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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
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…
The Fall Guy David Leitch Ryan Gosling
May 2, 2024
Fall Guy director David Leitch on his new Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action movie — and why stunt professionals…
Julio Torres Problemista
March 29, 2024
For Julio Torres, the writer-director-star of the A24 comedy Problemista, the word problemista represents an entanglement of one’s aspirations and…
Eli Roth Thanksgiving
February 20, 2024
Thanksgiving director Eli Roth is known for merciless horror, but he has his limits. He’ll peel the skin off a…
Godzilla Minus One
January 26, 2024
Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki discusses the relevance between his monster movie and Oppenheimer concerning the atomic bomb
June Squibb
January 26, 2024
Thelma star June Squibb is the breakout star of Thelma at 94. She and Thelma director Josh Margolin discuss acting…
Drive-Away Dolls Ethan Coen Tricia Cooke
January 18, 2024
How Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen collaborated on Drive-Away Dolls, a lesbian road trip movie decades in the making.
Skinamarink Director Kyle Edward Bell Shot His Well-Planned Nightmare for $10K
December 16, 2023
Skinamarink, by Kyle Edward Ball, appears on the surface to be a massive success story. But its success was hard-fought,…
Rustin
November 17, 2023
You might not know a thing about Bayard Rustin, the architect of the 1963 March on Washington that brought the…
Napoleon by Ridley Scott
November 15, 2023
Ridley Scott interview about Napoleon, his relationship with Stanley Kubrick and William Friedkin, and telling a story Kubrick never could.
THE HOLDOVERS
November 14, 2023
Alexander Payne doesn't just set The Holdovers in the 1970s — he made the film as if he was filming…
Once Upon a Time Godfrey Reggio
October 20, 2023
Godfrey Reggio calls on Greta Thunberg and Mike Tyson to save the world in Once Upon a Time, the latest…
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
September 5, 2023
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 gave star Nia Vardalos the courage she needed to return to the director's chair…