Husband & Wife Filmmakers on GMO Thriller Consumed

Husband and wife filmmaking team Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, who also collaborated on 2012’s Lola Versus, have joined forces again to tackle the murky world of GMOs to create the thriller Consumed. The film is directed by Wein and stars Lister-Jones as a mother with a sick child who is propelled into a dangerous world when she believes GMOs might be the cause of his mysterious illness.

How They Built the Props for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

One of the things that has always made Star Wars such a delight is the intense care that went into the design of the franchise's many iconic props. It's not just that they're cool (they are), but that they looked like objects that have been in use for years or more. As far back as A New Hope, the Star Wars films have always made sure the things the characters wear and use look like they've been worn and used.

Cutting History: Talking to the Editor of The People v. O.J. Simpson

Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson was one of the most buzzed about television series of the year. We talk to editor Adam Penn, who also works with Murphy on American Horror Story, about tackling such a high-profile story, the importance of music and humanizing these larger than life characters.  

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The People v.

Costume Designer Colleen Atwood Talks Alice Through the Looking Glass

A longtime Tim Burton collaborator, the costume designer Colleen Atwood is responsible for Johnny Depp’s now-iconic Edward Scissorhands get-up, won an Oscar for 2010’s Alice in Wonderland, and was nominated for Burton’s Sweeney Todd. The release of the Burton-produced Alice Through the Looking Glass sees Atwood back at the fanciful-yet-functional drawing board. Alice (Mia Wasikowska) has returned to Wonderland and makes her first visit to Underland,

How the Amazing Quicksilver Rescue was Created in X-Men: Apocalypse

Arguably the best scene in the new X-Men: Apocalypse was the stunning sequence in which Quicksilver (Evan Peters) arrives at Xavier's School for Gifted Children. For those of you who haven't seen the film, you can stop reading now. For those of you who have, you can also check out our spoiler-free review here.

Quicksilver's big scene comes rather early on in the film (as it did in 

Talking to Weiner Directors Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg

When co-directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg started making Weiner in 2013, two years after their subject had resigned from the U.S. Congress because of a sexting scandal, Anthony Weiner seemed to be a comeback kid. He was making a second run for mayor of New York, and this time the polls predicted success. Then more embarrassing e-mails and inappropriate cellphone photos surfaced, and Weiner's campaign hit a wall of media derision and voter disgust.

Chatting With X-Men: Apocalypse‘s Composer, Editor & Co-Producer John Ottman

John Ottman is a very busy guy.  He was composer, editor, and co-producer of X-Men: Apocalypse, which he describes as “running the store.”  But that’s not all – he also composed the score for another film opening this month, The Nice Guys, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling and written and directed by Shane Black.  Somehow, he managed to find a few minutes to chat about both projects.

Ryan Coogler on his Black Panther Film & More

Chadwick Boseman's turn as Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War was one of the most satisfying parts of the film. While a lot of the buzz post Civil War has focused on Tom Holland's Spider-Man and the incredible second act climax that featured Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) doing something huge, we've seen these characters before. Boseman turn as Black Panther was the first time the character has been seen on the big screen,

Introducing Independence Day: Resurgence‘s 40 Ton Space Tug

20th Century Fox dropped an exclusive first look at the space tug used by Liam Hemsworth’s character ESD Pilot Jake Morrison in Independence Day: Resurgence over at ComingSoon.net. Think of a tug boat in space, only for Resurgence, the crew actually built this 40 ton monster so the actors could interact with and act in a real space. It's this kind of commitment to real sets and props that has set recent sci-fi films,

Writer/Director Whit Stillman on his Jane Austen Comedy Love & Friendship

Most of the characters in Metropolitan, writer-director Whit Stillman's 1990 debut, are wealthy young Manhattan sophisticates with an enthusiasm for the artifacts of a refined past — notably, the novels of Jane Austen. Stillman's movie just happened to be followed by a rush of Austen adaptations.

Now the filmmaker has made his own Austen movie, Love & Friendship, which opens in limited release today, May 13.

