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A Real Pain : Q&A with Actor/Writer/Director Jesse Eisenberg, Actor Kieran Culkin

© 2024 SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES A Real Pain : Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Director : Jesse Eisenberg Producer : Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczyńska,…

‘Heretic’ Stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East Talk About Hugh Grant and Religion (Video Interview) 

A taut religious thriller like Heretic is always going to be make-or-break based on its cast, and filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (writers of A Quiet Place) put together a trio of actors who really could deliver on their unique premise, which mostly takes place in a single location over the course of one…

“The Substance” : Press Conference With Director Coralie Fargeat

@Courtesy of MUBI The Substance : Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. With The Substance, you can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. You just have to share time…

‘Conclave’ Production Designer Suzie Davies on Recreating the Vatican and on Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’ (Interview)

Production designer Suzie Davies was already nominated for an Oscar for designing Mike Leigh’s 2014 period drama, Mr. Turner, starring Timothy Spall as the British Romantic era painter, J.M.W. Turner. Last year, Ms. Davies found and designed the amazing central location that was the titular Saltburn for Emerald Fennell’s dark thriller. Now, she’s teamed up…

NYCC: Daredevil: Born Again / Q&A with Actors Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio

©Courtesy of Disney+ Much like the complex protagonists they’re glorifying on screen, comic book adaptations are determinedly fighting to remain significant in the public gaze in recent years. With public interest in such adaptations wavering latey, Marvel Studios is revamping the MCU with the reintroduction of one of its most popular superheros, Daredevil. The titular…

‘Conclave’ Composer Volker Bertelmann on Finding the Right Sound for the Vatican Thriller (Video Interview)

In the time between getting his first Oscar nomination for scoring the film Lion and winning the Oscar for scoring, All Quiet on the Western Front, German composer and pianist Volker Bertelmann has remained busy, balancing his film and television work with a career as a solo artist under the moniker of “Hauschka.” Bertelmman’s latest…

‘Endurance’ Filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi on Retelling the Tragic Antarctic Journey of Ernest Shackleton (Video Interview)

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel In recent years, Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi have become two of the foremost documentary filmmakers after winning the Oscar for their 2018 doc, Free Solo, about mountain climber Alex Honnold. That was followed in quick succession by docs The Rescue (recreating…

Your Monster : Exclusive Interview with Director Caroline Lindy, Actors Kayla Foster & Edmund Donovan

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on 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…

NYCC: The Fall of the House of Usher / Q&A with Actresses Carla Gugino and Kate Siegel, Actor Rahul Kohli and Director Mike Flanagan

©Courtesy of Netflix Contemplating with the fact that their choices and actions eventually incur life-altering consequences is a crippling realization for many people. That awareness is even more devastating for the wealthy, who don’t abide by the same rules as the lower classes until drastic repercussions start to catch up with them. That’s certainly the…

NYCC / Dragon Ball Daima : Executive Producer Akio Iyoku, Voice Actors Stephanie Nadolny & Aaron Dismuke

©Photo by Courtesy of Toei Animation Inc – © Toei Animation In Dragon Ball Daima : The world English dub premiere of “Dragon Ball DAIMA”, the newest series in the Dragon Ball universe, will debut in U.S. theaters, featuring the first three episodes of the series. Before the film, there will be a special introduction from…

Black Box Diaries : Exclusive Video Interview with Writer/Director Shiori Ito

©Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Mako Fukata is a film scholar and writer based in New York, who works in film distribution. As a native of Japan, her academic and professional pursuits revolve around Japanese cinema, with global media ethics and formations of…