Letâs Play: Genki Kawamura and Jirô Nagae on a New Kind of Video Game Cinema
Exit 8 At first glance, film producer and novelist Genki Kawamura would not appear an obvious fit to helm a big-screen adaptation of an indie video game. Best known for producing major titles such as Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster and Makoto…
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Phoenix Film Festival 2026: An Interview with Jason Carney
Flickreel speaks with Phoenix Film Foundation CEO/Executive Director Jason Carney about the 2026 Phoenix Film Festival. Q: This year’s opening night film is John Carney’s Power Ballad. It’s been almost a decade since Carney’s Sing Street played at the festival.…
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‘Shrinking’ Creator Explains Why Season 3 Is “The Finale of This Story” Before a Completely New Season 4
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Season 3 of Shrinking.] Summary Season 3 of the Apple TV series 'Shrinking' closed the planned three-season arc, ending characters' journeys while planting seeds for Season 4. Paul's Parkinson's is always portrayed with…
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Night of the Living Karens: Kendall York on Redubbing Romero’s Classic Into a Karen-Fueled Horror Satire
If you’ve ever watched Night of the Living Dead and thought, “This is terrifying… but what if the undead also demanded to speak to the manager?” just know that Kendall York is way ahead of you. In Night of the…
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Cannes Film Festival Head Thierry Frémaux on the Past and Future of MoviesFilmmaker Magazine
Lumière, Le Cinema! Thierry Frémaux wears a lot of hats. The 65-year-old Frenchman oversees the programming and operations of the Cannes Film Festival, which will announce its 79th edition next month. At the same time, he runs the Lumière Institute…
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The Secret Behind ‘Ramayana’s Epic Scale Goes Beyond the Groundbreaking Visuals
Summary Collider's Steve Weintraub talks with director Nitesh Tiwari for Ramayana. In this interview, Tiwari discusses how emotions drive Ramayana while the spectacle enhances, not replaces, its moral heart. He also talks about remaining faithful to Valmiki's work, yet taking…
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How a Live Chicken and a Fake Name Landed Nicole Alyse Nelson an Award This! and Oscar Nomination
If you saw Jane Austen’s Period Drama in a theater — and you really should have — you know exactly what happened when it screened. The audience lost its mind. Film Threat’s own Chris Gore caught it at AMC Burbank…
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Oscar Boyson and Ricky Camilleri on Our Hero, BalthazarFilmmaker Magazine
Our Hero, Balthazar “It was important to us not to be a shit post,” says Ricky Camilleri, co-writer and co-producer of Our Hero, Balthazar, thanking me for not describing it as “edge-lordy.” On paper, the film, directed and co-written by…
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Crunchyroll’s 12-Part Anime Adaptation Rewrites the Manga Series’ Most Powerful Romantic Moments
Summary In the Clear Moonlit Dusk stays extremely faithful to the manga, with the team aiming to preserve everything that made it special Yoi's and Kohaku's subtle, gaze-driven chemistry anchors the series' emotional core. Mika Yamamori and staff closely guided…
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âLike a Surveillance Cameraâ: Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3 Following a fatal car crash in the countryside that leaves her injured and her boyfriend dead, Laura (Paula Beer), a pianist visiting from Berlin, is nursed back to health over several days by Betty (Barbara Auer), a…
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‘Paradise’s Season 2 Finale Just Set Up Season 3 With a Massive Hard Sci-Fi Twist
Editor's note: The below interview contains major spoilers for the Paradise Season 2 finale.We should've known that things would reach an explosive conclusion in Paradise Season 2, but that episode just cracked the door wide open for Dan Fogelman's Hulu…
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Inspired by Meatloaf: Alice Maio Mackay on The Serpentâs Skin
The Serpent's Skin It’s been a whirlwind year for Alice Maio Mackay. Her latest film, The Serpent’s Skin, has been a darling at festivals from London to Montreal, and her next one—her seventh before the age of twenty-two—is already in…
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