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The Seed of the Sacred Fig : Exclusive Interview with Director Mohammad Rasoulof

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…

Queer: A Breathtaking Epic of Same-Sex Desire

©Courtesy of A24 Described by its producers as the story of “a cosmic and precarious love between two American expats in midcentury Mexico City,” Luca Guadagnino‘s Queer is a breathtaking adaptation of the eponymous novel that William S Burroughs had begun writing in the 1950s though it was not published until 1985. Starring Daniel Craig…

Unstoppable Featurette : First Look / Truth Story Behind a Wrestler Anthony Robles

©Courtesy of Amazon Amazon has dropped a new featurette for the film, Unstoppeble which is based on a true story about Anthony Robles. One of a kind wrestler, Anthony Robles (played by Jharrel Jerome) who defied every expectation to become a national wrestling champion. This film marks William Goldenberg’s directorial debut. He is a decorated…

Moana 2 Honors Exploration, Teamwork, and Perseverance

Photo by Disney/DISNEY – © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Original Moana, after earning universal acclaim and more than $600 million worldwide, finally Moana is back! Moana has transitioned from being the youngest daughter of the island tribe’s leader to being the co-chieftain of her father after reversing an ancient curse on the goddess of nature. Now,…

A Complete Unknown Featurette : Live On Set

©Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Searchlight Pictures has dropped a new featurette for A Complete Unknown, which Timothée Chalamet portrays Bob Dylan in the new biopic. In an exclusive new featurette, producer Fred Berger reveals that Chalamet learned and performed live 40 of the folk hero turned rock star’s songs. “There are 40 songs in the…

Blitz : Press Conference with Actor Saoirse Ronan & Director Steve McQueen

@Courtesy of Apple TV+ Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on…

Our Oceans Interview : Marine Biologist Inka Cresswell

©Courtesy of Netflix 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 TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New…

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Sequel in the Works

©Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Bridge7 Productions may be working on a sequel to Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire. Bridge7is founded by producer Swati Shetty and former agent Grant Kessman, the company has landed film and television rights to the property from production company Celador. Dev Patel played Jamal, a young man from Mumbai’s…

The Apprentice : Press Conference with Actors Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Director Ali Abbasi & Screenwriter Gabriel Sherman

@Courtesy of Briarcliff Entertainment The Apprentice : A young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan), eager to make his name as a hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees…

Blitz: Saoirse Ronan Humanizes Steve McQueen’s Poignant War Drama

©Courtesy of Apple TV+ Offering a critical exploration into how human cruelty and its resulting suffering can fuel resilience and courage into its victims has helped turn filmmaking into an emotional, realistic art form. Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave director-producer, Steve McQueen has once again thrived in exploring how devastating cultural situations have long impacted…

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 : Official Trailer 2 : Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves

Photo by [Paramount Pictures and Sega of A, Inc.]/Paramount Pictures and – © 2024 Par. Pics & SEGA Paramount Pictures and Sega today announced a SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 Opening Day Fan Event in advance of the film’s nationwide theatrical release on December 20th.  To celebrate the cinematic experience, Paramount Pictures will give fans the opportunity…