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Sundance Film Festival 2025 / Twinless : Actor/Writer/Director James Sweeney Interview

©Courtesy of Republic Pictures As a life-long fan of films and television shows, and an endless passion for writing, Karen Benardello decided to combine the two for a career. She graduated from New York’s LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic in 2008. Karen has since been working in the press in…

Sundance Film Festival / Third Act : Exclusive Interview Director Tadashi Nakamura

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival 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…

‘A Real Pain’ : Press Conference with Actor Kieran Culkin

@Courtesy of 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…

Sundance Film Festival / Gen_ : Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Gianluca Matarrese

©Courtesy of Ballota Films Gen_: At Milan’s Niguarda public hospital, the unconventional Dr. Bini leads a bold mission overseeing aspiring parents undergoing in vitro fertilization and the journeys of individuals reconciling their bodies with their gender identities. He navigates the constraints set by a conservative government and an aggressive market eager to commodify bodies. In…

Sundance Film Festival / Hold Me Close : Exclusive interview with Directors Aurora Brachman & Latajh Simmons-Weaver on the Art of Filmmaking

©Courtesy of PBS Hold Me Close : A chronicle of the power and complexity of the relationship between Corinne and Tiana, two Queer Black women who experience cycles of life’s joys and pains together in the home they share. Directors : Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver Producers :Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver Executive Producers : Opal Bennett,…

‘I’m Still Here’ Stars Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello on Walter Salles’ Brazilian Drama (Video Interviews)

Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here has been making waves both in his home country of Brazil, where it’s been a massive box office hit, and across the world, where it’s already been shortlisted for the Oscars’ International Feature category. The film’s star, Fernanda Torres, even won a Golden Globe for her performance a few weeks…

‘Wicked’ : Q &A with Cynthia Erivo Moderated by Jessica Chastain

@Courtesy of Universal Pictures Wicked : Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and…

‘Wolf Man’ : Exclusive Interview with Director Leigh Whannell

After co-creating hugely popular horror franchises, “Saw” and “Insidious,” Australian-born Leigh Whannell eventually started directing himself, first with Insidious: Chapter 3 in 2005, then his original sci-fi thriller Upgrade. In 2020, Whannell’s The Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss, a very different take on the classic Universal monster. Now, Whannell is back with Wolf Man, a…

“Nosferatu” : Press Conference with Director Robert Eggers & Actors Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe

@Courtesy of Focus Features Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. Director : Robert Eggers  Producer : Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Robert Eggers Screenwriter : Robert Eggers Distributor : Focus Features Production Co : Studio…

‘September 5’ Actors Leonie Benesch and Ben Chaplin on the Historic Drama (Video Interviews)

Paramount Pictures’ drama September 5, co-written and directed by Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum, takes a detailed look at the events of September 5, 1972, when the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany were disrupted by a terrorist action as a Palestinian group kidnapped the Israeli athletes, leading to a 24-hour nightmare. On hand from the United…

Dune: Part Two / Q&A with Director Denis Villeneuve 

©Warner Brothers Pictures Dune: Part Two : will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to…