‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’s Jonah Hauer-King on Telling a Love Story Amid Horror
The Big Picture The Tattooist of Auschwitz showcases a love story set amid the horrors of the Holocaust. The series explores the true story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner tasked with tattooing other Jewish prisoners. Jonah Hauer-King shares his…
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Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi on Following His Instincts
In 2021, an epic three-hour Japanese film captured the hearts of viewers around the world: Drive My Car. The winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival that year, Drive My Car went on to get nods…
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A Film To Read: Matiás Piñeiro, Tomas Paula Marques and Gabi Saidón on You Burn Me
You Burn Me New York-based Argentinian director Matiás Piñeiro’s work is without a doubt, a celebration of intertextuality. After continuously exploring the female roles in Shakespeare’s comedies from 2011’s Rosalinda up until 2020’s Isabella, he was drawn to a text…
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‘Discovery’s Elias Toufexis Could Be ‘Star Trek’s Next Jeffrey Combs
The Big Picture Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 5, "Mirrors," delves into Moll and L'ak's backstory, revealing their love and the price on their heads. Stars Eve Harlow and Elias Toufexis discuss fleshing out their romance, joining the sci-fi…
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For King & Country’s Joel Smallbone on Playing His Real Dad in Unsung Hero
If the fans of Grammy-winners Rebecca St. James and for KING & COUNTRY ever find themselves wondering where it all started for these beloved musical artists, Lionsgate has a new feature film hitting the masses April 26 that breaks it…
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“We Wanted To Show a Teacher with All His Weaknesses, Who Doesn’t Know Everything, Who Sometimes Makes Big Mistakes…”: Laurent Cantet on The Class
#image_title French director Laurent Cantet, whose films include Human Resources, Heading South, The Workshop and his Palme d’Or-winning The Class, died today at the age of 63. With this sad news we are reposting Brandon Harris’s interview with Cantet about The…
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Deborah Ayorinde & Joshua J. Williams Discuss Them: The Scare
Deborah Ayorinde and Joshua J. Williams star together as mother and son in the second season of Prime Video's Them, known this time as Them: The Scare. For Ayorinde, it marks her second appearance in the anthology series; now, she…
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‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Yuyu Kitamura Has So Many Questions About the Finale
[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Dead Boy Detectives.] The Big Picture 'Dead Boy Detectives' co-stars Kassius Nelson and Yuyu Kitamura share their audition experiences, favorite moments, and questions for a potential Season 2. Crystal Palace's psychic abilities…
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‘Palm Royale’s Leslie Bibb Says the Writers Are Working on Season 2
[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Palm Royale.] The Big Picture The Apple TV+ series 'Palm Royale' showcases Maxine's struggle to fit into high society in 1969 Palm Beach. Lesile Bibb discusses the sensory experience of the show,…
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Luke James Talks Stepping Into the Horror Genre for Them: The Scare
Either in hindsight or by fantastic happenstance, there are moments in time when you can see an actor take on a role and own it so much that it changes the trajectory of their career. For Luke James, that role…
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‘Shōgun’s Creators Break Down the Finale’s Biggest Moments and Their Future Plans
Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for the finale of Shōgun. The Big Picture Shōgun 's peaceful epilogue allows for reflection on the cost of victory in Tokugawa-era Japan. Creators Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks aimed for authenticity by…
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William Shatner Discusses Acting, Fate, and His New Documentary
It seems as long as people have been watching television, William Shatner has been on it. Shatner's first television credit was in 1954 on the Canadian version of TheHowdy Doody Show. While a trained theater actor and also a movie…
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