Live-Action ‘Sword in the Stone’ Remake Isn’t Happening Says Damsel Director
The Big Picture Damsel twists classic fairy tales, with Princess Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown) facing a dark, terrifying fate that she must navigate on her own. Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's dream was working with icons like Angela Bassett, Robin Wright,…
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The American Society of Magical Negroes – Casting Choices Explained
The satirical comedy, “The American Society of Magical Negroes,” tackles the complex reality of the Black experience in America, with a touch of magical realism. Ahead of the film’s release on March 15, 2024, we had the opportunity to participate…
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The Sadean Horror of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: Artist and Filmmaker Charles de Agustin on Mission Drift
Mission Drift The precarious and conflicted economics of non-profits — both material and libidinal — are the subject of artist and filmmaker Charles de Agustin‘s short narrative essay film Mission Drift, which, over the past year, has screened at festivals,…
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‘Fallout’s Director Is Making the Series He Wants as a Game Fan
The Big Picture 'Fallout' is based on the video game series, set 200 years post-apocalypse, and focuses on societal divisions and survival tactics. Showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner focused on creating a new story that fits within the 'Fallout'…
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DeWanda Wise Talks Blumhouse Film Imaginary: ‘I’m an Indie Darling!’
Blumhouse strikes again with yet another bone-chilling horror feature. This particular genre is doing a pretty effective job of taking the things we cherished as children — looking at you, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey — and turning them…
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Cristiana Dell’Anna & David Morse Preach Kindness in Cabrini
Summary Cabrini portrays Mother Cabrini's inspiring mission of inclusion and integration in a democratic society. Dell'Anna infused her scenes with personal touches to enhance Mother Cabrini's message of empowerment. The film highlights the emotional depth of characters like Mother Cabrini…
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Women in the Wilderness: How Nat Geo’s Queens Aims to Close the Gender Gap in Natural History Filmmaking
Queens director of photography Sophie Darlington and director Faith Musembi film elephants (Photo: courtesy of National Geographic for Disney/Rachael Kinley) When National Geographic’s Janet Han Vissering and Wildstar Films’s Vanessa Berlowitz got the idea to make Queens, a six-part natural…
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“A Frankenstein Set of Lenses”: DP Matthew Libatique on Maestro
Bradley Cooper and Matthew Libatique on the set of Maestro 25 years ago, Pi—a $70,000 indie about an obsessive mathematician shot on 16mm black and white reversal stock—put cinematographer Matthew Libatique on the map. In the intervening quarter century, Libatique…
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John Cusack – Maps To The Stars Q&A
MAPS TO THE STARS IS AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY AND DVD ON 2ND FEBRUARY, COURTESY OF ENTERTAINMENT ONE He’s been a Hollywood star since his teens, when he starred in Class, Sixteen Candles and The Sure Thing, but thankfully John Cusack…
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The Best Superhero Show Out Right Now Is Actually a Hulu Sitcom
The Big Picture Collider's Perri Nemiroff moderates an exclusive Q&A with the team behind Hulu's superhero comedy series, Extraordinary. Creator Emma Moran and stars Máiréad Tyers and Sofia Oxenham look back on making Season 1 and tease what's to come…
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A Candid Conversation with Director Michelle Steffes and Writer Jennifer Sorenson Featured, Interviews Film Threat
An Austin Film Festival favorite, and newly-minted Audience Award winner for best Comedy Vanguard Feature at the event — For When You Get Lost exists as deeply insightful, beer-fueled look at the absurdities of life, death, and family. Moreover, it’s exists…
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Peter Farrelly and William H. Macy Discuss Ricky Stanicky
Hearing a name like Peter Farrelly, you might just think, "Ah yes, one-half of the Farrelly brothers." They're responsible for hysterical comedies like Dumb & Dumber and Kingpin. And now, Peter Farrelly is back with yet another slapstick offering. Sure,…
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