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For this chat, Andrew catches up with Irish director John Crowley to discuss his latest drama, We Live in Time. 

We Live in Time is an utterly brilliant drama the follows the lives of Andrew Garfield's Tobias and Florence Pugh's Almut in an out of sequence format. We flit from the past, to the present, to the future, with each moment acting as a new memory laid upon the next. This burgeoning relationship emerges into a family which emerges into a drama that will have you reaching for the tissues like no other, all the while it's underpinned by the gentle direction from John Crowley, which supports and gives space for his lead actors to deliver grounded performances.

It's that journey towards tenderness and empathy that underpins the following conversation with John Crowley, with Andrew asking about how the relationship of time has impacted John's work. This discussion encourages a reflection of John's previous collaboration with Andrew Garfield on his feature film debut Boy A in 2007, while also asking John to consider what he will take from this film going forward. Andrew also asks how aware John was of Florence's innate cooking skills and how that played into her brilliant turn as Almut. 

We Live in Time is, like John's Best Picture nominated film Brooklyn, a drama that slowly creeps up on you, and before you know it, you're wiping away tears from your eyes as the lights come up. It's a style of film that we've almost taken for granted now, but there is a genuine skill to bringing this level of weepie to life. See it with someone you love when it opens in Australian cinemas on 16 January 2025.

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