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‘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…

A Breed Apart: Exclusive Interview with Actor Page Kennedy

©Courtesy of Lionsagte Infusing unique storytelling that contemplates the value of contemporary morals with stylized action is  a powerful way for filmmakers to generate a modern genre classic. The creators behind actor Page Kennedy’s new horror comedy, A Breed Apart, were able to do just that in the feature’s broadly accessible narrative. They interlaced meta-referential…

Actor Laz Alonso on Reuniting with Guy Ritchie for ‘Fountain of Youth’ (Video Interview)

Actor Laz Alonso has been in the acting biz for 25 years, bouncing between movies and television, most recently playing the role of Mother’s Milk on the popular Prime Video series, The Boys, based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. During his break from that show, Alonso reteamed with Guy Ritchie, who…

‘Bad Shabbos’ Stars Jon Bass, David Paymer on Making the Indie Ensemble Comedy (Video Interviews)

There haven’t been many comedies about Jewish traditions, something that filmmaker Daniel Robbins hopes to change with Bad Shabbos, his award-winning ensemble comedy with one of the most eclectic casts of Hollywood veterans, newcomers, and even a rap star. The premise for the movie involves Jon Bass’ David bringing his Goyim (i.e. non-Jewish) fiancée Meg…

“Murderbot” : Exclusive Video Interview with Writers/Director/Showrunners Chris & Paul Weitz

©Courtesy of Apple TV + Check out more of our Youtube Channel.  Adriano Ercolani : Italian Film Critic and TV Author living in New York since 2011. Critics Choice Association member. Graduated in History of Cinema in Rome, he works as a freelance correspondent for some of the most important Italian outlets like Hollywood Reporter…

Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary with Colin Blunstone and Robert Schwartzman

Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…

‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Producer Craig Perry on the Legacy of Tony Todd and the Horror Franchise (Video Interview)

Producer Craig Perry has been involved with the Final Destination franchise from the very beginning, and after 14 years away, Final Destination Bloodlines brings the 25-year-old franchise back to theaters with some new twists on the tried-and-true formula.  This installment, the sixth movie in the series, begins in the ’60s where a catastrophe at the…

Hurry Up Tomorrow : Exclusive Interview with Director Trey Edward Shults

©Courtesy of Lionsgate 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 the New York branch…