‘Snack Shack’ Cast Discuss Their R-Rated Comedy & Making Out With a Mirror
The Big Picture Collider's Steve Weintraub moderates an exclusive Q&A with the cast and director behind Snack Shack . Filmmaker Adam Rehmeier and cast members Conor Sherry, Nick Robinson, and Mika Abdalla reflect on their experiences making this R-rated independent…
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“The Frame Is a Proscenium”: Graham Swon on An Evening Song (for three voices)
An Evening Song (in three parts) Set in 1939 and told through the intertwining perspectives of characters enmeshed in a bizarre love triangle, writer-director Graham Swon’s sophomore feature An Evening Song (for three voices) is as visually robust as it…
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How Ed Speleers’ ‘You’ Character Led Him to Netflix’s ‘Irish Wish’
Ed Speleers has been giving phenomenal performances for nearly two decades, but over the past year, it feels like his star is on the rise in a whole new way. His roles as the endearing Jimmy Kent in Downton Abbey…
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Steven Spielberg Was Crucial to Getting ‘Little Wing’ to Take Flight
The Big Picture Collider's Steve Weintraub moderates an exclusive Q&A at the world premiere for Little Wing . Director Dean Israelite, screenwriter John Gatins, and producers Susan Orlean and Naomi Despres share anecdotes, challenging sequences, and more from the production…
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‘Manhunt’s Showrunner on Adapting a “Propulsive and Thrilling” Historical Event
The Big Picture James L. Swanson's bestselling book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer had many potential avenues for adaptation, but none came to fruition before showrunner Monica Beletsky brought her pitch to Apple. Apple TV+'s Manhunt , which…
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‘Why Aren’t We Demanding That?’
Filmmakers have certainly enjoyed making movies inspired by their own life/childhood. American Grafitti was inspired by George Lucas's teenage years in Modesto, California. Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza was a love letter to the San Fernando Valley of his youth.…
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“I Don’t Feel Comfortable Making Cinema That Gazes From Afar”: Tatiana Huezo on The Echo
The Echo Located within the Mexican municipality of Chignahuapan in the state of Puebla, the rural village of El Eco acts as a microcosm for various stages of life and the oft-small moments that herald them in filmmaker Tatiana Huezo’s…
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Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey 2 Has ‘People Dying Left, Right and Center’
Pooh is pissed. But, rather than slaying alone, this time, he’s dragging his pals, Tigger, Piglet, and Owl, along for the blood bath. Hello, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2. We’ve been waiting for you. Mostly because we know…
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Cabrini and Sound of Freedom Director Rejects ‘Faith-Based Film’ Label
Director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde follows up the blockbuster Sound of Freedom with a powerfully emotional biopic of an indomitable woman. Cabrini stars Italian actress Cristiana Dell'Anna as the revered nun in her nascent steps to sainthood. Maria Francesca Cabrini arrived…
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Hamish Linklater on Playing Abraham Lincoln in Manhunt
Hamish Linklater has stepped into the role of a lifetime, playing Abraham Lincoln in Apple TV’s Manhunt. The riveting, seven-part spy/crime/chase thriller is based on the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L.…
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Extended Family Cast and Creator Discuss the Sitcom and the Boston Celtics
The nuclear family is dead. Long live the modern family. NBC's freshman comedy Extended Family gives audiences a humorous look at a new kind of family, one that may not look like the so-called "ideal" family, but features love and…
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Alex Pettyfer Talks 5lbs of Pressure and His ‘Life-Changing’ Experience
5lbs of Pressure stars Luke Evans as a recently paroled murderer attempting to reconnect with his lost son. His return home to Brooklyn sparks a spiraling series of deadly events as local criminals seek retribution. Alex Pettyfer co-stars as Leff,…
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