The Film Programme - Tim Burton

Francine Stock enters Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with Tim Burton. The director reveals why he loves Blackpool so much and why its pleasure beach reflects his state of mind.

Director Babak Anvari reveals how much his horror movie, Under The Shadow, set in the Iran-Iraq war, is autobiographical.

The director of When Marnie Was There discusses the popularity of British children's literature in Japan.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Tim Robey takes us through the history of peculiar children in cinema.

Published on Thursday, 29th September 2016.

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