Category: Interviews
‘Immaculate’ Director on How & Sydney Sweeney’s Made That Horrific Ending
‘Immaculate’ Director on How & Sydney Sweeney’s Made That Horrific Ending

The Big Picture Director Micahel Mohan wanted to make sure star Sydney Sweeney had enough room to go wild in the ending to their horror film Immaculate . Questions of perspective and agency were ones the director reflected on throughout…

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DogMan Star JoJo T. Gibbs on Luc Besson and Starring in Civil War
DogMan Star JoJo T. Gibbs on Luc Besson and Starring in Civil War

A Luc Besson film provokes thought as much it takes viewers along a mesmerizing emotional journey. Besson is the brainchild behind Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, and Lucy. Besson's new film,…

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“Nine Pages a Day of Heavy Dialogue”: Bob Byington and David Krumholtz on Lousy Carter
“Nine Pages a Day of Heavy Dialogue”: Bob Byington and David Krumholtz on Lousy Carter

David Krumholtz in Lousy Carter In 2012, Bob Byington won a Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival for Somebody Up There Likes Me; last year, he returned with Lousy Carter. Writing about the festival, I said of the…

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Caleb Landry Jones on DogMan and Becoming an Octopus
Caleb Landry Jones on DogMan and Becoming an Octopus

Caleb Landry Jones will never forget his experience in DogMan. In writer/director Luc Besson’s trippy new thriller, the X-Men: First Class and Get Out star survived his fair share of creative chaos. For starters, he had to become an octopus.…

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‘Constellation’s Noomi Rapace on the “Tender and Brutal” Finale & Season 2
‘Constellation’s Noomi Rapace on the “Tender and Brutal” Finale & Season 2

[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Constellation.] The Big Picture In the Apple TV+ series 'Constellation,' Jo Ericsson returns to Earth after a space tragedy to uncover hidden truths and recover what she lost. Noomi Rapace found playing…

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A Conversation with Luke Lorentzen from Mary Lampson’s The Cutting Room (A Work in Progress)
A Conversation with Luke Lorentzen from Mary Lampson’s The Cutting Room (A Work in Progress)

Margaret Engel in A Still Small Voice The following conversation is an excerpted chapter from The Cutting Room, an upcoming book by documentary film editor Mary Lampson tracing the story of a woman building a life and career as an editor…

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Parish Showrunners on Adapting a British Hit to Vibrant New Orleans
Parish Showrunners on Adapting a British Hit to Vibrant New Orleans

In Parish, Giancarlo Esposito stars as Gracián "Gray" Parish, a former New Orleans getaway driver lured back for one last job when his struggling taxi business threatens to fail. He runs afoul of Zimbabwean gangsters, the ruthless Tongai siblings, with…

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Jennifer Hale & Ray Chase Reveal a Huge Plot Twist Coming to ‘X-Men ’97’
Jennifer Hale & Ray Chase Reveal a Huge Plot Twist Coming to ‘X-Men ’97’

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Episode 3 of X-Men '97. The Big Picture Jennifer Hale and Ray Chase talk about Madelyne Pryor's arrival in X-Men '97 after it causes chaos in the new Summers family. Hale and Chase…

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The Vanessa Hudgens of ‘French Girl’ Isn’t The Vanessa Hudgens You Know
The Vanessa Hudgens of ‘French Girl’ Isn’t The Vanessa Hudgens You Know

The Big Picture French Girl is a rom-com with a refreshing twist set in Quebec City, featuring a love triangle with laugh-out-loud moments. The film celebrates empowered, multi-faceted women and bilingual Canadian experiences with love and passion. Filming in Quebec…

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This Indie Got Motion City Soundtrack to Make Their First New Song in Years
This Indie Got Motion City Soundtrack to Make Their First New Song in Years

The Big Picture Collider’s Perri Nemiroff sits down with Sean Wang, the director of Dìdi , at SXSW 2024. Dìdi is set in 2008 and focuses on Chris Wang, a.k.a Wang-Wang, a 13-year-old first-generation, Asian American, child of immigrants. Focus…

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Roma Downey Says New Faith-Based Series The Baxters Is a ‘Hope Opera’
Roma Downey Says New Faith-Based Series The Baxters Is a ‘Hope Opera’

Family ties and deep religious faith play an emotional tug of war with issues of infidelity and self-confidence in The Baxters. Touched by an Angel star Roma Downey feels the new faith-based series, in which she stars and is executive…

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‘Sleeping Dogs’ — Karen Gillan’s Biggest Challenge Was Being Inauthentic
‘Sleeping Dogs’ — Karen Gillan’s Biggest Challenge Was Being Inauthentic

The Big Picture Gillan was drawn to her role in Sleeping Dogs because of the well-done script and the opportunity to portray a complex character. Working on Sleeping Dogs , Gillan found the theme of memory in the film to…

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