Emerald Fennell

Oscar-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell breaks down the cultural touchstones that helped shape her worldview and create her killer second film.

The director thrilled a packed cinema with an entertaining post-screening conversation at THE FACE Film Society’s preview of her riotous new film.

Saltburn, the writer-director’s second film, is a wicked satire of sex and class starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi. As it launches the London Film Festival, Fennell spills the Earl Grey.

Emerald Fennell and Carey Mulligan, the director and star of 2021’s smartest, sharpest, darkest thriller, discuss rape, romcoms, revenge and how a Britney banger put the Toxic in toxic masculinity.