‘Scream 4’s Emma Roberts Scored Her Role Because of This 2001 Film
The Big Picture Emmy-winning casting director Avy Kaufman looks back on her filmography on an episode of Collider Ladies Night. While Kaufman is a self-proclaimed "scaredy cat," she did agree to cast Scream 4 after working with Wes Craven on…
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How Avy Kaufman Went from Casting Background Actors to Casting ‘Succession’
The Big Picture Meet prolific casting director Avy Kaufman! She's already won three Emmys for her work and is currently celebrating her latest nomination for Succession Season 4. Kaufman started her film career working with Jodie Foster and John Sayles,…
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How to Explode a Car: John Wilson on How To with John Wilson’s Final Season
John Wilson and Bruce Beveridge in season three, episode five of How To with John Wilson “How To Watch Birds,” episode five of How To with John Wilson’s final season, presents a familiar trajectory: eponymous documentarian follows through with stated…
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David Harbour Thought ‘Gran Turismo’ Director’s Style was Nuts
The Big Picture Director Neill Blomkamp used Sony's new VENICE 2 cameras to create unique and immersive angles, which impressed actor David Harbour. Harbour praises Blomkamp's genius on set and his ability to capture pivotal moments in the film, even…
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Cat Solen Discusses Practical Puppetry and the Challenges of Directing Chris Fleming: Hell
There are some comedians that tell jokes, and then there are those who bring something more than just a string of one-liners to their audiences. Chris Fleming certainly falls into the latter category, albeit with an additional caveat his material…
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“The Pitch Is a Performance”: Emily Mackenzie and Noah Collier on Carpet Cowboys
Carpet Cowboys A ten-gallon hat floating in the ocean and psychedelically patterned polypropylene western wear wandering empty hotel halls might not seem like images from a documentary about the changing nature of American commerce, but those costumes define the dreams…
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‘Golda’ Director Guy Nattiv on Finding Golda Meir with Helen Mirren
The Big Picture Director Guy Nattiv explains how he transformed the script for "Golda" into a character-driven film focusing on Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Helen Mirren was already attached to the project when Nattiv joined, and he admired her…
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The Dive Director on His Heart-Pounding New Underwater Thriller
Ever gone scuba diving? Or maybe just snorkeling? There's a beautiful world beneath the sea level, and if Mother Nature doesn't happen to strike with a natural disaster, it could be worth exploring with the right training and mental composure.…
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New Life Director John Rosman Discusses His Process and Influences
Filmmaker John Rosman began his career in journalism doing short-form documentary work, but it didn't take long for him to pivot into creative filmmaking. After studying documentary filmmaking in college and learning how to edit through that process, he found…
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Retribution Director Nimród Antal Praises Liam Neeson as a King of His Craft
Retribution stars Liam Neeson as a businessman targeted by a mysterious assailant while driving his children to school. He receives a distorted call that a bomb has been placed under his seat. The pressure-sensitive device will explode if they get…
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The 10 Biggest Star Wars Retcons, for Better or Worse
A retcon, short for retroactive continuity, is an interesting storytelling device. It's essentially when filmmakers create a new work that revises the events or details established in a previous work. In other words, it's going back and redoing stuff. Sometimes,…
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Gran Turismo Star Archie Madekwe and Subject Jann Mardenborough Discuss the Racing Movie
Note: This interview was conducter prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.Gran Turismo tells the incredible true story of how Welsh simulation gamer Jann Mardenborough became a professional race car driver after winning GT Academy in 2011. It was a competition started…
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