Director Eva Husson on Capturing Grief & Trauma in “Mothering Sunday”

Loss and grief permeate Mothering Sunday, a class-crossed romance set in 1924 England as it reels from the collective trauma of the Great War. Director Eva Husson says the movie’s somber mood matched that of the cast and crew since the film was shot in 2020 between pandemic lockdowns.

“I think all of us felt deeply connected to the emotions of the story. It had an effect on us. We were going through the pandemic so it was surreal how close it mirrored the sense of grief in our lives,

DP Edu Grau on Using Light & Shadow to Play With Skin Tone in “Passing”

Set in 1920s Harlem and based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel of the same name, Passing, actress Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut tracks the relationship of two light-skinned Black women, Irene and Clare, who’ve taken opposite paths toward safety and recognition. Former childhood acquaintances, a chance run-in reveals the women’s abiding interest in one another, and as they reinsert themselves into each other’s lives, the differences between Irene and Clare take their toll on the stability each woman had achieved.

“Being the Ricardos” Official Trailer Reveals Aaron Sorkin’s Lucy & Desi Drama

The official trailer for writer/director Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos is here, giving us a longer glimpse at Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as the legendary Hollywood power couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Sorkin’s film will follow Lucy and Desi during a particularly tumultuous week of production on their groundbreaking, massively popular show I Love Lucy. Lucy finds herself at the center of a political smear campaign and the couple’s romantic and professional life comes under unbearable scrutiny—all while they need to put on a show.

“Jagged” Trailer Reveals HBO’s Alanis Morissette Doc

“People would say, ‘wow, you’re so braved, you’re so empowered,'” Alanis Morissette says at the top of the official trailer for HBO’s Jagged, a documentary that tracks her rise to stardom, “I can’t write all these songs without obviously being disempowered,” she adds. For those of us who came of age in the 90s, Alanis Morissette really did seem like a force of nature, and her album “Jagged Little Pill” seemed to come out of nowhere in 1995 and change,

“The Matrix: Resurrections” Star Jessica Henwick on Leveling Up to Spar With Neo

We are just a month and change away from swallowing the red pill and seeing Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix: Resurrections. As we near the premiere date, some of the film’s stars are starting to talk about their experiences making the movie. Granted, no one is spilling any beans (or blue and red pills, as it were), but for newcomers to the franchise like Jessica Henwick, getting to take part in Wachowski’s iconic sci-fi series was an intense experience.

“Squid Game” Season 2 Confirmed by Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk

You may have heard of a little South Korean Netflix series called Squid Game. Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game was an astronomical success story for Netflix and all involved, so a second season of the international sensational seemed inevitable. Yet it wasn’t until now, thanks to an interview with the Associated Press, that we got confirmation the show that brought in 130 million viewers will indeed return.

“C’mon C’mon” Trailer Reveals Joaquin Phoenix in Mike Mills’ Tender Drama

Writer/director Mike Mills has quietly made some of the most humane, affecting films of the past decade. Two standouts were 2010’s Beginners, which focused on the reverberations after a young man (played by Ewan McGregor) learns that his father (Christopher Plummer) has terminal cancer—and a young male lover. The film was, as the New York Times Denis Lim wrote at the time, “frankly autobiographical.” It was also one of that year’s most surprising,

Leonardo DiCaprio in Final Talks to Play Cult Leader Jim Jones in MGM Film

Leonardo DiCaprio gravitates towards difficult roles, so it’s hardly surprising he’s in final talks to play the infamous religious cult leader Jim Jones in MGM’s upcoming film. Deadline reports that DiCaprio is close to finalizing the deal for the feature written by Scott Rosenberg that’s centered on Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple religious group and the driving force behind the November 1978 mass suicide—of more than 900 people— at his Jonestown settlement in 1978.

“Spencer” Director Pablo Larraín on the Horror & Humanity in His Princess Diana Movie

Director Pablo Larraín did not set out to make a horror movie with Spencer. But his unconventional portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales (Kristen Stewart), set over Christmas weekend in the early 1990s as her marriage to Prince Charles (Jack Farthing) is unraveling along with her psychological state, offers an eerie interpretation of the British royal’s turbulent inner world.

“It’s not that I wanted to make a horror movie. I wanted to make a movie from her perspective and the difficulties she was facing,” says Larraín in a Zoom interview the day before Neon released Spencer in theaters.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” Has Begun Filming & Adam Warlock Has Arrived

Remember last month when Chris Pratt revealed he was on set for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but it turned out that filming hadn’t yet begun? Well, filming has officially begun. Writer/director James Gunn shared an image from set on Twitter, so now we know that the galactic gang really is back at it.

