The Cast of The Drop Bare All About Their Hulu Dark Comedy
Do we ever tire of dark comedies? From Triangle of Sadness and Jo Jo Rabbit to The Menu and Fargo, these absurd tales spark the imagination and give us a glimpse of humanity and how flawed humans can be. Enter:…
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Diane Keaton on Maybe I Do & Why Rom-Coms Resonate With Her
In the upcoming film Maybe I Do, young couple Michelle (Emma Roberts) and Allen (Luke Bracey) are at a crossroads in their relationship. Hoping to resolve the issue and introduce their families, they get their parents together for dinner one…
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The Offering Star Nick Blood on Tackling Horror
Horror films are everywhere these days. In addition to M3GAN currently holding its own at the box office, a new promo poster for Knock at the Cabin was just released as we await M. Night Shyamalan's next project. And now,…
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“It’s a Good Thing We Didn’t Shoot in New Zealand”: Writer-Director Laurel Parmet and Producer Kara Durrett on The Starling Girl
The Starling Girl, courtesy of Sundance Institute Telling the story of Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen), a 17-year-old living in a Christian fundamentalist community in rural Kentucky, Laurel Parmet’s debut feature, The Starling Girl, has been years in the making, Parmet…
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Lauren London & Kenya Barris Discuss the Film’s Authenticity
Netflix’s upcoming film, You People, is director Kenya Barris’ debut feature-length project after serving as showrunner for ABC’s Black-ish. Co-written with star Jonah Hill, the movie is a romantic comedy that turns the genre on its head when Hill’s Ezra…
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Matt Reeves Looks Back at Cloverfield for 15th Anniversary and 4K Ultra HD Steelbook Release
It’s been 15 years since the cast of Cloverfield gathered for a farewell party, only to be interrupted by a monster so ferocious that it’s capable of decapitating the head of the Statue of Liberty, hurling it hundreds of meters…
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“A Progressive Set of Best Practices That Evolves With the Industry”: The Documentary Cinematographers Alliance
Eden Wurmfeld, Julia Liu, Jenni Morello and Nelson Walker at DCA's Sundance panel. Photo credit: Nausheen Dadabhoy. Despite its recent formation during the fall of 2021, the Documentary Cinematographers Alliance has already put forth a comprehensive guideline of “best practices”…
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Jillian Bell and Joshua Leonard Discuss Hulu’s The Drop, Possibly the Best Wedding Disaster Film of the Season
Nothing like a dark comedy about a wannabe mom accidentally dropping her friend’s baby to liven up your winter viewing. It all goes down in Hulu's The Drop, a well-crafted comedic tale from the minds of Sarah Adina Smith (Birds…
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Storm Reid on Feeling Inspired By Zendaya and Headlining Missing
Do you know who made the absolute most out of her Hollywood breakout opportunity? Storm Reid. Not only is she exceptional in Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, but ever since, she’s been scooping up a wide variety…
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On the Come Up Star Jamila C. Gray on Playing a Rapper
Meet Brianna Jackson, a 16-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle scene by storm to lift up her family and the legacy of her father — a local hip hop legend whose career was cut short by gang…
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“I Was Blind to My Own Blackness by Apartheid’s Design”: Milisuthando Bongela on Milisuthando
Milisuthando, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The self-described South African “writer, editor, cultural worker and artist”—and now debut feature filmmaker—Milisuthando Bongela grew up under apartheid. Yet she also didn’t, at least not within the straightforward narrative of having witnessed a racist…
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Gerard Butler and Mike Colter Discuss Their Action-Packed Thriller Plane
Imagine surviving an emergency plane landing (after being struck by lightning), only to get taken hostage on a war-torn island. Well, you don't have to use your imagination here as Director Jean-François Richet (The Emperor of Paris, Blood Father) alongside…
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