‘The Last of Us’ Co-Creators Break Down Season 1 Finale & Tease Season 2
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of The Last of Us.]Over the course of its first season, the expert storytelling, stunning performances, and truly human moments that end in triumph or tragedy have not only made the…
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SXSW 2023: Director Kris Mercado Talks “If You Were The Last”
Director Kris Mercado is promoting his new movie If You Were The Last, which makes its SXSW debut this year. The new film stars Anthony Mackie and Zoe Chao in a cute and quirky romantic comedy. I was able to…
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“I Like the Idea of Comedy in an Uninhabitable Place”: Director Calvin Lee Reeder on His SXSW-Premiering TV Pilot, Harbor Island
Harbor Island “Like an Abel Ferrara Jr., [Calvin Lee] Reeder meshes thought and design with genre storylines, like a Euro-filmmaker making ’70s drive-in films,” wrote Mike Plante in his 2007 25 New Face profile of the Portland, Ore.-born filmmaker. Sixteen-years…
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Todd Stashwick on Captain Shaw’s Pivotal Scene
Up until the fourth episode of Star Trek: Picard's third season, Trekkies have been on the fence about whether they should love or hate Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick). He runs a tight ship aboard the U.S.S. Titan, gives Seven…
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“How Do You Talk About It as a Murder When You Think It’s an Accident?” Citizen Sleuth Director Chris Kasick on His SXSW-Premiering Mile Marker 181 Doc
Citizen Sleuth In the nine years since Serial, the “true crime podcaster” has become, variously, a career goal, sociological type and, in TV shows like Only Murders in the Building, object of gentle humor. In Citizen Sleuth, world premiering in…
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas & Richard Madden on ‘Citadel’s Huge Action Sequences
From executive producers Joe & Anthony Russo and showrunner David Weil, the Amazon Studios global spy thriller series Citadel follows elite agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas), who had their memories wiped before escaping into…
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'Missing's Big Plot Twist Was Hiding in Plain Sight and No One Noticed
A movie should always be planting seeds leading up to its big reveal, but not many films flat-out give away their twists at the midpoint. However, that’s exactly what director Aneesh Chaganty and producers Sev Ohanian and Natalie Qasabian chose…
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‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ EP Will Graham on the Show’s Stand-Out Moments
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name from Taylor Jenkins Reid, the Amazon Studios/Hello Sunshine series Daisy Jones & The Six tells the story of the meteoric rise and crash-and-burn implosion of the iconic 1970s band, fronted by…
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Michael Shannon Talks ‘A Little White Lie,’ ‘The Flash’ Movie and More
Academy Award-nominee Michael Shannon has been nonstop busy the last couple of years, between streaming series like George & Tammy and Showtime’s upcoming Waco: The Aftermath, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, and highly-anticipated blockbusters like the DCEU’s The Flash. During an…
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‘Cocaine Bear’ VFX Supervisor on Bringing “Cokey the Bear” to Life
When working to bring an outlandish screenplay like Cocaine Bear to theaters, director Elizabeth Banks told Collider “...the only way the movie works is if the bear works.” Considering the horror-comedy has earned over $55 million globally to date, the…
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’65’ Directors on Getting This Epic in Theaters, ‘The Boogeyman,’ & More
In one of 2023’s first big sci-fi thrillers of the year, 65, writing and directing duo, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods are bringing a unique concept to the big screen. Starring Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt, the movie turns the…
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Laurence Fishburne on Keanu’s Martial Arts & ‘Megalopolis’
One of the surprising reprises in John Wick: Chapter 4 is the reincarnated Bowery King, played by Laurence Fishburne, one-third of The Matrix trio behind the Wick franchise. Known for numerous roles, including Boyz n the Hood and Apocalypse Now,…
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