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Blitz directed by Steve McQueen
November 1, 2024
Blitz director Steve McQueen: “Seeing war through a child’s eyes is sobering. It helps us reconnect to a situation that’s…
October 2, 2024
The Friend directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel on how casting Naomi Watts led to casting Bill Murray for their…
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
September 30, 2024
Ask Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross what first attracted him to directing, and he says that it isn’t his main…
Longlegs director Oz Perkins on making movies to deal with death
July 8, 2024
Longlegs director Oz Perkins says horror movies are a way of dealing with death. His film, starring Nicolas Cage and…
Will Beall Beverly Hills Cop Axel F
June 26, 2024
We interviewed Will Beall, a former cop who is now a screenwriter behind the new Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F…
The Strangers Rennyn Harlin
May 14, 2024
Renny Harlin directing the new horror movie The Strangers: Chapter 1 may seem like a departure if you know him…
Jennifer Hudson Breath Stefon Bristol
April 24, 2024
Breathe director Stefon Bristol says his love for sci fi started with Steven Spielberg and Jurassic Park. The Do the…
Bob Marley: One Love
February 14, 2024
Bob Marley: One Love director Reinaldo Marcus Green couldn't believe that no one had ever made a biopic about the…
Masters of the Air
January 25, 2024
Masters of the Air co-creator John Orloff loves World War II stories because “the stakes were so high and the…
True Detective Night Country Stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis
January 9, 2024
With True Detective: Night Country, writer-director Issa López closes a circle that began with Jodie Foster and The Silence of…
Color Purple Blitz Bazawule
December 22, 2023
The Color Purple director Blitz Bazawule on adaptating the Broadway version of the Alice Walker novel for the screen.
December 21, 2023
Directing The Boys in the Boat, director George Clooney quickly discovered why it’s hard to make a dramatic film about…
All the Light We Cannot See
November 3, 2023
Shawn Levy quickly fell in love with Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2014 novel, All the Light We Cannot See. But…
Exorcist: Believer David Gordon Green Ellen Burstyn
October 5, 2023
Exorcist: Believer writer-director David Gordon Green promises "the ultimate parental nightmare," and a very different exercise from his funhouse Halloween…
THE NUN 2
September 5, 2023
The Nun 2 director Michael Chaves loves the darkness and religious aspects of The Conjuring universe. Also: recreating 1950s France
Golda
August 24, 2023
Golda director Guy Nattiv was born and raised in Israel and cut his teeth in advertising before transitioning to film.…
Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie Argue Often About You on the Set of Mission Impossible
July 7, 2023
Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise argued all the time during the making of Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning — about…