Boston Strangler Director Matt Ruskin on His True Crime Thriller
After 13 women were murdered between 1962 and 1964 in the Boston area, writers and filmmakers found the subject too salacious to pass up on. Before the murders were even 'solved,' Victor Buono was cast as the serial killer in…
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“…The Costs of Turning Yourself from a Three-Dimensional Person into a Two-Dimensional Brand”: Miranda Yousef on Her SXSW-Premiering doc Art for Everybody
Art for Everybody One of the most surprising revelations about the painter (and multimillion-dollar mass marketer) Thomas Kinkade, “the most successful artist of his time” according to the synopsis for Miranda Yousef’s SXSW-premiering doc Art for Everybody, is not that he…
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Mireille Enos on Lucky Hank and What She Learned From Costar Bob Odenkirk
Luck, good timing, hard work and—thank God—great scripts are on the side of Bob Odenkirk and Mireille Enos in Lucky Hank. The new AMC series stars Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul alum Odenkirk—hand this man an Emmy already, will…
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‘Scream 6’ Directors Reveal a Detective Bailey Deleted Scene
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Scream VI.]One of the greatest joys of a Scream movie is to discover who the killer is on a first viewing and then to watch the film again looking for little clues and…
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The Fallen Sun’ and the Sequel You’ll Never See
With Luther: The Fallen Sun now streaming on Netflix, Collider’s Steve Weintraub had the opportunity to speak with Idris Elba about making a movie based on the popular BBC Television series and the possibility of a future franchise. In The…
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‘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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