Tracy Letts does it all, and is currently doing it all, from one medium to another. He is represented this season with the first Broadway production of his acclaimed early play, Bug, which stars his wife Carrie Coon in a widely praised performance of…

As a pair who worked together so well on Uncut Gems, it made sense for writer-director Josh Safdie to once again rely on the expertise of cinematographer Darius Khondji with Marty Supreme. Khondji, who Safdie lovingly refers to as the “king of darkness,” was also thrilled to be involved and…

Craig Brewer stumbled onto Greg Kohs’ rather obscure little documentary titled Song Sung Blue and knew then he wanted to turn the incredible true story into a major feature film with big starring roles for Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson. The story of…

This week’s Take Ten guest is Teyana Taylor. The multihyphenate actor-director-singer-choreographer-dancer (phew!) is hot off her stint in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, and on the eve of the Golden Globes, for which she is nominated in the Supporting category, we chatted about…

Rose Byrne is having quite the year, and it just started. Her nomination for SAG’s Actor Award earlier today for Lead Female Actor in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is only the latest in a long line of honors for her performance in the A24 film that has…

Joachim Trier has been on a high since Cannes where his latest film, Sentimental Value, was the Grand Prize winner, just missing out on the Palme d’Or so many thought it deserved. Norway’s official entry for the Best International Film Oscar has since…

There is a lot to unpack with the very busy Jeremy Allen White, and we cover it all in depth on this special edition of my Deadline video series, The Actor’s Side. As he is about to start shooting the fifth season of The Bear, we talk about how…

Considering her sizzling acting career and Oscar talk for Sentimental Value, it is hard to believe that Renate Reinsve came this close to quiting acting for another job, but it is true, and she explains her existential crisis that led her to that moment…

When putting together F1, director Joseph Kosinski made the decision to use over 20 cameras to capture every detail of the races. This led to over 5,000 hours of footage for editor Stephen Mirrione and his team to sort through. “The first time you told me that you had arranged that we would be…

Joseph Kosinski is holding a very hot hand in the movie business. His sequel Top Gun: Maverick, 32 years in the making, not only became the highest-grossing movie of Tom Cruise’s career but also was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and earned…

For Wake Up Dead Man, the third film in Rian Johnson's Knives Out series, Johnson says the movie has “a different tone and palette. It's a little more gothic and moodier in its tone, so that defined a lot." He worked closely with longtime collaborator and cinematographer Steve Yedlin to achieve the…

“I am always on pins and needles before a film opens. It is less about the reviews for me than whether people show up or not,” James Cameron told me when I interviewed him about the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash. Surprising? I thought so, coming…