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What You Wish For : Exclusive Interview with Actor Nick Stahl and Director Nicholas Tomnay 

@Courtesy of Magnet Releasing What You Wish For : Ryan (Nick Stahl) is a talented, down-on-his-luck chef with crushing gambling problems. Circumstances being what they are, he leaves town in a hurry for the safe haven of an unnamed Latin American country where his friend Jack (Brian Groh), a more prestigious chef with his own…

The Seeding : Exclusive Video Interview with Actor Scott Haze

Director/Writer Barnaby Clay: “TheSeeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children’s story or fable – something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if its a side…

Lord of Misrule : Exclusive Interview with Director William Brent Bell

A woman’s struggle to remain dedicated to both her family and career as she tries to balance being a mother and a leader in her work has long provided enthralling conflict in films. That’s certainly the case for the female protagonist in the upcoming UK-set and -shot folk horror movie, Lord of Misrule, whose script…

Exclusive Video Interview: Writer-director Bess Wohl on a Refreshing Perspective on Maternity in ‘Baby Ruby’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. There’s something very sweet about bringing a baby into the world, but the way in which it’s typically portrayed both in cinema and in society is that it’s an entirely positive experience. For many, it’s a very difficult process filled with agony and an…

Hunt : Exclusive Interview with “Squid Game” Actor Lee Jung-jae on his Directorial Debut Film

Synopsis : After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could…

An Exclusive Interview with Director Radu Jude on the Winner of the Berlin Film Festival, “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”

Synopsis : Emi, a schoolteacher, finds her reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is uploaded onto the internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender. BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN is a film in three loosely connected parts: a walk in the city of Bucharest, then a…

Mark Cuban’s Magnolia Pictures Hires Investment Bank to Aid in Potential Sale

Magnolia Pictures has hired investment bank Stephens to explore the possibility in selling the company. The distributor, which is owned by Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s 2929 Entertainment, is looking to capitalize on the demand for library content by streaming services, the New York Times is reporting. Streaming services attached to bigger studios, like Paramount+…

Yakuza Princess : An Exclusive Interview with Actress Masumi

Synopsis : Set in the expansive Japanese community of Sao Paulo in Brazil — the largest Japanese diaspora in the world — YAKUZA PRINCESS follows Akemi (MASUMI), an orphan who discovers she is the heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Forging an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who believes…