The First Mary Magdalene Trailer Shows a Close Bond Between Jesus and His Follower

Rooney Mara takes on one of the most controversial characters in one of the most famous stories of all time. Mara plays the title role in the big screen retelling of Mary Magdalene. The trailer, released this week, teases tender private moments alongside famous public scenes between Jesus and his most famous female follower.

Joaquin Phoenix costars as Jesus, and honestly, we can’t believe no one has cast him in the role before.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Supreme Leader Snoke is not a Sith Lord

You’d have been forgiven for assuming that Supreme Leader Snoke, played by Andy Serkis, was a Sith Lord. While we only saw him in holographic form in The Force Awakens, it was made crystal clear he was the man—er, being—in charge. Both General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) genuflected before him like two squabbling brothers before their overbearing, terrifying father. And while Hux complained to Snoke that Kylo Ren’s petulance was hurting the First Order’s cause, it was clear that Snoke liked,

Watch the First Trailer for All the Money in the World With Christopher Plummer in Kevin Spacey’s Role

Here is your first trailer for Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World that features Christopher Plummer, who now famously stepped in—after production had wrapped—to reshoot all of the scenes once occupied by Kevin Spacey, who was fired after allegations of sexual harassment and assault surfaced. Scott made the decision that he was going to remove Spacey from the film completely, somehow managing to conduct the reshoots and still hit the already set release date. 

VFX Artist Dream Big & Think Small for Downsizing

Writer-director Alexander Payne has won two Academy Awards and 17 more Oscar nominations for films that specialize in low key stories about flawed characters. But unlike Nebraska, The Descendants, About Schmidt and Sideways, his new movie Downsizing (opening Dec. 22) goes high concept: Matt Damon stars as a five-inch human who tries to leave his problems behind by living in the pint-sized “Leisure Land”

Costume Designer Luis Sequeira on Giving The Shape of Water its Sartorial Form

Guillermo del Toro’s much-anticipated suspense-fantasy fairy tale The Shape of Water opens this weekend. Much of the moody, Cold War-era film is set in a secret government laboratory, where mute, kindly janitor Elisa (Sally Hawkins), forges a deep bond with a mystery aquatic Amazon creature referred to in the lab as the Asset. For research or worse, various factions want the Asset killed, and with the help of co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) and her artist neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins),

The First Trailer Tease for Avengers: Infinity War is one for the Fans

The first thing to know about this Avengers: Infinity War trailer teaser is there’s no actual footage from the upcoming, mega-sized film. Yet, you’ll still likely get the chills (if you’re an MCU fan, that is), as this teaser links together a ton of defining moments from nearly every Marvel film to date to prep you for the actual Infinity War trailer, which drops today. The focus in the teaser is on the fans,

Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd on Creating The Beguiled‘s Elegant Terror

Earlier this year, Sofia Coppola premiered her version of The Beguiled, an atmospheric Southern drama based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Thomas P. Cullinan. Set in a remote Virginia girls’ school during the Civil War, the story depicts the ill-starred arrival of a wounded Union solder, John McBurney (Colin Farrell), whose manipulative presence is subtly pernicious, until descending into quiet chaos. Martha Farnsworth (Nicole Kidman) icily, elegantly steers her remaining students (among them,

Cinematographer Dan Laustsen on The Shape of Water‘s Fluid Fable

Danish cinematographer Dan Laustsen worked alongside Guillermo del Toro on and off for two decades, so when it came time to shoot The Shape of Water, he shared the director’s penchant for precision. Lush, lyrical and rich in metaphor, the film pays homage to Universal Pictures’ 1940’s-era monster as it follows Sally Hawkins’ mute cleaning lady, who eventually falls in love with a creature from a South American lagoon (Doug Jones) held captive in a Cold War laboratory by a brutal bureaucrat (Michael Shannon). 

