“Compassion Should Rule the Day, Not Punishment”: Director Cole Webley on His Sundance-Premiering Drama, Omaha
Still from Omaha. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. A family of four—an unnamed Dad (John Magaro), his children Ella and Charlie (Molly Belle Wright and Wyatt Solis), and their Golden Retriever—hit the road at the start of Omaha, towards Nebraska. We…
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‘Severance’s Zach Cherry Explains the Significance of That Outie Family Visitation Scene
Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for Severance Season 2 Episode 3. Apple TV+'s twisty sci-fi drama Severance is finally back with its second season, and theories are already running wild when it comes to what the mysterious Lumon…
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“Making Films in Iran Is Not an Easy Task at All”: Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni on their Sundance-debuting Cutting Through Rocks
Still from Cutting Through Rocks. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s Cutting Through Rocks follows Sara Shahverdi, a middle-aged divorcee in a remote and extremely conservative region of the Islamic Republic of Iran. What makes the scenario…
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‘Elsbeth’ Showrunner on What That Bombshell Revelation Means
Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for Elsbeth Season 2 Episode 9. Summary Collider's Arezou Amin speaks with Elsbeth showrunner Jonathan Tolins for the Season 2 midseason premiere. In the episode, Elsbeth, played by Carrie Preston, faces challenges from…
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“Any Type of Work Has Things to Teach”: Editor Geoffrey Boothby on Didn’t Die
Still from Didn't Die. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Meera Menon’s 2025 Sundance Film Festival Midnights selection follows Vinita, a snarky podcast host in a post-apocalyptic world dealing with a philandering ex, traumatized siblings, and a dwindling audience. The film is…
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Rose Byrne Gets Extremely Close-Up and Personal in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’
Summary Collider's Steve Weintraub sits with If I Had Legs I'd Kick You's Mary Bronstein and Rose Byrne at the Sundance Film Festival 2025. Bronstein talks about filming close-ups, casting Byrne and Conan O'Brien, the original 2.5 hour script and…
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COVID Zombies in the Fire: Meera Menon on Didn’t Die
Kiran Deol and George Basil in Didn't Die Three weeks before the Sundance Midnight Madness premiere of her zombie dramedy Didn’t Die, director Meera Menon (whose credits appositely include episodes of The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead) and her…
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‘Bookie’ Co-Creator Chuck Lorre Wants To Continue Exploring This Morally Gray World
[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 2 of Bookie.] Summary Season 2 of the Max series 'Bookie' follows a veteran bookie and his ex-NFL football player friend, dealing with legalizing sports gambling and challenging clients. Show co-creator…
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“Loads of the Story Was Abstracted”: Editor Irfan Van Tuijl on Mad Bills to Pay
Still from Mad Bills to Pay. Joel Alfonso Vargas has adapted his short May It Go Beautifully for You, Rico into the feature-length Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo), part of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s…
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‘The Night Agent’s Showrunner on Peter’s Emotional Scars and What’s To Come in Season 3
[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of The Night Agent.] Summary In the Netflix series 'The Night Agent,' Peter Sutherland faces increasing paranoia and stress due to the challenges of being a Night Agent. Season 3…
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“We Wanted to Get Across a Sense of the Overbearing Heat”: DP Rufai Ajala on Mad Bills to Pay
Still from Mad Bills to Pay. Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) is director Joel Alfonso Vargas’s feature adaptation of his short film May it Go Beautifully for You, Rico. The film follows Rico, his family…
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The Queens of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Promised an “Unforgettable” Season 17
The time has come for a brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race! Now celebrating its seventeenth season of the flagship franchise, fourteen sickening queens are about to show the world why they have the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent…
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