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‘Tornado’ Director John Maclean on His Latest Foray Into Westerns, This Time with Added Samurai (Video Interview)

It’s been ten years since filmmaker John Maclean burst onto the scene with the appropriately-named Western Slow West. For his second feature, Tornado, he remains in a similar time period, but moves the story to the British Isles where a Japanese puppeteer and samurai (Takehiro Hira) and his daughter (Kôki) run afoul of a group…

Open Roads: interview with Ferzan Ozpetek, director of ‘Diamonds’

@Courtesy of Vision Distribution Q: I have been going to see a film for decades because maybe Milena Canonero did the costumes, or Dante Ferretti did the sets designing, or because Dante Spinotti was the cinematographer, so it really gave me great pleasure to see a film that tells about the artists behind the directors…

Shall We Dance? : Q&A with Writer/Director Masayuki Suo and Actress Tamiyo Kusakari 

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki Shall We Dance? : Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) seems to have it all — a high-paying job as an accountant, a beautiful home, a caring wife and a doting daughter he loves dearly. However, he feels something is missing in his life. One day while commuting on the train he spots a…

Exclusive Interview: Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers on ‘American Night’ and His Career

How you know actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers might depend on whether you’ve seen him in any of the movies he’s made over the past thirty years or whether you know him more for television shows like The Tudors and Vikings. On the movie side, Meyers mayk have become known from his role in Todd Haynes’…

Tornado : Exclusive Interview with Actor Takehiro Hira

Check out more of our Youtube Channel  Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on  TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at…

Fan Expo Philadelphia: One Piece / Q&A with Anime Voice Actors Eric Vale, Ian Sinclair and Sonny Strait

The most relatable, humble people often possess the natural ability to become the world’s most inspirational heroes. They have defied the odds to not only pursue their dreams, but also save the world in the process. Monkey D. Luffy is one such such fearless leader in the acclaimed anime television series, . Since debuting in…

The Phoenician Scheme : Press Conference with director Wes Anderson, Actors Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Cera, Bryan Cranston 

©Courtesy of Focus Features The Phoenician Scheme : The story of a family and a family business. Director : Wes Anderson  Producer : Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, John Pee Screenwriter : Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola  Distributor : Focus Features Production Co : American Empirical Pictures, Indian Paintbrush Rating : PG-13 (Smoking Throughout|Nude Images|Bloody Images|Some Sexual Material|Violent…

‘Bring Her Back’ Filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou on Their ‘Talk to Me’ Follow-Up (Video Interview)

When your debut film is a horror film as popular and chilling as Talk to Me, you’re gonna have to follow it up with something equally as terrifying. That’s exactly what Danny and Michael Philippou have managed to do with Bring Her Back, a movie that’s very different but also maintains some elements of why…

Karate Kid : Legends / Exclusive interview with Actor Aramis Knight

Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on  TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at…

‘Ron Delsener Presents’ Director Jake Sumner on New York’s Pioneering Concert Promoter (Video Interview)

If you’ve been to a concert in New York anytime in the last 50 years, you’re likely to have seen the words “Ron Delsener Presents” sometime beforehand. That’s because Ron Delsener was one of New York’s top concert promoters for many decades before selling his business to a variety of corporations. Although semi-retired at the…

The Cannes Film Festival / Renoir : Interview with Writer/Director Chie Hayakawa 

©Courtesy of Happinet Phantom Studios Ren¥oir : Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls…