Bing Liu has built a pair of terrific films around the question of how young people come of age when the odds are stacked against them. His Oscar-nominated 2018 doc Minding the Gap charted several years in the lives of three skateboarding friends in…
Read MoreA Father and Daughter on the Run: Nick Rowland and Taron Egerton on Brutal Tenderness of She Rides Shotgun

In their new film She Rides Shotgun, director Nick Rowland and actor Taron Egerton deliver a tense experience fusing the grit and danger of a crime picture with the vulnerability of a fractured father-daughter relationship. Adapted from the novel by Jordan Harper, the story…
Read More“I live in a state of dread”: Ari Aster on Eddington, His Provocative Theater of American Collapse

Ari Aster’s Eddington is unlike anything else this year in its sprawling attempt to reckon with the fractured state of American life in 2020. Set in a fictional town in New Mexico, the film follows a slow-burning conflict between a conservative sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix)…
Read MoreFacing the Fire: In Warfare, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Recount Terror, Survival of Iraqi Ambush

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza didn’t set out to make just another war film. After working together on last year’s provocative button pusher Civil War, their creative partnership evolved when a conversation about potential future collaborations turned into something far more personal. The resulting…
Read MoreDISTURBING THE BONES: FILMMAKER ANDREW DAVIS BRIDGES PAST, PRESENT AND POLITICAL IN RIVETING DEBUT NOVEL

In their ambitious new novel Disturbing the Bones (Penguin Random House), hit filmmaker Andrew Davis and historian-novelist Jeff Biggers have crafted a high-tech, riveting thriller that interweaves geopolitical thrills and a personal, eras-spanning mystery. This isn’t just a whodunnit; it’s a politically charged race against…
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Superman II Icon Sarah Douglas to Attend Special Screening and Fan Event October 11-12

How many actors can say they have created a character that has made its way into movie history? Sarah Douglas knows exactly what that feels like, her role as the icy, leather-clad villain Ursa in the 1981 classic Superman II a defining figure in superhero films.…
Read More“I’m doing the thing that I used to dream about”: Dandelion Star Kiki Layne Embraces Authenticity in Musical Portrait of Struggling Artist

In Nicole Riegel’s new Dandelion (IFC Films, July 21), star Kiki Layne plays a not-so-young Cincinnati musician fiercely committed to doing things her way, and to finding a home onstage that is uniquely hers across spaces that are not always welcoming to Black female…
Read More“Extraordinary, Masculine, Free”: Filmmaker Jeff Nichols on Identity of The Bikeriders

Jeff Nichols’ new film The Bikeriders charts the birth and rise of a fictional 1960s-era Chicago motorcycle club named the Vandals, as seen through the eyes of three compelling actors: Tom Hardy as the gang’s founder and leader, Austin Butler as his young protégé…
Read More“Going Up a Hill Demands Effort, Suffering”: Matthew Modine, R.J. Daniel Hanna and Christian Sander on Hard Won Redemption of Inspirational Cycling Drama Hard Miles

Someone once observed that there is nothing in the world worse than going nowhere in life while no one seems to care. In the inspiring new picture Hard Miles (Blue Fox Entertainment, April 19), the true story of Colorado social worker turned bicycling coach…
Read More“I didn’t say no to anything”: Caleb Landry Jones on Complex DogMan Performance in Luc Besson’s Outrageous Thriller

In Luc Besson’s DogMan (Briarcliff Entertainment, March 29), award-winning actor Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Out of Ebbing Missouri, Get Out, Nitram) takes on an outrageous character in an unpredictable, certain to be cult film. In one of his signature outsider roles, DogMan finds…
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