“It’s Disturbing to Me How Relevant They Are”: Gregg Araki on New Restorations and His Teen Apocalypse Trilogy
Nowhere In the late 1980s, Gregg Araki began making movies. He made films on a shoestring budget with a do-it-yourself mindset–not due to any kind of loyalty to the auteur theory, but the constraints of what he had at his…
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Ryu Seungryong Talks Moving, the Hit K-Drama, and His Superpowered Character
Disney+ and Hulu have found a bona fide smash hit with the Asian series Moving. The K-drama debuted in August and has generated plenty of buzz for its ambitious premise and great acting, becoming the most watched original Korean series…
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“Is There an Orchestra Playing in the Depths of the Glacier?”: Margreth Olin on Her TIFF-Debuting Documentary, Songs of Earth
Songs of Earth My DOX:AWARD top pick for the Ekko jury grid I participated in at this year’s CPH:DOX, Margreth Olin’s Songs of Earth, was also number one in my critic’s notebook for the doc most needing to be experienced on the big…
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After Everything Composer George Kallis on the Fifth Movie’s Romance and Music
The next installment of the popular After franchise, After Everything, is on the horizon. Audiences will soon get to watch the perspective of the movie shift, now following Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) as he tries to make amends for his…
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Neve Campbell Made a Movie About Icon Who Inspired Her to Become an Artist
The Big Picture Neve Campbell visits Collider’s media studio at the Cinema Center at MARBL to discuss her new documentary, Swan Song. Campbell is an executive producer on the Chelsea McMullan-directed film about ballet legend Karen Kain and her experience…
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Eric Roberts on My Last Best Friend and the One Role He’d Love To Play
In conversation, Eric Roberts is everything you might think he is: gregarious, uninhibited, honest, outspoken, and full of spirit. The actor has turned heads in standout film and television roles in outings like Star 80 (alongside Mariel Hemingway), The Dark…
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‘Mother, Couch’s Director Spills the Tea on How He Scored His Dream Cast
The Big Picture Mother, Couch is a surreal dramedy about the anxieties of balancing daily responsibilities with family obligations, starring Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn. The director, Niclas Larsson, was inspired by early 2000s films and incorporates magical realism into…
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Viggo Mortensen on His “Feminist Western” ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’
The Big Picture Viggo Mortensen and Vicky Krieps discuss their collaborative chemistry and eagerness to work together on Mortensen's second directorial project, The Dead Don't Hurt at the Toronto International Film Festival. Set in the 1860s American West, the film…
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Donato Rotunno Says it Took Nearly Six Years to Make Io sto bene
Io sto bene, Luxembourg's 2022 Oscar Submission for Best International Film, is set to finally premiere on streaming Sept. 15, and writer/director Donato Rotunno (Dreams Have a Language, Baby(A)lone) couldn’t be happier. The movie was a labor of love for…
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‘All the Light We Cannot See’s Director on Adapting the Prize-Winning Novel
The Big Picture "All the Light We Cannot See" is a four-part Netflix miniseries based on Anthony Doerr's novel, starring newcomer Aria Mia Loberti as a blind girl during WWII. Director Shawn Levy, known for "Stranger Things," discusses adapting the…
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Is ‘The Nun 2’s Sister Irene Related to THAT ‘Conjuring’ Character?
The Big Picture The Nun II adds new details to Conjuring lore, including a possible connection between Taissa Farmiga's Sister Irene and a key Conjuring character. Director Michael Chaves shares his thoughts on whether the characters are indeed related. The…
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The Retirement Plan Filmmaker Tim Brown Talks Nicolas Cage and His Cayman Islands Crime Comedy
With an all-star cast that includes the likes of Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ernie Hudson, and Jackie Earle Haley, The Retirement Plan sees an estranged family come together in the Cayman Islands in order to keep a classified hard drive…
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