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Exclusive Interview – Director John Cameron Mitchell discusses How To Talk To Girls At Parties

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Rafael Motamayor chats with director John Cameron Mitchell on directing, punk and more… How did you get involved with the project? My producer from ShortBus got the rights first and he started writing a treatment with Philippa Goslett, the original writer and was wooing me along the way. Originally I wasn’t convinced because I wanted […]

Exclusive Interview – Clive Owen and Andrew Niccol on Anon

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Andrew Niccol admits he’s been considering a story about privacy and secrecy for some time. It’s a theme that lends itself to a futuristic setting – familiar territory for the creator of Gattaca and The Truman Show – and his latest, Anon, is placed fairly and squarely in the near future. Released this Friday, 11th […]

Exclusive Interview – Mary and The Witch’s Flower director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura

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Jack Gracie chats with Mary and The Witch’s Flower director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura… When Studio Ghibli announced it was closing production of feature films in 2014 many saw it as the end of an era, even if they did take back that statement a few years later. However, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret […]

Exclusive Interview – Actor Bill Irwin talks Legion, working for FX, and getting recognized as Mr. Noodle

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Red Stewart chats with Bill Irwin… Bill Irwin is an American actor who has been working in the film and television industry since the 1980s. He is best known for his work on Broadway, as well as his performances as Mr. Noodle on Elmo’s World, Dr. Peter Lindstrom on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Cary […]

Exclusive Interview – Director Dean Devlin talks Bad Samaritan

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Martin Carr chats with Bad Samaritan director Dean Devlin… Holed up in a local bar opposite Cowes yacht basin and looking out at glorious sunshine I find myself Transatlantic with Dean Devlin. Producer, writer, director and independent filmmaker of blockbuster tent poles including Independence Day, Stargate, Godzilla and The Patriot. With his latest directorial effort […]

Exclusive Interview – Jim Capobianco on Disney, Pixar and his new film The Inventor

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Martin Carr chats with Jim Capobianco… One overcast Sunday afternoon I found myself on the phone to Jim Capobianco. Affable, Oscar nominated and busy on post production work for Mary Poppins Returns, we talked about his career in animation and a passion project known as The Inventor. MC: What got you interested in animation as […]

Exclusive Interview – Andrew Haigh, director of Lean On Pete

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For Andrew Haigh, 45 Years (2015) was the film that announced his arrival.  He’d already directed Greek Pete (2009) and Weekend (2011), but it was the Tom Courtenay/Charlotte Rampling starrer which garnered the award nominations and wins and meant his next offering would be highly anticipated. Lean On Pete tackles another emotional journey, but that’s […]

Exclusive interview with the VFX studio behind Hulu’s The Looming Tower

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Tai Freligh interviews Phosphene FX… Phosphene FX is the visual effects team behind The Looming Tower, Hulu’s 10-episode adaptation of Lawrence Wright’s 2006 book that tells the controversial story of the rivalry between the CIA and FBI during the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda that inadvertently might have set the stage for […]

Exclusive Interview – Michael James Shaw on Avengers: Infinity War, his character Corvus Glaive, and more

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Alex Moreland chats to Michael James Shaw about Corvus Glaive, his Constantine character Papa Midnite, and more… Hi Michael! Hi Alex, how are you doing? I’m very well thank you, how are you? Pretty good, yeah. It’s a beautiful day here in New York, finally the sun has come out. Excellent! So, how did you […]

Exclusive Interview – Actor Michael Gross Talks Returning to Tremors, Harry Anderson, and If We’ll Ever See a Family Ties Reunion

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Red Stewart chats with actor Michael Gross… Michael Gross is an American actor who has been working in the film and television industry since the mid-70s. He is best known for his roles as Steven Keaton in the sitcom Family Ties and Burt Gummer in the Tremors film series. Returning to the latter with this year’s sequel Tremors: A […]