Blue Giant Director on His Musically Rich New Anime Film
It's been said that music can touch our souls, a power so great that it can awaken an artistic side in us that perhaps we didn't even know was there. This happens to Dai, the main character in Yuzuru Tachikawa's…
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‘Fair Play’ Director on Importance of Intimate Scenes in Exploring Power Dynamic
The Big Picture Writer-director Chloe Domont's debut feature "Fair Play" generated a bidding war after its premiere at Sundance, drawing on her experiences in the writers' room and director's chair for HBO's "Ballers." The film, an erotic thriller starring Phoebe…
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“Sometimes I Think We Romanticize Not Having Enough Money for a Film”: Nancy Savoca on Household Saints
Household Saints With its digital restoration world premiering at the 61st New York Film Festival tomorrow, we are publishing online for the first time Noam Christopher’s interview with writer/director Nancy Savoca about her Household Saints from our Fall, 1993 edition.…
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Fright Krewe Showrunners on Collaborating with Eli Roth for Their Spooky New YA Series
Just in time for Halloween, the fright-fest TV shows just keep coming! And that includes spooky series suited for younger audiences, too — even if Eli Roth is one of the co-creators. Sure, he's helmed some pretty horrifically violent films…
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’Dimension 20’s Aabria Iyengar on DND, ‘Burrow’s End,’ & Leveling Up the Dome
The Big Picture Dimension 20 features a rotating circuit of players and game masters delivering wildly imaginative TTRPG stories. Aabria Iyengar, the game master for the 20th season, drew inspiration from classic literature like Watership Down and The Secret of…
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Totally Killer Director on Her Unique, Time-Traveling Horror-Comedy
"Do you like scary movies?" It's hard to watch a slasher flick (laced with comedy) like Totally Killer without seeing the influence of Scream and other classics. The new Prime Video film from director Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe,…
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‘Star Trek Lower Decks’ Creator on Season 4, Crossovers & Franchise Future
The Big Picture Mike McMahan discusses the Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, the upcoming finale, Strange New Worlds crossover, epic guest stars & the series' future. McMahan also discusses the delightful geeky connection between Rutherford and Tendi and why…
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‘The Continental’ Director on the Wild and Wacky ‘John Wick’ Universe
The Big Picture The world of John Wick is unique and captivating, with its parallel escapism world of assassins and mysterious rules and traditions. The seventies setting adds a different flavor to the John Wick universe while still maintaining its…
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Doug Stanhope and Greg Glienna on The Road Dog, Stand-Up, and Self-Sabotage
"I have no fear of death. Except I hate waiting for it." While comedian Doug Stanhope is far from a one-liner comedian, this little gem from one of his stand-up comedy specials is about as succinct and indicative of his…
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The Focus Pulling Olympics: DP Oren Soffer on The Creator
On the set of The Creator On big budget spectacles, the tail of VFX often wags the dog of principal photography. With The Creator—an $80 million sci-fi epic about a war between mankind and humanoid AI starring John David Washington—director…
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A Very Good Girl Director Petersen Vargas On His Brilliant Revenge Film
“If life’s a bitch, be a bigger bitch,” croons one character in A Very Good Girl, an inventive and scorching dark comedy-drama that’s bound to turn heads. To that end, “payback,” as they say, is certainly a bitch, too, and…
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How Rob Savage Went From Film-School Reject to Directing a Stephen King Movie
If there’s one thing you can be sure of after speaking to Rob Savage for an hour, it’s that the guy loves to talk about movies. Before I even hit record on our Zoom call, the horror director is recounting…
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