‘Back to Black’s Marisa Abela on the Challenge of Portraying Amy Winehouse
The Big Picture 'Back to Black' is a biopic that explores Amy Winehouse's life, music, and struggle with fame and addiction. Marisa Abela sings all the songs in the film, bringing emotional depth to Amy Winehouse's performances. Director Sam Taylor-Johnson…
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“We Wanted to Film These Beige Structures the Way Terrence Malick Films a Sunset”: Director Matthew Rankin on the Canadian/Iranian Interzone of his Cannes-Premiering Universal Language
#image_title There are plenty of North American filmmakers influenced by the giants of international cinema. These filmmakers import stylistic references, different tones and rhythms, perhaps key collaborators, such as a cinematographer, to films that nonetheless are born of their own…
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Josh Brolin Explains the ‘Outer Range’ Season 2 Finale and What It All Means
The Big Picture Collider's Steve Weintraub speaks with Outer Range star Josh Brolin for Season 2 of the Prime Video series and the way the season ends. Brolin discusses working with the new showrunner, Charles Murray, embracing more of the…
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“Everything About Women Interests Me”: Lizzie Borden on the New York Feminisms Trilogy
Regrouping In 2022, Lizzie Borden’s virtually unseen first feature Regrouping was restored and given its first-ever theatrical run. That film joins the now-canonical Born in Flames (1983) and Working Girls (1986) in what some have termed her “New York Feminisms”…
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead on Seducing Ewan McGregor in ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’
The Big Picture The Showtime series 'A Gentleman in Moscow' is a historical drama that follows Count Rostov's house arrest during the Russian Revolution. Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Anna Urbanova, an actress whose love affair with Rostov deepens over time,…
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“You Can’t Go Into Your Hometown and Not Shoot Cinemascope”: Writer/Director Adam Rehmeier on His Early ’90s Nebraska-Set Comedy, Snack Shack
Snack Shack The logline for Snack Shack—two teenaged best friends spend the summer of 1991 working at a community pool food stand and get up to shenanigans—suggests a hyper-generic “one crazy summer”-type coming-of-age flick, but the film distinguishes itself with…
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You Can’t Run Forever Filmmaker on Directing Husband J.K. Simmons as a Psycho
With Oscar winner J.K. Simmons leading your movie, you're already off to a solid start. Filmmaker Michelle Schumacher — who also happens to be married to Simmons — has a new film out this week that features the talented actor…
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Everything You Want to Know About ‘Fallout’ Star Xelia Mendes-Jones
The Big Picture Welcome to a new episode of Collider Forces with Fallout and The Wheel of Time star Xelia Mendes-Jones. During his conversation with Collider's Perri Nemiroff, he revisits leaving football behind for acting, and scoring his first big…
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“We Question Together Hyper-Masculinity in Life as Well As In the War Movie Genre”: Roberto Minervini on The Damned
The Damned In The Damned, Roberto Minervini embeds us with Union Army soldiers ranging across the Western front in 1862, far from the battlegrounds in the East but no less at risk. But when you direct a Civil War movie…
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Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez Dish on The Strangers: Chapter 1
Directed by Renny Harlin, The Strangers: Chapter 1 reintroduces us to filmmaker Bryan Bertino's terrifying 2008 movie about "strangers" who knock on a couple's door, ask for someone who isn't there — and proceed to disturb the innocent couple in…
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Chelsea and Courtney Show Girl Power In ‘Grand Cayman: Secrets In Paradise’
The Big Picture Chelsea and Courtney's friendship showcases honesty, trust, and support through difficult times. Chelsea found power in her pain after leaving an emotionally abusive relationship with Tyson. Both Chelsea and Courtney value true friendship, learning to protect their…
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‘Mary & George’s Tony Curran Loved Tapping into the Darker Side of Being King
[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Mary & George.] The Big Picture The Starz series 'Mary & George' is inspired by true events and explores a tale of scheming and seduction in the English court. King James's desire…
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