How “Saltburn” Production Designer Suzie Davies Outfitted the Vast Estate in Emerald Fennell’s Thriller

Like many who worked on Saltburn, production designer Suzie Davies signed a contract promising not to reveal the location of the sprawling country house where much of the movie was shot. Writer/director Emerald Fennell wanted a centuries-old estate unidentifiable to audiences, and she found one in the English Midlands that had never been used onscreen. But a Tatler journalist sleuthed out the location a few months ago, effectively voiding the contracts.

Mahershala Ali and Julia Roberts Face the Unthinkable in “Leave the World Behind” Trailer

In the official trailer for writer/director Sam Esmail’s Leave the World Behind, we open on a married couple in disparate moments of readiness. At the foot of the bed, packing a bag, is Amanda Sanford (Julia Roberts), informing her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke), lying prone under the covers, that she’s gone ahead and booked them a beautiful house by the beach and is prepping their suitcases so that he’s left with little reason to say no to the trip.

“Mission: Impossible 8” Gets New Title, Release Date, And Longer IMAX Run

There has been a flurry of calendar moves and even one very big title change announcement as the entertainment industry absorbs strike-related delays and the studios reconsider upcoming dates. With a new meeting on the SAG-AFTRA strike set for today, there are hopes that the impasse can be solved and the movie and TV business can get back to action. In the meantime, Paramount Pictures has announced that their upcoming Mission: Impossible movie is being moved nearly an entire year,

Director Shawn Levy on Synchronicity Between His “Deadpool 3” and Secret “Star Wars” Movie

Director Shawn Levy is currently promoting All The Light We Cannot See, his Netflix limited series that’s adapted from Anthony Doerr’s best-selling novel of the same name. Levy is one of the busiest men in the business, with season 5 of Stranger Things, Deadpool 3, and a secret Star Wars movie all on his to-do list. The SAG-AFTRA strikes have slowed down production on the latter three titles, but when it comes to the two movies,

“Killers of the Flower Moon” Casting Directors Ellen Lewis and Rene Haynes on Their Historic Oklahoma Casting Call

With its prodigiously detailed and complex production, long running time, and sprawling cast, Killers of the Flower Moon (in theaters now) cut no corners in telling the true story about members of Oklahoma’s oil-rich Osage Nation who were systematically murdered in the 1920s by white men eager to inherit “head rights” worth millions of dollars through marriage and trickery. To surround Leo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro’s duplicitous usurpers with authentic Native American talent,

Martin Scorsese on Finding Truth in Tragedy in “Killers of the Flower Moon”

When Martin Scorsese was young, he had an experience where he became painfully aware of how Native Americans were being treated, and since then, it’s taken him years to find a story he could tell about the culture in a respectful way. Killers of the Flower Moon, which opens in theaters October 20 with a runtime of 3 hours and 26 minutes, presents that lifelong desire with a gentle, examining eye in what could easily be the director’s best work to date.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto Illuminates Martin Scorsese’s Twisted Tale

When I connected with Rodrigo Prieto for our video interview, as one might imagine a cinematographer to do, he was perfectly lit in a warm amber glow, perhaps a nod to a fire motif visually laced in Martin Scorese’s Killers of the Flower Moon – a love story between Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone) and Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) wrapped in the travesty the Osage Nation faced during the 1920s.

Having spoken previously with the Mexican native as far back as Argo (2012),

New “Napoleon” Trailer Unleashes Ridley Scott’s Historical Epic

Warrior. Emperor. General. Genius. Tyrant. This is how a new Napoleon trailer describes the titular conqueror in Ridley Scott’s upcoming historical epic. Napoleon is played by Joaquin Phoenix—his second time playing an emperor for Scott—he first ruled the world as Roman Emperor Commodus in Scott’s 2000 epic Gladiator. “Scenes with him just felt really authentic,” co-star Vanessa Kirby has said about working with Phoenix, “he was unbelievable about capturing the idiosyncratic,

How “Killers of the Flower Moon” Production Designer Jack Fisk Created 1920s Oklahoma

Killers of the Flower Moon became a journey of inspirational research for production designer Jack Fisk (The Revenant, There Will Be Blood). He traveled to Oklahoma to visit the very homes of the Osage portrayed in the Scorsese film – a story that unpacks the painful history of the Osage during the 1920s, whose oil-backed wealth was methodically stolen from them under false pretense.

The screenplay was adapted by Eric Roth and Scorsese based on David Grann’s meticulous 2017 work of non-fiction.

