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‘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…

‘Agatha All Along’ : Press Conference with Actors Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza, Ali Ahn, Sasheer Zamata, Head Writer, Director, and Executive Producers Jac Schaeffer, Brad Winderbaum, Mary Livanos

Agatha All Along : Set after the events of “WandaVision,” Agatha Harkness recruits some unlikely allies on her quest to regain her former powers. Executive Producer : Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum Network : Disney+ Rating : TV-14 Genre : Action, Adventure, Comedy Action, Adventure, Comedy Original Language : English Release Date : Sep 18, 2024 @Courtesy of…

‘My Old Ass’: Director Megan Park, Maisy Stella on the High-Concept Comedy (Video Interview)

A big hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Megan Park’s My Old Ass, her follow-up to the HBO/MAX movie, The Fallout, takes an introspective look at something many people have wondered about: if you have a chance to speak with your younger self, what would you tell them about the direction of their life?…

The Apprentice | Official Trailer | Exclusively in Theaters October 11

Briarcliff Entertainment has released a trailer The Apprentice,  which based on Donal Trump’s years as an unforgiving Manhattan real estate magnate, as well as his Manhattan semester under the tutelage of infamous lawyer Roy Cohn. The film, which is set to hit theaters in October after its controversial premiere at the Cannes Film Festival left…