Editor Kirk Baxter on Syncing Three POVs Down to the Second in “A House of Dynamite” — Part 2
How do you edit the same 20-minute countdown three times without it feeling repetitive? Oscar winner Kirk Baxter breaks down the sound, pacing, and POV choices that made "A House of Dynamite" unbearably tense.
“A House of Dynamite” Editor Kirk Baxter on Sculpting Kathryn Bigelow’s Cinéma Vérité Nuclear Thriller
Editor Kirk Baxter on maintaining tension in Kathryn Bigelow's "A House of Dynamite" without exhausting the audience: "The actors slow down when the reality dawns on them, air gets sucked out of the room."
Prime Video Reveals First Look at Sophie Turner in Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s “Tomb Raider” Series
The ultimate artifact hunter not named Indiana Jones is back, and this time, she’s going to be on your TV. Prime Video has released the first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft, the redoubtable adventurer who first appeared in the iconic video game franchise and was later portrayed by Angelina Jolie in two films. The series is currently in production, and comes from Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge,
Co-Writer Emily Mortimer on Balancing Agony and Hilarity in Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly”
"Jay Kelly" co-writer Emily Mortimer shares how months of conversation became a script about aging, regret, and finding one friend who matters.
“No Other Choice” Writer/Director Park Chan-wook on His Killer Instinct
Park Chan-wook spent 15 years adapting Donald Westlake's "The Ax" into "No Other Choice"—a darkly comic thriller about a fired executive who chooses vengeance as his next career move.
“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” Production Designer Stefania Cella on Her New Jersey Dream Tour
Bruce Springsteen's legacy is inseparable from New Jersey—so "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" filmed across 14 NJ municipalities, spending $42M over 31 days. Production designer Stefania Cella sourced a vintage carousel, recreated the Stone Pony, and got access to Bruce's vault.
How “Predator: Badlands” Director Dan Trachtenberg Embraced Fear For His Franchise-Best Vision
"Predator: Badlands" director Dan Trachtenberg on embracing his fear & making the franchise's highest-grossing film.
The Wakandans Meet The Fantastic Four in New “Avengers: Doomsday” Teaser
Shuri (Letitia Wright) is ready to rumble in the new teaser for the Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday. Considering all that Shuri lost the last time we saw her (in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), it makes sense that this teaser opens on a somber note. Her brother, T’Challa (the late, great Chadwick Boseman), and her mother, Ramonda (Angela Bassett), are both gone. In the teaser, we see not only her and her formidable fellow Wakandan,
“Song Sung Blue” Writer/Director Craig Brewer on Touring Kate Hudson & Hugh Jackman Through America’s Heartland
Song Sung Blue is a story of working-class America, made by working-class America. Writer/director Craig Brewer, best known for helming Hustle & Flow and Dolemite Is My Name, even carried that through to the film’s innovative marketing, taking it on a tour of middle America.
The biographical musical drama, based on the 2008 documentary film of the same name, stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire Sardina,
Producer Vanridee Pongsittisak on Driving Thai Film & TV’s Global Breakthrough
The past few years have marked a period of remarkable momentum for Thai producer Vanridee Pongsittisak.
While the foundations of her career were built over more than a decade, supported by the Bangkok-based GTH and GDH 559 studios, Vanridee has recently led the charge as Thai filmmakers expand their international horizons.
Most visibly, this mission has played out in real time through the runaway success of the Pat Boonnitipat-directed comedy-drama How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies.
The Architect of the Upside Down: Inside “Stranger Things” Production Designer Chris Trujillo’s Epic Season 5 Builds
We’ve come a long way from a group of boys playing Dungeons & Dragons in a basement, and their chance encounter with a shy girl with massive powers shivering in the rain. With Season 5, Matt and Ross Duffer’s Stranger Things came to a close, but not without leaving audiences emotionally spent and deeply satisfied. The production of the closing chapter was wildly ambitious. The first table read took place in December 2023 under the codename “Cedar Lodge,” before shooting for 237 days,
Golden Globes: One More Big Night for Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another”
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another dominated the Golden Globes—winning Best Picture (Comedy or Musical), Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor
How Costume Designer Deborah L. Scott Dressed the Wind Traders and Ash People for “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
Four decades ago, Deborah L. Scott was on a plane to the middle of nowhere, Alaska, to design costumes for Carroll Ballard’s Never Cry Wolf (1983). The decision changed her career.
