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‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Director Knows How Good His Cast Is
Before production had begun on the anticipated film adaptation of Enid Blyton‘s The Magic Faraway Tree, director Ben Gregor worried…
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Bringing an “Unforgettable Movie Monster” to Life in ‘Grendel’
The word “epic” gets thrown around a lot, but in the case of Grendel, a live-action retelling of John Gardner’s 1971…
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Ainu Puri Director Takeshi Fukunaga On Raising Awareness of the Ainu
As Shogun was bathing in the glory of its record 18 wins at the Emmy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles’…
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The Leading Contenders for Best Picture
As award season heats up, here are a dozen movies that could take the big prize — and how they…
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Alex Wolff Has Complication Emotions Around Fraternity-Set Movie ‘The Line’
Patience has paid off for Alex Wolff and his nearly decade-long commitment to Ethan Berger’s The Line. The fraternity-set drama…
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Guan Hu on Releasing ‘Black Dog’ and ‘A Man and a Woman’ in the Same Year
Chinese filmmaker Guan Hu has been on the move relentlessly in 2024. In May, his tenth feature as a director,…
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Are Horror Films Republican?
Next week’s hyper-contentious election and its face-off between virulently opposed camps has cast a fearful pall over our culture, creating…
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Adapting the Book Into Ralph Fiennes Film
At the Cannes Film Festival six years ago, British producer Tessa Ross arranged a meeting with an emerging German-born filmmaker…
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Inside Ridley Scott’s Producing Empire: “Tell Me the Film in Two Sentences”
When pitching a movie to Ridley Scott, you had better be quick about it. The 86-year-old has a lot on…
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