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Summertime Sadness: Interview with Chie Hayakawa of Tokyo Drama ‘Renoir’

Renoir, the sophomore feature from Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa, continues her cinematic exploration of the notions of death, old age, and loneliness, preoccupations that loom over her body of work, such as in her feature debut Plan 75 (2022), the anthology film Ten Years Japan (2018), which she co-directed with …

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Interview: Director Stephen Shimek talks ‘Murder at the Embassy’

Director Stephen Shimek recently sat down with us to discuss Murder at the Embassy, his new film that’s out now in theaters and on demand. It’s a murder mystery set in 1930s Cairo starring Mischa Barton along with Mido Hamada and Richard Dillane. It’s the second installment in the Miranda …

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The Ghost in the Machine: Interview with Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke of ‘A Useful Ghost’

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s debut feature A Useful Ghost exhibits a hooky high concept, one that’s centered on a woman who dies of dust pollution and gets reunited with her grieving husband by possessing a vacuum cleaner, much to the chagrin of her in-laws. The director dresses this concept, essentially a loose …

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Neon Nightmare: Interview with Morgan Knibbe of ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’

Screening in the Before Midnight section of the 2025 QCinema International Film Festival, Dutch filmmaker Morgan Knibbe’s sophomore feature The Garden of Earthly Delights portrays a gritty, neon-tinged Manila inferno centered on a young queer protagonist played by first-time actor JP Rodriguez. A teenager named Ginto descends deep into the …

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Interview: Mido Hamada talks filming in Egypt and more for ‘Murder at the Embassy’

Travel back to 1930s Cairo in this exclusive interview with Mido Hamada, who discusses his role as the skeptical Head of Security Mamoud in the new murder mystery film Murder at the Embassy with Mischa Barton. It’s the second installment in the Miranda Green series and is a delightfully fun …

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Interview: Sonal Madhushankar Talks Ethics, AI, and Humanity in Aranya Sahay’s ‘Humans in the Loop’

In Aranya Sahay’s Humans in the Loop, technology and morality collide in a gripping story about the fine line between human judgment and artificial intelligence. The film follows Nehma, a woman deeply passionate about innovation but forced to confront ethical dilemmas that shake her sense of purpose and identity. At …

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Interview: How Charlie McDowell Brought Tove Jansson’s Beloved Novel ‘The Summer Book’ to Life

Adapted from Tove Jansson’s beloved novel, The Summer Book is a delicate and poignant film about growing up and growing old. The movie centers on young Sophia (Emily Matthews) as she spends the summer at her family’s secluded home on a Finnish island, exploring the natural world with her father …

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Interview: Yuvi Hecht on the Fantastical Themes of Revisiting the Past in ‘A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey’

In the heartfelt film A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey, two strangers, David (Colin Farrell) and Sarah (Margot Robbie), are linked by a fantastical adventure that forces them to revisit key moments from their past. As they journey back in time, they are confronted with the choices and experiences that shaped …

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Interview: Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie talk smell-o-vision and ‘Dead Lover’

Toronto-based filmmaker Grace Glowicki is no stranger to the bizarre. Recently she, along with husband Ben Petrie, starred in the schlocky, romantic gothic horror Honey Bunch which premiered at Berlin in 2025. Her feature debut, Tito, was an offbeat comedy where she herself played an agoraphobic man whose world is …

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Fantasia 2025: Interview with Jody Wilson of ‘The Bearded Girl’

Canadian filmmaker Jody Wilson’s feature debut The Bearded Girl centers on a sideshow in Paradise County, where Cleo (Anwen O’Driscoll) is expected to follow in her mother, Lady Andre’s (Jessica Paré) footsteps and continue the proud tradition of bearded women. However, Cleo’s mother remains a controlling influence over their sideshow …

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Fantasia 2025: Director Alex Phillips on ‘Anything That Moves’ (Interview)

Chicago-based filmmaker Alex Phillips continues to entrench himself in underground and transgressive cinema with his sophomore feature, Anything That Moves. After 2022’s All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, about people eating and getting high on these slithery creatures, he sought another potentially polarizing idea in the vein of a …

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Interview: Joy Rovaris on human trafficking, Bella Thorne and more in ‘Saint Clare’

In the new psychological horror film Saint Clare, actress Joy Rovaris takes on a role that strikes a deeply personal chord. While audiences may recognize her from portraying Bobbi Kristina  opposite Vivica A. Fox, her latest project places her alongside Bella Thorne, Ryan Phillippe, and Rebecca De Mornay in a chilling …

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Interview: Maria Elisa Camargo on her Hollywood debut in ‘Off the Grid’

Maria Elisa Camargo is a name well-known to fans of The X Factor Colombia, video games, and telenovelas. She’s a talented actress who has voiced Valeria Garza in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise and had a ton of high-profile roles on international and Spanish-language hits, from Escupiré sobre …

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Interview: Masayuki Suô on ‘Shall We Dance?’

Japanese director Masayuki Suô’s 1996 romantic comedy, Shall We Dance? Follows Shohei Sugiyama (Kôji Yakusho), an accountant who is surprisingly discontented. Despite his successful career and a wife and daughter who love him dearly, there’s something missing in Sugiyama’s life. On his daily commute, he spies from the train a …

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