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NYCC / Hannibal : Q&A with Actors Hugh Dancy & Mads Mikkelsen

Hannibal : Gifted criminal profiler Will Graham has a unique way of thinking that allows him to empathize with anyone, including psychopaths. But while helping the FBI pursue a particularly complicated serial killer, he decides he could use some help and enlists the brilliant psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter. The two form a partnership and it seems…

“Emilia Pérez” : Press Conference With Actors Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón and Director Jacques Audiard

@Courtesy of Netflix Emilia Perez : From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón)…

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey | Official Trailer | Netflix

© Courtesy of Netflix Netflix has dropped a new trailer for three-part documentary, Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey which is examining the whodunit murder investigation. The series traces the pageant princess’s murder along with how law enforcement and the media are alleged to have mishandled the case. Joe Berlinger, who worked on Paradise Lost: The…

‘Meanwhile on Earth’ Filmmaker Jérémy Clapin on His Move into Live Action (Video Interview)

In 2019, French animator and filmmaker Jérémy Clapin received an Oscar nomination for his animated feature, I Lost My Body, a 2D animation film that was very different from the usual output from Disney, Pixar, and other Western animation houses.  Now, Clapin has returned with Meanwhile on Earth, his first live action feature film, which…

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…