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The Hand of God : Q&A with Director Paolo Sorrentino

Synopsis : From Academy Award-winning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great Beauty, The Young Pope) comes the story of a boy, Fabietto Schisa, set in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s. The Hand of God is a story full of unexpected joys, such as the arrival of football legend Diego Maradona, and…

Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Director Ahsen Nadeem on Seeking Answers at a Japanese Monastery in ‘Crows are White’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Filmmaker Ahsen Nadeem has embarked on a strange journey throughout his life. online pharmacy lipitor with best prices today in the USA Born to Muslim parents in Saudi Arabia who later moved to Ireland, Nadeem met a woman who wasn’t Muslim and kept the…

Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Rose Byrne and Krew Boylan Discuss the Relevance of Dolly Parton’s Music in “Seriously Red”

Finding and immersing themselves in a community that truly embraces them for their true personalities is a powerful, life-affirming journey for many creative people who feel as though they don’t necessarily fit into society’s typical norms. Actress Krew Boylan’s titular protagonist of the new musical comedy-drama, Seriously Red, Raylene ‘Red’ Delaney, embarks on such a…

WeCrashed / Exclusive Interview: Anne Hathaway Describes Her Character As Sweet, But Ambitious

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway says she felt a keen responsibility playing Rebekah Neumann, a contemporary real-life actress and entrepreneur, in the Apple TV+ limited series, WeCrashed. The eight-part, fact-based dramedy is based on a podcast that followed the rise and fall of WeWork, Rebekah’s husband Adam’s wildly successful office-sharing startup company. Co-starring Jared Leto, Kyle…

Umma : An Exclusive Interview With Director Iris K. Shim

Synopsis : Umma, which is the Korean word for “mother,” follows Amanda (Sandra Oh) and her daughter (Fivel Stewart) living a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother. An Exclusive Interview With Director…

Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Maria Bakalova and Directors Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova on Misogyny and Eastern European Portrayal in ‘Women Do Cry’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Actress Maria Bakalova received international acclaim and an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tutar, the daughter of fake Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev, in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. The prominence of that part has led to upcoming roles in Judd Apatow’s The Bubble and A24’s…

WeCrashed : Interview with Actor Jared Leto on Playing Adam Neumann of WeWork

Synopsis : Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?   Interview with Actor Jared Leto  Q: Drew Crevello…

Interview: Stars, Author Discuss Humanity, Relevance of ‘Last Days of Ptolemy Grey’

Samuel L. Jackson’s performance in the Apple TV+ limited series, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, is another tour-de-force in a long and remarkable career. The drama, which debuted Friday, shows Jackson as the titular 93-year-old widower, who is suffering from dementia and dependent on family and friends (Marsha Stephanie Blake and Dominique Fishback) to…

Exclusive SXSW Film Festival Interview: Director Gretchen Stoeltje on Showcasing the Liberal Fight in Texas in ‘Shouting Down Midnight’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. In 2013, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis pulled off an astonishing feat, preventing a vote on SB5, a bill drastically reducing abortion access in the state, with a lengthy filibuster. Though Governor Rick Perry convened a special session to pass the bill the next…

Exclusive Video Interview: Alan Ruck on Playing Walgreens Executive Jay Rosan in ‘The Dropout’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube Channel. Hulu’s new limited series The Dropout dramatizes an incredible real-life scandal, one that saw young entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) pitch a revolutionary new technology that could run hundreds of tests from just one drop of blood. The problem was that it didn’t work,…

The Batman : An Exclusive Interview with Stunt Coordinator Robert Alonzo

I had a chance to interview with Robert Alonzo, the Filipino-American stunt coordinator who’s behind those incredible fight scenes in Warner Bros. Pictures The Batman starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright and John Turturro. Synopsis : Batman ventures into Gotham City’s underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind…