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‘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…

Conclave : Press Conference with Actors Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini and Director Edward Berger

@Courtesy of Focus Features CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked…

Anora : Exclusive Interview with Director Sean Baker on His Cannes-Winning Film

After years of making low-budget indie films, often with new or lesser-known talent, filmmaker Sean Baker is starting to get his due, thanks to the overwhelming success of his latest film, Anora, beginning with it winning the coveted Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival back in May. Anora stars Mikey Madison from the…

Interior Chinatown | Official Trailer | Hulu : Starring Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng

The trailer and key art for the coming limited series, Interior Chinatown which is being created and run by Charles Yu and features Taika Waititi in the role of pilot director, have been released by Hulu. The show is based on Yu’s 2020 novel. Yang’s cast has been expanded by the addition of Ronny Chieng,…

‘Memoir of a Snail’ Filmmaker Adam Elliot on His Quirky Animated Feature (Video Interview)

Although he’s been making stop-motion animation for close to thirty years, Australian filmmaker Adam Elliot might not be able to boast of the most prolific output. That’s probably because what he does takes time, and when he does deliver a new movie, it’s usually something special. Many might know Elliot’s work from 2009’s Mary and…

NYCC : Venom : The Last Dance / Q&A with Actors Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple and Director Kelly Marcel

Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the…

Takeru Kobayashi Video Interview: What is the Secret to Big Eating?

  Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi (小林 尊) is a Japanese competitive eater, described as “The Godfather of Competitive Eating”, he is a six-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion and widely credited with popularizing the sport. Born in Nagano, Japan, he won the 2000 Japanese variety show TV…