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Apartment 7A Video Review : Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi on the Prequel to the Iconic Film, ‘Rosemary’s Baby’

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi : Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s in Screenwriting & Film Production, and studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Chiara has been…

TIFF: Paying for the Past in Japan’s Oscar Entry ‘Cloud’

Actions are rarely without consequences, even if takes a while for them to materialize. One unfortunate or regrettable decision may bring with it an undue and disproportionate response, but a pattern of illegal or unethical behavior will eventually incur some sort of justice, even if it’s merely cosmic and not literal or cut-and-dry. Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s…

Danny Boyle’s ’28 Years Later’ Sequel Has Reportedly Been Shot on iPhone 15

© 2002 Fox Searchlight Danny Boyle’s zombie flick 28 Years Later—a sequel to 28 Days Later (2002) and 28 Weeks Later (2007)–has been shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max. Boyle and his cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle had made news nearly a quarter century ago when they used a Canon XL-1 to shoot 28 Days Later,…

The Penguin : Press Conference with Actors Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti and Creator Lauren LeFranc

@Courtesy of Max The Penguin : The next chapter in The Batman saga, this crime drama follows Oz Cobb’s quest for power and control in Gotham City. Director : Craig Zobel  Executive Producer : Matt Reeves, Dylan Clark, Colin Farrell, Lauren LeFranc, Daniel Pipski Screenwriter : Lauren LeFranc  Network : Max Rating : TV-MA Genre…

MEDIHA – OFFICIAL TRAILER : Starring Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad

Together films has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated documentary, Mediha which won the Grand Jury Prize in Doc NYC. The film is a powerful testament to the human spirit, Mediha follows the remarkable journey of one girl’s fight to find her missing family members, revealing the strength of a young survivor.Directed by…

‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’: Filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui (Video Interview)

The tragic death of actor Christopher Reeve in 2004 was devastating for those who knew and loved him, both in real life and his millions of fans from playing the pivotal role as Superman in four movies from 1978 to 1987. His death was made worse by the fact that nine years earlier, he became…

TIFF: Modern-Day Old School Antics in ‘Young Werther’

Can a popular book from the eighteenth century be adapted into a modern-day movie? That’s the question that filmmaker José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço explores in Young Werther, based on what the film introduces in its opening titles as the 1774 hit novel comparable to Beatlemania, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther….

‘Never Let Go’: Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs IV on Playing Halle Berry’s Sons (Video Interview)

For many people going to see Alexandre Aja’s horror film Never Let Go this weekend, it will be all about Halle Berry returning to theaters for the first time in over two years. But there’s also a duo of young actors who carry just as much of the film, Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs…

Transformer One : Exclusive Interview with Ramsey Naito, A President of Paramount Animation

Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Director : Josh Cooley Josh Cooley Producer : Lorenzo di Bonaventure, Tom DeSanto, Don…

‘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…

Transformers One : Highly Recommended for Its Themes of Freedom and Optimism

Photo by Courtesy of Paramount Pictures – © 2024 Paramount Animation Remember when Spider-Man and Nick Fury both appeared in the third installment of Marvel’s four-issue Transformers limited-series? That was when the comic company was the king of toy licensing deals. Of course, their four-part series extended into an eighty-issue run, developing its own separate and…