She’s a Massive Threat to the World
Editor's note: The below interview contains major spoilers for the Alien: Earth season finale. Believe it or not, but the season finale of Noah Hawley's FX series Alien: Earth is already here. While the preceding weeks have already dropped their…
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âGrief in a Beautiful Placeâ: LucÃa Aleñar Iglesias on Her TIFF World Premiere Forastera
Forastera The carefree, meandering pace of summertime suddenly takes the form of a depressive stupor in Forastera, the feature debut from Los Angeles-based, Spanish-born writer-director Lucía Aleñar Iglesias. During an annual vacation to visit their maternal grandparents in Mallorca, Cata…
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“The Last Three Episodes Are So Big”
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Peacemaker.] Summary Season 2 of the HBO Max series 'Peacemaker' tosses Christopher into an alternate world where his father and brother are alive, forcing a self-reckoning. Rick Flag Sr.'s revenge…
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Interview: David Osit on Predators
Predators In Predators, three-time Emmy-winning filmmaker David Osit’s new documentary, the titular descriptor applies to multiple people: the pedophiles who found themselves the target of popular NBC sting series To Catch A Predator (2004-07), but also the makers of a…
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These Mega Stars Take Us Back to Where It All Began in ‘You Had to Be There’
Summary Collider's Steve Weintraub sits down with writer-director Nick Davis, Victor Garber, Paul Schaffer, and Valda Aviks for You Had to Be There at TIFF 2025. You Had to Be There chronicles Toronto’s 1972 Godspell production and highlights its role…
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Interview: Mike Figgis on Megadoc
Francis Ford Coppola on the set of Megalopolis in Megadoc Megalopolis’s reputation preceded the film itself long before its première iat last year’s Cannes Film Festival. As Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating opus about the folly of men and the collapse…
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Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell Revisit the Most Demanding Scenes of Their Careers: "Nobody Died. It Was a Miracle"
In director Kogonada's (After Yang) upcoming fantasy romance, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Oscar nominees Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) embark on an "unusual" and "intimate" adventure through their memories, where they experience magical highs…
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Interview: Ira Sachs Discusses Peter Hujarâs Day with Azazel Jacobs
The “making of,” in which process is made visible through behind-the-scenes chronicles—documentaries, YouTube tutorials and explainers of all sorts—is its own journalistic genre. These pieces invariably fixate on the facts. When it comes to feature films, for example, this camera,…
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“There Are Some Big Things Coming”
[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Season 2 of High Potential.] Summary In Season 2 of the ABC series 'High Potential,' Game Maker escalates, targeting Morgan’s family and testing her and the team. An extended 18-episode season allows…
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Stillz on his Edglrd-produced feature debut, “Barrio Triste”Filmmaker Magazine
Barrio Triste Barrio Triste premiered at the Venice Film Festival weighted with at least a couple of expectations. It’s the debut feature for Stillz, known till now for directing music videos for Bad Bunny (who years ago took him on…
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“He Just Has No Idea What’s Even Left for Him”
[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Wednesday.] Summary In Season 2 of the Netflix series 'Wednesday,' Addams Family history is revealed and Tyler descends into darker, traumatic territory. Wednesday and Tyler’s feelings stay messy and ambiguous,…
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Interview: Alexandre Koberidze on Dry Leaf
Dry Leaf Georgian director Alexandre Koberidze’s second feature, What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (2021), was a sprawling city symphony-like romantic fantasy; at 186 minutes, his third feature Dry Leaf runs a half-hour longer, but doesn’t…
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