Interview: Cinematographer Jo Willems on The Long Walk
Charlie Plummer, Garrett Wareing, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot and Joshua Odjick in The Long Walk. (Credit: Murray Close/Lionsgate) Though 1974’s Carrie marked Stephen King’s first published novel, The Long Walks holds the distinction of being the earliest opus…
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’Peacemaker’s Jennifer Holland Spills Details on James Gunn’s Cliffhanger Finale and an Uncertain Season 3: “It’s Heartbreaking in Retrospect”
[Editor's note: The following contains major spoilers for the Season 2 finale of Peacemaker.] Summary In the Season 2 finale of 'Peacemaker,' Checkmate forms before ARGUS kidnaps Peacemaker for Rick Flag Sr.'s master plan. Jennifer Holland loved being sung to…
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“Seduction: the Cruel Woman Was Banned for 18 Years”: Monika Treut on her Queer Trailblazing Career
Seduction: The Cruel Woman It’s hard to believe that it’s been a decade since I last interviewed queer film pioneer Monika Treut. At the time trans identity was just starting to become tentatively accepted. Fifty Shades of Grey (a story…
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They Can Do Whatever They Want With It
Editor's note: The below interview contains spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 9 Episode 1.9-1-1 is officially back after a devastating Season 8 finale. Six months following the loss of Captain Bobby Nash (Peter Krause), the team is still healing in many…
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Endgames: Alejo Moguillansky on Pin de Fartie
Pin de Fartie Pin de Fartie (2025), directed by independent Argentinian collective El Pampero Cine member Alejo Moguillansky, is less an adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s one-act play Fin de Partie (1957) than a centrifugal expansion unfolding into multiple nested narratives…
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We Made a ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Movie
Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff talks with Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill for Black Phone 2 at Fantastic Fest 2025. The sequel enters a dream world when the Grabber makes a call from hell, with family secrets fueling the mystery.…
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âWe Knew This Chemistry Is Something That We Could Count Onâ: Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki on NYFF Animated Feature, Bouchra
Bouchra In Bouchra, 3D animated anthropomorphic animals may populate the world, but the intricacies of their lives are unmistakably human. This approach is par for the course for the film’s co-directors, the Brooklyn-based visual artists Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki,…
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‘Play Dirty’s Shane Black Reveals How This Robert Redford Thriller Still Influences His Movies Today
Summary Collider's Steve Weintraub sat with director Shane Black, producer Jules Daly, and executive producer Susan Downey to chat about Play Dirty. The movie, based on a character by author Donald E. Westlake, stars Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, and Rosa…
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Lee Anne Schmitt on âEvidenceâ
Evidence Documentary essayist Lee Anne Schmitt’s latest feature Evidence is, artistically speaking, both a concerted continuation and marked departure. On the one hand, it furthers her career-long penchant for braiding political rhetoric, environmental portraits and American mythology; on the other,…
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‘V/H/S/Halloween’ Directors Take Us Behind the Scenes for the Latest in Shudder’s Risky Anthology Franchise
Summary Collider's Perri Nemiroff sits down with the directors behind Shudder's V/H/S/Halloween at Fantastic Fest 2025. Kick off October with a brand-new installment of the V/H/S franchise, with segments dedicated to honoring the spookiest time of the year! The directors…
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Interview: Sound Designer Graham Reznick on Rabbit Trap
Jade Croot in Rabbit Trap What does the sublime sound like? For Graham Reznick, serving as the sound designer for Bryn Chaney’s psychological thriller Rabbit Trap (available on digital Sept. 30, from Magnolia Pictures) was a sustained exercise in experimenting…
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Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne Weren’t Supposed to Return for ‘Platonic’ Season 2, According to Creators
Summary Platonic creators Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco break down Season 2 and how difficult it was to crack the story. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne weren't originally signed on to do a series that would have multiple seasons. Giving…
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