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David Cronenberg interview The Shrouds
April 15, 2025
David Cronenberg laughed through tears as he wrote The Shrouds, his 23rd feature.
Bong Joon Ho Robert Pattinson Mickey 17
March 7, 2025
Spoiler Warning: The following contains spoilers about Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-Ho, out today. There’s a moment in Bong Joon
Anora Mikey Madison Sean Baker
March 2, 2025
Sean Baker’s Oscar triumph with Anora is proof that indie filmmakers can break through the Hollywood system and achieve mainstream
Thomas Noguchi Coroner to the Stars
February 21, 2025
Dr. Thomas Noguchi became known as the “Coroner to the Stars” for his autopsies of the famous — from Marilyn
February 13, 2025
The award-winning "One Step Away" recounts how SCAD helped Sabrina Spanta save her sisters from Afghanistan, where the Taliban restricted…
Conclave
February 7, 2025
Michael Jackman, co-producer of the Best Picture-nominated Conclave, says compromise is part of every film. You just don’t want the
Bong Joon Ho Robert Pattinson Mickey 17
February 6, 2025
Mickey 17 star and director Bong Joon Ho raise the curtain on a sci-fi thriller about death, rebirth, and doing…
Hard Truths Mike Leigh
February 3, 2025
Mike Leigh famously says his method of filmmaking is to “devise and direct,” meaning, his actors devise their characters under
Brutalist Judy Becker
January 30, 2025
Well before she met The Brutalist director Brady Corbet, production designer Judy Becker hoped she could work with him. Becker
Cooper Raiff Lili Reinhart Hal & Harper
January 29, 2025
Cooper Raiff says Hal & Harper, his indie TV series also starring Lili Reinhart and Mark Ruffalo, is his passion
January 28, 2025
James Sweeney’s Twinless poses the question: What happens when you lose the person who made you whole?  The film, now
January 24, 2025
Amanda Kramer’s surreal and audacious By Design explores envy through the aesthetics of an immaculately designed chair. Juliette Lewis stars
Saturday Nighy John Papsidera
January 5, 2025
John Papsidera was casting Saturday Night all wrong.  When he was casting for the sprawling company of actors needed in
Anora DP Drew Daniels
December 17, 2024
Anora cinematography Drew Daniels likes the uncertainty of working with film stock.  “It puts a little bit more faith and
Karla Sofia Gascón in Emilia Perez Oscar nominations
November 19, 2024
In Emilia Pérez, Karla Sofia Gascón takes on one of the most complex roles imaginable — that of a feared
Anora Mikey Madison Sean Baker
October 9, 2024
Doing research for Sean Baker’s Anora, in which she plays an exotic dancer romanced by the son of a Russian
Doom Generation Gregg Araki
September 16, 2024
Charlie xcx made it a brat summer. But it’s writer and director Gregg Araki who helped inspire the brat ethos.
Sketch Tony Hale Seth Worley TIFF
September 7, 2024
Sketch star Tony Hale and director Seth Worley on their Toronto International Film Festival Film about a child's drawings come…
Between the Temples
August 22, 2024
Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples, a story of faith starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane, owes its existence to the
Phantom of the Paradise
August 15, 2024
The Phantom of the Paradise, the Brian de Palma rock opera, is revisited by Paul Williams and Ari Kahan, keeper…
ALIEN: ROMULUS
July 16, 2024
Cailee Spaeny, star of Fede Álvarez’s new Alien: Romulus, remembers watching Ridley Scott’s original Alien as a child. “My dad
July 12, 2024
Usually when a sequel comes out 28 years after the original, you can attribute it to money. But Twisters director
Brian Wallach Is waging No Ordinary Campaign against ALS
May 28, 2024
Christopher Burke’s documentary No Ordinary Campaign — out today on Amazon Prime — is one of countless films to be
May 6, 2024
I Saw the TV Glow, from Jane Schoenbrun, asks if nostalgia is a crutch — and examines how fandom can…