Kevin Feige Calls Avengers 4 a Finale, Promises Cataclysmic Events

If there’s one long story you want to read about the film industry today, look no further than Vanity Fair’s piece on Marvel’s ten-year anniversary, in which all the stars (and we do mean all) from the studio’s massive cinematic universe gathered over the course of a few days to be interviewed and photographed. Writer Joanna Robinson and photographer Jason Bell got to sit down with the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU),

Blade Runner 2049‘s Makeup Designer on the Secrets Hiding in Plain Sight

Revisiting the world of Blade Runner decades after the original movie drove the filmmakers to look 30 years farther into the future of Rick Deckard’s (Harrison Ford) world. The world of Blade Runner: 2049 is one of incredible technology and a completely ravaged environment, where massive holograms lope around a lurid Los Angeles slicked with acid rain and ashy snow. A Blade Runner by the name of K (Ryan Gosling) works on behalf of humans in the same capacity Deckard had;

Writer/Director Dan Gilroy on Bringing Roman J. Israel, Esq. to Life

Writer/director Dan Gilroy “can’t conceive of directing a movie I didn’t write.” Although Gilroy has written a number of scripts for other directors  —  from 2012’s The Bourne Legacy to 2017’s Kong: Skull Island  —  he says that the ones he chooses to direct himself tend to be more personal.

“If I’m going to spend a year of my life on something it’s got to be personal,” he told The Credits.

Luke’s Back in the Fight in new Star Wars: The Last Jedi TV Spot

Earlier today we shared this brief but awesome look at how the luminous crystal foxes were created for Rian Johnson’s upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Now, as we rapidly approach the film’s December 15 premiere date, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney are giving us glimpses of new footage in new TV spots, like this latest one titled “Back.” 

The main thrust of this new spot, and the meaning of its’

Talking to Director Bharat Nalluri About The Man Who Invented Christmas

Director Bharat Nalluri says that in a very personal way, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol taught him the meaning of Christmas. His new film, The Man Who Invented Christmas, is the story of the six weeks Dickens, under enormous professional, financial, and family pressure, wrote and published the book, which sold out its entire printing within a week after publication. Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast) plays the author and Christopher Plummer plays the Scrooge he imagines as he creates the story.

Watch how the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Team Created the Crystal Foxes

While the porgs have sucked up a lot of the oxygen when it comes to describing the new, adorable creatures coming to us in Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, none look quite as spectacular as the crystal foxes we’ve glimpsed in the trailers. Now, the good people over at Lucasfilm and Walt Disney have released this mini featurette, which describes the evolution of these fantastic creatures from an idea in Johnson’s head to the alien animals we’ve seen (briefly) on screen.

Here’s Your First Look at Benicio del Toro’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi Character

Benicio del Toro’s mysterious Star Wars: The Last Jedi character DJ (this might not even be his actual name in the film) has been of major interest to fans, thanks in no small part to del Toro’s long, incredible career. He’s the rare character actor who could easily be a leading man, but has staked his career on his chameleon-like ability to play good guys, bad guys, and every shade in between. He’s a scene stealer,

After Years In the Making, Pixar’s Coco is Finally Here

Pixar movies are famously time-intensive, and for a good reason: they’re beautiful. The studio’s latest film Coco is no exception. After six years in development (that’s two more years than Toy Story, which, incidentally, was released 22 years ago today), Coco premiered in October at the Morelia Film Festival in Mexico, coinciding with the marigold-bedecked Día de Los Muertos season that it depicts on screen. One month later,

Two Decades in the Making, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Drops First Official Trailer

When Paul McGuigan’s Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this past September, critics praised this emotionally walloping story of a May-December romance for the ages. Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film revolves around the true story a life changing phone call that Turner, played by Jamie Bell, received on September 29, 1981. His former lover, the actress Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening), had collapsed in a hotel in Lancaster and was refusing medical attention.

Watch the new Teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Gorgeous Phantom Thread

A fresh look at what we feel will likely be one of the best films of the year has been delivered. We’re talking about Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming drama Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day-Lewis in his last film. A new minute-long trailer, which reveals that sneak preview screenings will be taking place in New York and Los Angeles from November 24th through November 30th, highlights once again the electric pairing of Anderson and Day-Lewis,

Coco’s Story Supervisor on Bringing Children to the Land of the Dead

In Pixar’s Coco, a Mexican boy named Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) visits the Land of the Dead and meets his ancestors. The look and storyline are based on Mexican traditions, including Día de Muertos, when families invite their ancestors back for a visit with photographs, stories, and food.  Story supervisor Jason Katz talked with us about what inspired the dazzling visuals and heartwarming relationships in the film, and how Pixar’s latest is connected to classic Disney and Pixar films throughout the years.

Lets Talk About Justice League

Did you see Justice League this weekend? If so, great! Join us as we look at some questions we have after seeing the latest, largest addition to the DCEU. If not, you’re going to want to go ahead and skip this piece, as we’re going to be splattering spoilers all over the page. 

So, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, which was ably picked up by Joss Whedon when Snyder left to attend to personal matters,