Passages within a marriage

American filmmaker Ira Sachs has long shown an impassioned commitment to both Queer and familial drama. His eighth feature, Passages (2023), presents Sachs in top form as he nimbly addresses the quiet exchanges, hushed ambiguities and seismic changes that can affect married life. In the following interview, Sachs sheds light on his directorial perspective, aesthetics of performance and his influences as a director. The conversation, herein, relays a thoughtful filmmaker taking in inspirations and, in turn, inspiring great works of his own.