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santa barbara international film festival new theater 2024
October 9, 2024
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has announced plans to open a new movie theater in Downtown Santa Barbara,…
SBIFF Santa Barbara International Film Festival
April 11, 2024
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has set its 2025 dates, and there will be two extra days in celebration
Dandelions Basil Mironer
February 8, 2024
When Dandelions filmmaker Basil Mironer first got a Facebook message telling him he had a secret father in Russia, he
Shayda Noora Niasari
January 22, 2024
SHAYDA writer-director Noora Niasari explains how she and editor Elika Rezaee balanced light moments with the film's dark subject matter
The Taste of Things
January 17, 2024
Director Trần Anh Hùng reveals why he chose not to have any music or soundtrack at all in his culinary…
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Peter Lord Sam Fell
November 30, 2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget director Sam Fell and Aardman Animatons' Peter Lord explain how they give their animations…
Nikolaj Arcel and Mads Mikkelsen The Promised Land
November 16, 2023
Mads Mikkelsen channeled Buster Keaton's "less is more" approach to acting to play 18th century solider Ludvig Kahlen in The…
Jeff Nichols The Bikeriders
October 12, 2023
Jeff Nichols chose to anchor a macho story about a motorcycle gang like The Bikeriders through the eyes of a…
SBIFF
August 10, 2023
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival ( SBIFF ) has announced an exciting new partnership with the American Society of…
Triangle of Sadness Director Ruben Östlund Took Vomit Scene '10 Steps Further'
December 16, 2022
Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund made sure that his vomit scene went "10 steps further" than any vomit scene…
The Monkey in Guillermo Del Toro Pinocchio Is Cate Blanchett's Spirit Animal
November 18, 2022
Guillermo Del Toro says that Cate Blanchett was eager to voice the monkey in Pinocchio, calling the character her spirit…
Top Gun: Maverick Actors 'Got Sick' While Shooting Flying Scenes Director Joseph Kosinski Says
November 8, 2022
Multiple Top Gun: Maverick actors got sick and vomited while in the air shooting flying scenes in real F-18 fighter…
Oprah Says Seeing Sidney Poitier Win 1964 Oscar Gave Her Hope of 'Something Bigger' (Exclusive Video)
September 29, 2022
Oprah Winfrey says that seeing Sidney Poitier win the Oscar in 1964 gave her hope of "something bigger" and awakened…
Peggy Holmes Luck
September 28, 2022
Luck director Peggy Holmes says main character Sam was inspired by real-life former foster kids whose positive attitude left an…
Spin Me Round breaking bad
July 12, 2022
Thor deleted scenes according to Taika Waititi; Breaking Bad statues to be erected in Albuquerque; the trailer for Spin Me…