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City of Dreams : Exclusive Interview with Actor Ali Lopez, Actress Renata Vaca, Director Mohit Ramchandani

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Ari Lopez is known for City of Dreams (2023), Todos los incendios (2023) and Broken Borders (2023). Renata Vaca was born on March 26, 1999 in Tlalpan, Mexico City, being daughter of Nicaraguan mother María Fernanda Vaca Jiménez, and Mexican father Francisco Salvador…

‘The Front Room’: Max and Sam Eggers on the Psychological Thriller Starring Brandy (Video Interview)

Photo by Jon Pack/Jon Pack – © Pink Chair Productions LLC Surely, it has to be difficult being the brother of a filmmaker or actor who has found a lot of massive success, something that might be confirmed if you were to ask Jonah Nolan, Casey Affleck, Clint Howard, or even Martin McDonagh’s older brother, John…

Speak No Evil : Featurette

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. From Blumhouse, the producer of The Black Phone, Get Out and The Invisible Man, comes an intense suspense thriller for our modern…

Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s ‘Cloud’ To Be Japan’s 2025 Oscar Submission

(C) 2024 Cloud Production Committee.  Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud has been officially selected as Japan’s submission for Best International Feature Film in the 97th Academy Awards competition. The film follows the fate of a young man named Yoshi Ryosuke (played by Masaki Suda) who makes a living buying and selling merchandise online using the pseudonym of…

Venice Film Festival / Disclaimer : Alfonso Cuarón’s Exploration Of Orwellian Culture

The new Apple TV+ original series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón — starring Cate Blanchett and Sasha Baron Cohen — premiered at the 81st Venice Film Festival. This marks the return of the filmmaker to the Lido, after opening the kermesse with Gravity in 2013 and winning the Golden Lion with Roma in 2018. Disclaimer is based on the novel of the same…

The Queen of Villains | Official Trailer | Netflix / How Did One Girl Whip Japan into a Frenzy?

How did one girl whip Japan into a frenzy? See the unknown story of Dump Matsumoto, the most frightening “heel” during the glory days of women’s pro wrestling in the 1980s From the 1970s to the ‘80s, women’s pro wrestling took Japan by storm. Tag teams like “Beauty Pair” (Jackie Sato and Maki Ueda) and…

Francis Ford Coppola Justifies His Firing of the ‘Megalopolis’ Art Department

Photo by Phil Caruso/Lionsgate/Phil Caruso/Lionsgate – © 2024 Lionsgate Three weeks ahead of the September 27 release of Megalopolis, director Francis Ford Coppola is already commenting about the allegations that he’d fired his art department and visual-effects team back in December of 2022. News of the firings was first published by The Hollywood Reporter in January…

Anime NYC Coverage : Creepy Nuts, Terminator Zero and Toshio Furukawa!!

©Courtesy of Anime NYC, Video Credit HiroyaBrian One of the events in New York that I believe is growing each year is Anime NYC, a subculture event that is centered around manga and anime. After 3 film festival coverages last month, I chose to participate in the event at the last minute with a help…

K-Pop Idols : Exclusive Interview with Executive Producers Bradley Cramp, Jack Turner, Elise Chung 

K-Pop Idols : Backstage pass to artists from around the world; through trials and triumphs, Jessi, CRAVITY and BLACKSWAN give everything they have got to an art form that demands nothing less than perfection. Executive Producer : Bradley Cramp, Chris Kasick, Todd Lubin, Jay Peterson, Jack Turner, Eric Yujin Kim, Elise Chung Network :Apple TV+…

“Terminator Zero” Ought to Spur Renewed Enthusiasm for the Franchise

Photo by Courtesy of Netflix – © © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Considering the growing anxiety regarding artificial intelligence (AI), this ought to be the Terminator franchise’s moment in the (nuclear winter-shrouded) sun. After all, Skynet’s deadly revolt and its merciless killing machines have become a part of the cultural vernacular, fueling our collective unease with AI….

Leo Favier’s ‘Miyazaki: Spirit of Nature’ Debuts at Venice Film Festival

Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature, a French-made documentary about legendary Japanese animation maker Hayao Miyazaki, will debut at the Venice Film Festival, which opened on August 28 and will run through September 7. Directed by Leo Favier, the new documentary was written by him and Leo Brachet. It puts a strong emphasis on Miyazaki’s love for…