Annabelle Director John Leonetti and Oona Chaplin Discuss Their New Horror Movie Lullaby
Lullaby is a unique kind of horror film, a genuinely scary but allegorically rich movie about parenting, faith, and mental illness. The movie meticulously mines rich minerals of horror out of folklore and ancient Hebrew stories in a way that's…
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Editor Walter Murch on the Golden Ratio, Recreating a ’70s-era Editing Room and The Conversation
Photo by Daniel Eagan Watching a documentary on film history, editor Walter Murch was struck by how different cinematographers tended to frame faces in close-ups similarly. “I noticed something peculiar,” he said. “No matter what the film was, the eyes…
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Michael Jai White Discusses As Good As Dead, Personal Loss, and Blaxploitation
Michael Jai White has had the kind of life Hollywood makes biopic movies about. From his childhood with a single mother (who he's described as "the Black Edith Bunker") in Bridgeport, Connecticut to becoming a special education teacher, White has…
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Detective Knight Writer-Director on Bruce Willis Action Trilogy
He may have retired from acting, but Bruce Willis films continue to hit the masses. To the general population, he's been a household name since the days of Die Hard and Pulp Fiction. In addition to Quentin Tarantino, Willis has…
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Babylon Director Damien Chazelle on the Silent Era of Filmmaking & Editing
Academy Award-winning director Damien Chazelle returned to the big screen on a massive scale with his latest, Babylon. Based on an idea the writer-director first cooked up years ago, the film explores the manic energy of Old Hollywood, set during…
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Black Warrant Director Tibor Takács on New Action-Thriller
Oscar nominee Tom Berenger (Platoon) has been in the game for decades, and so has the director of his latest on-screen effort. Black Warrant is directed by Tibor Takács (The Gate, Sabrina the Teenage Witch), with a thrilling storyline that…
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Charlie Reid and Lochlann O’Mearáin Discuss Joyride with Director Emer Reynolds
You have to hand it to Olivia Colman. Three Oscar nominations in four years (with one win), four Emmy nominations in as many years (with two wins), six Golden Globe nominations in seven years (with three near consecutive wins), three…
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Jon Kasdan on the Finale, Graydon, & the Power of Love in Stories
While fantasy television had audiences in a chokehold for most of 2022, spawning spinoffs of many a popular franchise, there was nothing in the vast landscape of TV quite like Willow, the sequel to the 1988 film of the same…
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Celyn Jones Was Jazzed to Work with Rebel Wilson in The Almond and the Seahorse
“The almond” and “the seahorse” are nicknames given to the parts of our brains that lay down new memories and hold on to the old ones. That proves to be a tricky thing for Joe (played by Celyn Jones) in…
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Finn Wolfhard & Jesse Eisenberg on When You Finish Saving the World & Music
As we head into 2023’s Sundance Film Festival, Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World, is celebrating its wide release after premiering at last year’s Sundance. The A24 indie stars Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard, Julianne Moore, Alisha…
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Director Magnus Gertten on Excavating an LGBTQ+ Holocaust Love Story
Many years after the tragedy of the Holocaust, the world is still coming to learn about the many people and faces who slipped between history's cracks. A 2022 documentary, Nelly & Nadine, takes inspiration from footage of concentration camp survivors…
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Christian Slater on What Appealed to Him About the Show
If you’ve been anywhere around film and television for the last thirty years, you’re likely familiar with Christian Slater. The actor has garnered over a hundred credits to his name since his debut in the early ‘80s, ranging from cult…
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