Stephen Applebaum
Stephen Applebaum is a widely published UK-based writer with more than 25 years' of experience contributing to newspapers and glossies at home and abroad
Why I had to make a film of Judith Kerr's refugee classic
The German film director Caroline Link tells Stephen Applebaum why the book When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was so important to her as a child
Filming Greta Thunberg: 'She was shy...at first I wasn't impressed'
Filmmaker Nathan Grossman's documentary charts the rise of the teenage climate activist
Rocks rolls out tales of teenage friendship
Director's Sarah Gavron's new film is a diverse London-set drama
Grant Rosenmeyer: 'I'm still not a man in the Jewish religion'
Grant Rosenmeyer's career as a child actor took him to Broadway and Hollywood. Now he's produced his first film - and immediately stepped into controversy
A boy and his dog — and a Shoah setting
Director Lynn Roth's new film is about the Shoah - seen through the eyes of a boy's pet German Shepherd
‘I always felt like an outsider, my films reflect that’
Filmmaker Paul Frankl's search for a community is reflected in his films, he tells Stephen Applebaum
It’s hard to be famous at fifteen
Noah Schnapp earns a fortune for his role in the Netflix hit Stranger Things. But it can be hard dealing with fame, he says
Taika Waititi: mum inspired my Nazi comedy
The Thor and Jojo Rabbit director speaks to Stephen Applebaum
The director who made a film from Shia LaBeouf's therapy
Honey Boy is a film based on the Hollywood star's difficult childhood. Stephen Applebaum met Alma Har'el, the Israeli woman who directed it.
A honeymoon trip to the past
Elise Otzenberger — the actor turned writer-director — speaks to Stephen Applebaum about her film, which will open this year's Jewish Film Festival
‘I’d be crazy not to cast my wife’
Bart Freundlich's new film, After the Wedding, stars his wife, the Hollywood star Julianne Moore. It was inevitable, he tells Stephen Applebaum
Why Jason Isaacs missed a family holiday to make terror film
The actor's family were disappointed when he didn't come to Peru with them. But they understood when they saw his new film, Hotel Mumbai about the 2008 terrorist attacks
The director who sent Brad Pitt into space
James Gray's Ad Astra is about the father-son relationship
Red Sea Diving Resort: a modern day exodus
A new Netflix film tells the story of Mossad's daring plan to rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jews by creating a fake hotel
The director who made two films about serial killer Ted Bundy
Joe Berlinger contemplates the nature of evil in his latest documentary and feature film about serial killer Ted Bundy. He tells Stephen Applebaum that it all started when he studied the Holocaust.
Simon Amstell: ‘Now I don’t need to be special’
With his new film, Benjamin, out this week, Simon Amstell shares his thoughts on drugs, depression and happiness
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