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‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’: Filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui (Video Interview)

The tragic death of actor Christopher Reeve in 2004 was devastating for those who knew and loved him, both in real life and his millions of fans from playing the pivotal role as Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987. His death was made worse by the fact that nine years earlier, he became…

‘Never Let Go’: Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs IV on Playing Halle Berry’s Sons (Video Interview)

For many people going to see Alexandre Aja’s horror film Never Let Go this weekend, it will be all about Halle Berry returning to theaters for the first time in over two years. But there’s also a duo of young actors who carry just as much of the film, Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs…

Transformer One : Exclusive Interview with Ramsey Naito, A President of Paramount Animation

Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Director : Josh Cooley Josh Cooley Producer : Lorenzo di Bonaventure, Tom DeSanto, Don…

‘A Different Man’ Stars Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson, and Filmmaker Aaron Schimberg (Video Interview)

Aaron Shimberg’s A Different Man is indeed quite “different” from the normal Sundance Film Festival fare, reteaming the filmmaker with Adam Pearson (Under the Skin), who not only played a key role in Schimberg’s previous film, Chained for Life, but also inspired Schimberg to incorporate elements of his persona into a character in his new…

‘Never Let Go’: Director Alexandre Aja on the Halle Berry Horror Film (Video Interview)

Never Let Go is a spectacularly eerie high-concept horror film that puts Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry in a remote cabin in the woods with her young, twin sons (Anthony B. Jenkins, Percy Daggs IV), all of them attached to the house by rope to prevent an evil presence from possessing them. At least that’s the…

TIFF: Exclusive Interview with Boong Director Lakshmipriya Devi

Boong: Schoolboy Boong (Gugun Kipgen) doesn’t see long distances and state borders as significant obstacles. At least not when it comes to giving his mother, Mandakini (Bala Hijam), the best surprise gift ever: bringing back his father, Joykumar (Hamom Sadananda). After leaving their home city of Manipur, India for the border city of Moreh, near…

The Queen of Villains : Exclusive Interview with Actress Yuriyan Retriever

©Courtesy of Netflix The Queen of Villains : Dump Matsumoto overcomes conflicts to become one of the most famous heels in Japanese history as she tries to prove her own worth as a wrestler in a world filled with gender inequality. Creator : Osamu Suzuki  Executive Producer : Shinichi Takahashi Cast : Yuriyan Retriever, Erika…

His Three Daughters : Q&A with Actors Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon and Natasha Lyonne

©Courtesy of Netflix His Three Daughters : From writer-director Azazel Jacobs (French Exit, The Lovers) comes this bittersweet and often funny story of an elderly patriarch and the three grown daughters who come to be with him in his final days. Katie (Carrie Coon) is a controlling Brooklyn mother dealing with a wayward teenage daughter;…

Toronto International Film Festival : Exclusive Interview with Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa

©2024 “CLOUD” FILM PARTNERS Cloud : The story centers on Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda), a factory worker in Tokyo who makes extra money reselling goods online under a pseudonym. After a successful stint, he quits his job and relocates to the countryside with his girlfriend, hiring a local young man to help with his reselling…

‘The Critic’: Director Anand Tucker on the Period Mystery with Sir Ian McKellen (Video Interview)

When Anand Tucker’s period drama, The Critic, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023, it had been well over a decade since the director’s last feature film hit theaters. He returned with a doozy of a cast and a very different and intriguing exploration about the world of criticism, which is finally hitting…

Lonely Planet | Official Trailer | Netflix : Starring Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth

©Courtesy of Netflix Ready for a trip to Morocco? So is Laura Dern. In the new romance Lonely Planet, from Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich), Dern plays Katherine, a novelist who heads overseas only to fall headfirst into a most unlikely love story of her own. “Katherine has spent her life dedicated to narrative and therefore…