“As scared as I was, as ridiculous and unprepared as I probably looked, it was a good idea,” she shares with The Credits. “It’s ok to be unprepared, and stepping out of your comfort zone is good as an artist.” The project introduced her to Steven Spielberg and opened the door to E.T.
“Wicked: For Good” Choreographer Christopher Scott on Conjuring Magical Moves With Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Choreographer Christopher Scott reveals why Cynthia Erivo told him to "go hard," and how Bob Fosse inspired Glinda's showstopping intro.
How Simon Franglen Brought Punk Energy and Mongolian Instruments to “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
The audible experience of an Avatar film is as ambitious as the groundbreaking visuals. With both familiar and otherworldly cues, composer Simon Franglen develops textured cues and themes that draw audiences into the story. Together with the sound effects, Franglen, his orchestra, and collaborators deliver another transportive score in James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash.
As vast as the world of Pandora is, the experience for Franglen scoring these mammoth spectacles is counterintuitively intimate.
Shaken & Stirred: “The Testament of Ann Lee” DP William Rexer on Capturing Amanda Seyfried’s Fearless Performance
Intimate and uninhibited, director Mona Fastvold’s (co-writer, executive producer, and 2nd unit director of The Brutalist) The Testament of Ann Lee is a devoted biopic about the unusual founder of the Shaker movement, Mother Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried). Considered a representative of God, Lee guided her offshoot of the Quakers into existence during a period of English Evangelical revival, but the group’s unrestrained dancing, curtailed sexual relations, and encouragement of gender equality were unique even within the broader religious resurgence.
Netflix Unveils 2026 Slate Includes “Beef” Season 2, Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia,” Charlize Theron-led “Apex”
Netflix has unveiled its 2026 film slate, including a peek at one of the streamer’s homegrown superstars, Millie Bobby Brown, first post-Stranger Things project, the third installment of the series Enola Holmes.
Also featured in the four-minute-plus look at their 2026 slate is the Ben Affleck/Matt Damon-led film The Rip, in which Affleck and Damon play two Miami police officers who lead the squad that works “the dope game,” which includes seizing money.
“Marty Supreme” Composer Daniel Lopatin on Blending Synths & Orchestra for Timothée Chalamet’s Ultra Ambitious Striver
Oscar-shortlisted composer Daniel Lopatin earned a reputation amongst electronic music fans for his steady stream of experimental solo albums recorded under the name OneOhTrix Point Never. But it’s Lopatin’s pulsating score for Marty Supreme that will surely expose his synth-driven compositions to a broader audience.
Filmed in New York City and set in 1952, writer-director Josh Safdie’s fact-based movie stars Timothée Chalamet as ping-pong hustler Marty Mauser,
Sebastian Stan in Talks to Join Robert Pattinson & Scarlett Johansson in “The Batman: Part II”
Sebastian Stan has had a long, fruitful run in the MCU playing Bucky Barnes, also known by his unbeatable antihero-turned-superhero title, the Winter Soldier. Now Stan may be joining fellow MCU alum Scarlett Johansson to deploy to Gotham City in Matt Reeves’ The Batman: Part II.
Considering Stan’s played a villain (of sorts) in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as the brainwashed super-soldier in the second half of the title and the noble defender of justice as the heroic,
“They Will Kill You” Trailer: Zazie Beetz Has an Axe to Grind in Kirill Sokolov’s Horror-Comedy
We open on a stormy New York night in the first trailer for writer/director Kirill Sokolov’s They Will Kill You, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s upcoming horror-comedy produced by, among others, It filmmaker Andy Muschietti. We quickly proceed inside the Virgil Building, which is “one of the most exclusive buildings in Manhattan,” we’re told. And who’s doing the telling? The always-excellent Patricia Arquette, who welcomes a stranger to her door,
