We've reconvened the film club for Poe, poetry and The Pale Blue Eye. Was it worthy or cornea? Did it hit an (optic) nerve? (As usual, film club watches are super-spoilery.) After yet another Good Bad Film Club hiatus (it takes us eight months scrolling the streamers to decide on a movie) Liz and I are back, though only with our second choice as we were too tight to ... Netflix and chill: the film club discusses The Pale Blue Eye Read More
new clips
PLANE FILM CLIPS: “Chicken or beefcake!” Pilot Gerard Butler must save his kidnapped passengers, but he can’t do it alone
They say redemption can be found in the most unusual places. So says convicted killer Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), though you could say it too about many movie ... PLANE FILM CLIPS: “Chicken or beefcake!” Pilot Gerard Butler must save his kidnapped passengers, but he can’t do it alone Read More
New trailer
Trailer: Doyouthinkhesaurus? Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt dodge the dinos in 65 trailer
65 million years ago, Man meets Dinosaur. That's 64 million years before Raquel Welch met Dinosaur. (I hope you're all feeling bad for laughing at that movie now. It ... Trailer: Doyouthinkhesaurus? Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt dodge the dinos in 65 trailer Read More
interviews
“We’re not building alone”: writer-director Stephen Nagel on new film Protégé, passion and persistence in filmmaking
I’m a huge proponent of finding the light in the dark; the hope that my characters hang on to, and often that light shines brighter when the world they’re in is dark. Stephen Nagel Stephen Nagel is an independent writer, director and producer based in Cape ... “We’re not building alone”: writer-director Stephen Nagel on new film Protégé, passion and persistence in filmmaking Read More
The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station interview — astronaut Cady Coleman
If I could bring anyone, I would bring someone whose heart has been in this vision of exploration all along, but wasn't yet seen. Cady Coleman has been part of two space shuttle missions, and in 2011 lived and worked on the ISS for nearly six months. Now ... The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station interview — astronaut Cady Coleman Read More
Writer-director Conor Boru on his murder mockumentary When The Screaming Starts
"Imagine Louis Theroux meets the Manson Family…" Conor Boru With so much blood it’s even gushier than a BAFTA ceremony full of luvvies, serial killer mockumentary When The Screaming Starts has a particularly British sensibility to it, what with its David ... Writer-director Conor Boru on his murder mockumentary When The Screaming Starts Read More
Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.”
"To know [women did these stunts] 100 and something years ago erases the question of 'can they do it now?' Well of course they can do it now. Look at what they did back then." April Wright Women have been jumping from moving motorbikes onto moving trains ... Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.” Read More
INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum
"The notion that Wick is a Sambo guy is super cool. Sambo players around the globe should be jazzed about that!" Stephen Koepfer The John Wick franchise is known for its creation of an underground world of assassins and fighters, an off-kilter ... INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum Read More
INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor
"During the preparation of it I thought I'll never work again. This is never ever going to happen, this is never going to be ready..." Costume director Michael O'Connor on his Oscar-winning work for The Duchess. Hearing first-hand from award-winning ... INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor Read More