The Fallen Sun’ Creator on Piccadilly Circus & More Luther Movies
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Luther: The Fallen Sun.] The Netflix original movie Luther: The Fallen Sun continues the television saga of DCI John Luther (Idris Elba), now a disgraced detective who’s sitting behind bars. In order to…
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‘Extrapolations’ Scott Z. Burns on His Researched Portrayal of Climate Change
In the Apple TV+ series, Extrapolations, creator Scott Z. Burns focuses on the ongoing climate crisis and its effects on the near future. Like his 2011 thriller, Contagion, which presented a disturbing virus outbreak not unlike the one we would…
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Nabiyah Be & Tom Wright on ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ and Their Expanded Roles
[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Daisy Jones & The Six.]Based on the best-selling novel of the same name from Taylor Jenkins Reid, the Amazon Studios/Hello Sunshine series Daisy Jones & The Six tells the story of the…
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Supercell Director Herbert ‘Jamie’ Winterstern on His Big Storm Chasing Thriller
The new film Supercell is an inspiring testament to the ability of independent filmmakers to rise above budgetary restraints and create something visually and emotionally impressive. The thriller was made for a small fraction of what it costs to make…
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“We Were Begging and Borrowing and Stealing To Make the Film Happen”: Colin West on Linoleum
Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn in Linoleum Continuing his string of against-type performances for independent filmmakers, Jim Gaffigan stars in writer-director Colin West’s SXSW 2022 premiere Linoleum as Cameron, a Ohio-based family man who hosts a children’s science program from his…
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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Asher Angel & Jack Dylan Grazer on Love Triangles
In the DCEU’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Asher Angel and Jack Dylan Grazer reprise their roles as Billy Batson, who was gifted the power to transform into the superhero Shazam (played by Zachary Levi), and his superhero-obsessed foster brother,…
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The Fallen Sun,’ Idris Elba & ‘The Batman’ Sequel
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Luther: The Fallen Sun.]The Netflix original movie Luther: The Fallen Sun continues the television saga of DCI John Luther (Idris Elba), now a disgraced detective who’s sitting behind bars. In order to track…
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Director Matt Ruskin on Taking Inspiration From ‘Zodiac’
In the early 1960s, a killer terrorized the city of Boston, taking the lives of 13 women. Nearly a decade before the term “serial killer” was coined, two investigative reporters, Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole, wrote a piece on the…
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Willem Dafoe Talks Filming ‘Inside’ and Preparing for ‘Nosferatu’
Willem Dafoe is one of the greatest actors of our time, and he's well known for taking roles that are both outside the box and outside of the comfort zone of a lot of actors. His next role, Nemo in…
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“Sometimes You Just Get Incredible Access”: Liza Mandelup on Caterpillar
Caterpillar. David desperately wishes to change the color of his eyes. Thanks to an experimental procedure peddled by an Indian company called BrightOcular, his fantasy of physical transformation might actually manifest. Documentary filmmaker Liza Mandelup (who made our 25 New…
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The Magician’s Elephant Director, Producer, and Novelist Discuss Their New Netflix Film
"Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre," said filmmaker Guillermo del Toro during his Oscar acceptance speech for Pinocchio. And now, coming to Netflix on March 17 is a new animated offering. The Magician's Elephant is based on Newbery…
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Jessie Mei Li Talks ‘Shadow and Bone’ Season 2 Finale and Season 3
[Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers for Season 2 of Shadow and Bone.]In Season 2 of the Netflix series Shadow and Bone, which is based on the best-selling Grishaverse novels from Leigh Bardugo, Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) knows…
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