Emily, turns out to be a Working Title-backed romantic comedy, the kind that used to fill British cinema charts. Albeit with a twist!

In this Film Stories special, she talks to Simon Brew about launching her first feature, the years on her way up when she found herself alongside Mike Leigh, and in a room while Alan Rickman watched her type. Plus a whole lot more...

Finding Emily is now in UK cinemas.

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In conversation with Sam Campbell - Make That Movie, bananas, VHS tapes, cinema and more
•53 min
Fight Club (1999), plus the dig against Rupert Murdoch at the end
•54 min
In conversation with Paul Mercurio - Strictly Ballroom, Exit To Eden, and, er, homebrew beer
•57 min
Jurassic Park (1993), and the struggle to bring dinosaurs to the screen
•58 min
The New Mutants (2020), and a big missed opportunity
•1 tim
In conversation with Thea Sharrock - Ladies First, Wicked Little Letters, The Beautiful Game, posh chairs
•50 min
Hook, and how it became the Steven Spielberg film that Steven Spielberg doesn't like
•1 tim 5 min
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003), and one hell of a challenge to secure the Terminator rights
•1 tim 2 min
Contact (1997) and how it nearly fell apart, plus David Frankel on The Devil Wears Prada 2
•1 tim 24 min
Cape Fear (1991), and when Martin Scorsese read it three times and hated it
•48 min

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