Film Archives - The Skylark

Cressida Cowell: Dragon riding represents humanity’s attempt to control the wild

The How to Train Your Dragon author on why despair stops us imagining solutions, how stories make us more empathetic, and what Vikings can

May 15, 2026

The filmmaker on AI’s creep into cinema and the quiet rebellion back to lo-fi.

June 2, 2025

he actor on why we're terrible at practising what we preach, why we threw away the cleaner world we glimpsed during COVID, and why

April 3, 2024

The costume designer behind Mad Max and The King’s Speech on waste, wild weather, and why now might be the moment for proper nature

March 6, 2024