“The Zone of Interest” Trailer Reveals Jonathan Glazer’s Harrowing, Urgent New Film

Jonathan Glazer’s films have a way of sticking to your ribs. Whether he’s taking on a gangster story, like his irresistibly intense Sexy Beast (2000), or delivering a powerhouse sci-fi meditation on what it means to be an outsider in his alien-among-us masterpiece Under the Skin (2013), a Glazer film is an experience unlike any other. This is why his latest film, The Zone of Interest, comes with the promise of something both unforgettable in the best sense and in the most urgent and upsetting.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” Costume Designer Jacqueline West on the Power of the Osage Blanket

“It’s a power symbol,” costume designer Jacqueline West (The Revenant) says of the blankets the Osage cast wears in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. “I felt it was some kind of armor against what is being imposed on them and what’s being done to them. You put it on against the world and against evil, and it becomes a real symbol of that.”

The “evil” West is referring to are actual events that took place during 1920s Oklahoma when the Osage Nation grew incredibly wealthy,

How Osage Tradition Influenced the Hair & Makeup in “Killers of the Flower Moon”

There is perhaps nothing more important than authentically depicting the Osage in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, a poignant tale based on real events where the oil-rich nation was devilishly deceived, manipulated, and murdered for their money and oil shares by the very ones who married them. Newspapers later described the tragedy, which lasted from 1921-1926, as the “Reign of Terror.”

Scorsese and co-writer Eric Roth brought David Grann’s best-selling novel of the same name to the screen with tremendous care and understanding.

“Cat Person” Production Designer Sally Levi on Turning a Viral Short Story Into a Feature-Length Film

“Margot met Robert on a Wednesday night toward the end of her fall semester. She was working behind the concession stand at the artsy movie theatre downtown when he came in and bought a large popcorn and a box of Red Vines.” This is how writer Kristen Roupenian’s short story “Cat Person” begins, a vignette about a young college student, Margot, meeting an older man named Robert. It was published in The New Yorker and appeared online on December 4,

Learn Filmmaking Network Founder Gabriel Alexis on Building a Community

Bronx-born Gabriel Alexis’s love of visual storytelling began when he was a kid in his childhood home, capturing family moments, a prelude to a career in which he would devote himself to helping filmmakers connect, inspire each other, and grow. After learning the ropes himself on a variety of projects, from TV to commercials, from music videos to creating short videos for the New York State Bar Association, Alexis had a moment while driving his car in 2018.

Swifties Rejoice: “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” Opening a Day Early

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is heading for a record global opening, with forecasters saying it will become a record-smashing debut for a concert film as it eyes $150 million to $200 million. What every Swiftie fan (and their parents) will be happy to hear is the film is also opening a day early. Swift herself announced that early screenings for the film will be held on Thursday in North America,

“The Iron Claw” Trailer Finds Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White Ready to Rumble

The first trailer for A24’s The Iron Claw has leaped into the ring. Writer/director Sean Durkin (The Nest, Martha Marcy May Marlene) has taken on the true story of the Von Erich brothers, a trio of supremely talented and extremely close siblings who were wrestling phenoms in the early 1980s. Durkin and casting director Susan Shopmaker have put together a terrific ensemble, including Zac Efron, The Bear breakout star Jeremy Allen White,

New “Killers of the Flower Moon” Featurette Reveals How the Osage Language Deepened the Film

“We’re making a film about a historical event that is central to the Osage history,” Martin Scorsese says at the time of a new featurette about his upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon. “So, of course, it’s important we spoke that language.”

We’re then whisked back to Oklahoma in the 1920s, where Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), a white man new to the area, drives Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), a member of the Osage Nation,

New “The Marvels” Teaser Reveals a New Superteam and an Old Ally in Nick Fury

A new teaser for co-writer and director Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels has arrived, revealing the biggest non-Avengers team-up in a minute for the MCU. The film tracks the trials and tribulations of Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel, who has long grown used to operating as the universe’s mightiest solo act as she traverses the galaxy cleaning up galactic messes and returning to Earth to help out when supervillains like Thanos set their sights on her home planet.

A New “The Color Purple” Trailer Unlocks an Unbreakable Bond Between Sisters

A brand new trailer for director Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple has arrived, the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning 1982 novel which boasts a trio of super-producers—Oprah Winfrey, Quincey Jones, and Steven Spielberg. Spielberg directed the original The Color Purple adaptation back in 1985, which co-starred Winfrey.

Bazawule’s musical adaptation is centered on Celie—played in her younger years by Phylicia Pearl Mpasi and then by Fantasia Barrino as an adult—a Black woman living in the American South who is separated from her sister beloved sister Nettie (played by both The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey,

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” is Now Available to Stream

The globe-trotting pyrotechnics and death-defying stunts of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One are now available for your viewing pleasure while seated comfortably on your couch. Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie and star Tom Cruise’s latest lunatic mission is available to stream on Prime Video ($19.99). Dead Reckoning Part One finds Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his IMF team tracking an A.I.-powered weapon called “The Entity” that could lead to global chaos if it ends up in the wrong hands.