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‘Shelby Oaks’ Filmmaker Chris Stuckmann Breaks Down the New Ending and the Secret He Couldn’t Keep
The YouTube critic-turned director, who screened his film last year at Fantasia, discusses new moments he's added since then, and what fell out.
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Tokyo: Hailey Gates on Her Nuanced Satirization of the U.S. Military in Competition Film ‘Atropia’
The debut feature from the multihyphenate won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. dramatic competition category at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Tokyo: Fan Bingbing on Rebounding From Her “Lowest Point,” the Grueling Preparation for ‘Mother Bhumi’ and Working in China Again
The Chinese superstar is almost unrecognizable in Chong Keat Aun’s new film, for which she studied multiple languages and shamanic practices.
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Tokyo: Yoji Yamada and Lee Sang-il Talk Japanese Cinema, Craft and Following Anime’s Global Success
The directors, two generations of Japanese filmmaking excellence, delivered a wide-ranging, humorous discussion on their approach and each other.
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‘Honeyjoon’ Director on Grief Roller Coaster Movie: “What It Feels Like to Be Alive”
The Tribeca award winner about a Kurdish-Persian mother and her American daughter holidaying in the Azores after a major loss will screen at Tribeca Festival Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal.
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The Best ’90s Horror Movies
From favorites like 'Scream,' 'Silence of the Lambs' and 'The Sixth Sense' to underseen gems, these are the 16 best horror movies of the decade.
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‘Scream 7’: Everything We Know About the Next Slasher Film
The Hollywood Reporter rounds up reveals from the trailer, who's coming back, castings, creatives attached, a release date, Ghostface teases and Sidney's fate in the upcoming horror movie.
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Tokyo: Chairman Hiroyasu Ando Talks Festival Growth and Competing for Attention With Trump
Ando has raised the festival’s profile since taking the job in 2019, but admits there's much work to do with increasing the Japanese public's awareness of the event.
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How a German Mom-and-Pop Outfit Built ‘Stitch Head,’ a New Animated Halloween Classic
Husband-and-wife director-producer team Steve Hudson and Sonja Ewers spent a decade piecing together partners and financing for the $30 million production, proving indie animation can still think big.
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‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on the Political Relevancy of ‘For Good,’ Early Broadway Reactions
"It’s about who are we when we know the truth? Who do you become when the stories you’re told, the promises you’re given, shatter in front of you?" Chu said of the second film's message.
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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Has Struggled to Break Out, Perhaps by Design
The film challenges the biopic formula with its bare bones story and lack of hit songs, yet manages to create something meaningful, purposeful and ultimately honest.
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How ‘Cast Aside the Clouds’ Turns a Forbidden Love Story Into a Meditation on Faith and Unity
Director Mary Darling uses a Baha’i heroine’s persecution in Iran to explore moral courage, forgiveness and the hope of a more connected world.
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Nearly 70 Years Later, ‘Bad Seed’ Horror Icon Revisits Her Oscar-Nominated Turn
Actress Patty McCormack joins the podcast to retell the making of the chilling 1956 classic about a sociopathic little girl.
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How the 100-Plus Person Ensemble for ‘House of Dynamite’ Came Together
Casting director Susanne Scheel worked on the Kathryn Bigelow thriller for nine months, convincing A-list talent to takes roles with only a couple of minutes of screentime.
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Cameron Crowe: Still Uncool After All These Years
The Oscar-winning filmmaker and former ‘Rolling Stone’ prodigy is out with a candid memoir packed with untold revelations about his unconventional career — from riding shotgun with David Bowie to studio battles over Spicoli.
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Bill Clinton Ran Out of ‘Independence Day’ Screening After White House Blew Up, Director Recalled
As President Trump tears down the historic White House screening room, here's a look back at one memorable night, as first recounted in a 2021 Hollywood Reporter oral history.
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