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Sr : Q&A with Director Chris Smith 

Synopsis : Robert Downey Jr. pays tribute to his late father in this documentary chronicling the life and eclectic career of pioneering filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. Rating: R (Language and Some Drug Use) Genre: Documentary Original Language: English Director:Chris Smith Producer: Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Emily Barclay, Kevin Ford Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 2022  Limited Release Date (Streaming): Dec…

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery : Press Conference with Actors and Director Rian Johnson

Synopsis : Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers in a new Rian Johnson whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid detective at a lavish private estate on a Greek island, but how and why he comes to be there is only the first of many puzzles. Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of…

Living : Exclusive Interview with Director Oliver Hermanus

Synopsis : LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Some Suggestive Material) Genre: Drama Original Language: English Director: Oliver Hermanus Producer: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen Writer: Kazuo…

Living : Exclusive Interview with a Nobel Prize Winning Author and a Screenwriter Kazuo Ishiguro 

Synopsis : LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Some Suggestive Material) Genre: Drama Original Language: English Director: Oliver Hermanus Producer: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen Writer: Kazuo…

Wildcat : Exclusive Interview with Samantha Zwicker, a Tropical Biologist and Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist and the Founder and Co-Director of Hoja Nueva

Synopsis : Wildcat follows the emotional and inspiring story of a young veteran (Harry Turner) on his journey into the Amazon. Once there, he meets a young woman (Samantha Zwicker) running a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, and his life finds new meaning as he is entrusted with the life of an orphaned baby ocelot. What…

Living : Exclusive Interview with Actress Aimee Lou Wood

Synopsis : LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Rating: PG-13 (Smoking|Some Suggestive Material) Genre: Drama Original Language: English Director: Oliver Hermanus Producer: Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen Writer: Kazuo…

Exclusive Interview: Samuel D. Hunter on Adapting His Play ‘The Whale’ for the Screen

Playwright Samuel D. Hunter has an impressive resumé. He was a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur Genius Grant Fellowship, among many other awards, and he has written over a dozen plays. Among the most successful was The Whale, which also turned into the first play he rewrote as a screenplay, for a film directed by…

Exclusive Video Interview: Andrea Riseborough and Michael Morris on ‘To Leslie’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. In Michael Morris’ feature directorial debut, To Leslie, Andrea Riseborough stars as a woman living in West Texas who wins the lottery but quickly spirals into a pattern of addiction. While most in her hometown shun her, Sweeney (Marc Maron), a hotel clerk, gives…

“Corsage”: Exclusive Interview with Director Marie Kreutzer

SYNOPSIS : As she celebrates her 40th birthday in 1877, Elisabeth, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, finds herself lacing her trademark corset ever tighter to remain relevant in a world that is leaving her behind. Once a beloved symbol of the splendor of her empire, Elisabeth has become the object of salacious gossip…

Babylon : Exclusive Interview with Actor Jovan Adepo 

Synopsis : A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Bloody Violence|Pervasive Language|Strong & Crude Sexual Content) Genre: Comedy, Drama Original Language: English Director: Damien Chazelle Producer:Marc Platt, Matthew Plouffe, Olivia Hamilton Writer: Damien…

Babylon : Exclusive Interview with Actress Li Jun Li

Synopsis : A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Bloody Violence|Pervasive Language|Strong & Crude Sexual Content) Genre: Comedy, Drama Original Language: English Director: Damien Chazelle Producer:Marc Platt, Matthew Plouffe, Olivia Hamilton Writer: Damien Chazelle…