The photo includes the usual suspects from the Guardians franchise—Sean Gunn (Kraglin),

New “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Poster Reveals the Green Goblin

Sometimes it’s the smallest detail that makes the biggest difference. This is the case in the new poster for Spider-Man: No Way Home, which features everyone’s favorite web-slinger (Tom Holland) facing off against the supervillain Doc Ock (Alfred Molina), whose mechanical tentacles dominate the majority of the image. But, in the background, another legendary supervillain is visible—yup, that’s Green Goblin.

This is technically the first bit of concrete proof that the Green Goblin,

Disney+ Unveiling IMAX Enhanced on November 12 for Select MCU Movies

Beginning on November 12, Disney+ subscribers will be able to tap into some of the sensations of seeing a movie on the biggest screen of them all by using the streaming service’s new IMAX expanded aspect ratio. For a select list of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, the new capability will allow you to watch your favorites like Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Thor: Ragnarok, or Avengers: Endgame in the expanded ratio,

“Black Adam” Producer Says Early Cut of Film Has Him “Very Confident”

Sure, if you were producing a major film with a ton of expectations, you’d likely strike a positive note to journalists after seeing the first cut of said film. Yet, Black Adam producer Hiram Garcia really and truly seems hyped about the film, and his enthusiasm feels plenty warranted. Black Adam is going to introduce Dwayne Johnson to the DCEU as the titular antihero with some immense powers. There’s a reason that the current logline for the film is “The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change.”

“Spencer” Screenwriter on Getting Inside Princess Diana’s Headspace

Spencer (opened on Friday, November 5) casts Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, rumored to be “cracking up” when she reluctantly joins the royal family in an enormous countryside manor for a tense Christmas holiday. The movie, directed by Pablo Larrain, describes itself as a “Fable from a true tragedy.” To that end, screenwriter Steven Knight used facts gleaned from the 1991 gathering to devise a fervid psychodrama that takes place largely inside Diana’s head.

“Eternals” Has Arrived & The MCU Will Never Be The Same Again

How many milestones does Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao’s Eternals contain? Many. Zhao’s millennia-spanning epic centered on the titular band of immortal beings protecting the planet against their evil siblings (of sorts) the Deviants features characters and situations never before seen in a Marvel movie. These include the first deaf superhero, Makkari (played by deaf actress Lauren Ridloff), the first gay kiss, between superhero Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) and his husband, Ben (Haaz Sleiman),

“Wicked” Movie Will Star Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

Universal’s adaptation of the hit Broadway musical just landed two phenomenal stars. Wicked will be led by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, as Elphaba and Glinda respectively, in Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway juggernaut. Wicked has been dazzling theater-goers since it debuted on Broadway in 2003, and has since become one of only three shows in history to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales.

“The Batman” Official Synopsis Hints at a Desperate Vigilante

We’ve known ever since it was first revealed that writer/director Matt Reeves had a script about a younger Batman that the reboot was going to give us a different version of Gotham’s iconic Caped Crusader. As Reeves’ project came more fully to light, especially after he described it as a noir detective story, excitement grew. Then, the casting of Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne cemented, at least in the mind’s eye, of a very different Batman indeed.

Gal Gadot to Play Evil Queen in Disney’s Live-Action “Snow White”

Gal Gadot is ready to get her evil on. Deadline scooped and Variety confirmed that Wonder Woman herself is in final negotiations to play the Evil Queen in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Snow White, starring opposite Rachel Zegler, the star of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story, who was cast as the princess June. Considering Gadot became a superstar playing the thoroughly good,

“Last Night in Soho” Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns on Writing a Terrifying Time-Travel Tale

It was producer-director-writer Sam Mendes who introduced writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns to director-writer-producer Edgar Wright. “He thought we’d be very good friends. We’ve got a quite similar sense of humor and a passion for filmmaking,” says Wilson-Cairns, who knew Mendes from working on the Showtime series Penny Dreadful and went on to co-write with him the Oscar- and Writers Guild of America-nominated original screenplay for the WWI drama 1917.

Worse Than Thanos? New “Eternals” Video Delves Into the Deviants

And you thought Thanos was bad.

In Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao’s upcoming Eternals, the villains looking to demolish humanity are even older and more broadly destructive than the Mad Titan. As a new video from Marvel explains, our heroic (if scattered) Eternals are gathering to defend the planet from the Deviants. Who are the Deviants? Well, they’re an “ancient race of monstrous predators that wipe out the intelligent lifeforms on each planet they inhabit.”