The Lobster Continues Director Yorgos Lanthimos’s Singular Path

Yorgos Lanthimos has come far since his film debut 15 years ago, with his name now a veritable indie-film buzzword after creating such cinematic oddities as Alps and Dogtooth. The director is set to make his English-language debut with the Colin Farrell-starring The Lobster, but the Greek native has been making films for fifteen years now, establishing a backlog of films worth a closer look.

The Man Behind the Brilliant Sets on Key & Peele & Time Traveling Bong

Gary Kordan was the production designer for the entire Key & Peele comedy series, the legendary sketch comedy show that was not just brilliantly performed, but ambitiously produced, from the costumes and sets to the direction. Kordan also helped build multiple eras for Time Traveling Bong, a three-part miniseries starring Ilana Glazer and Paul Downs from Broad City. Kordan created sets for a dozen different times in history,

Captain America: Civil War Directors Joe & Anthony Russo

As the much-anticipated third installment of Marvel’s Captain America franchise hits theaters today, we catch up with directors Anthony and Joe Russo. The brothers discuss how they addressed the challenge of cramming so many of Marvel’s superheroes into Captain America: Civil War, how they subverted the genre by creating a film with no clear villain and playing good cop bad cop on set.

Captain America: Civil War is getting great reviews.

The Good Wife director Rosemary Rodriguez Talks About the Show’s End

When The Good Wife premiered in 2009, it was a different type of show. It had many of the elements of a procedural — weekly court cases and stand-alone proceedings — but it also featured a strong premise that helped the show build intriguing long-term storylines, strong relationships and truly memorable characters. Even when cable and premium shows began dominating many of the major Emmy categories, CBS’ The Good Wife stood out and was the last network show to be nominated for best drama at the Emmys (a feat it accomplished in 2011). 

Chatting With Elvis & Nixon Director Liza Johnson

In December 1970, Elvis Presley decided he wanted to become a federal anti-drug agent, and that the right man to give him the badge was no less than President Richard Nixon. As a much-reproduced photograph proves, the meeting really did happen. Elvis & Nixon, director Liza Johnson's third feature, reconstructs the event, with Michael Shannon as the King and Kevin Spacey as the Prez. The cast also includes Colin Hanks and Evan Peters as Nixon aides Egil Krough and Dwight Chapin,

See How They Created The Incredible Beasts in The Jungle Book

At the end of the The Jungle Book, one of the most immersive live-action/CGI films of all time, there is a note on the screen about where the film was shot—downtown Los Angeles. Despite having spent the entire run time in the Indian jungle amongst gloriously life-like beasts, from tigers (Shere Khan, voiced by Idris Elba) and panthers (Bagheera, voiced by Ben Kingsley) to giant pythons (Ka, voiced by Scarlett Johansson) and a Gigantopithecus (a now extinct species of ape,

How They Created Deadpool‘s World, Including his Mask

Deadpool will likely be one of 2016's biggest surprise hits. The film was a monster success with audiences, with Ryan Reynold's trash talking, fourth wall breaking red masked vigilante bringing some much needed chutzpah to the Marvel cinematic universe.  Now, we're getting a glimpse at how Deadpool​'s world were built, from the breathtaking action to the breathable (supposedly) red mask. 

First, check out Atomic Fiction's VFX breakdown reel showcasing their incredible work creating computer generated characters,

Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room & the Anarchy of Punk Violence

Three years ago, Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin appeared on the festival circuit and with it, came the almost deafening cry from critics in high and low places, praising the precision and tangibility of the director’s meticulously directed sophomore effort. Blaringly violent and narratively understated, many waited with baited breath to see what the newly matured film writer/director would deliver next.

The answer comes Friday with Green Room,

Building a Ghost City in the Desert for Tom Hanks’ A Hologram for the King

In A Hologram for the King, Tom Hanks' American businessman Alan Clay visits an eerily deserted "city of the future" eager to firm up his appointment with the King of Saudi Arabia. Instead, he learns only that a meeting might happen at some vague point in the future. "It's a very strong image to see Tom in his black suit standing there in the middle of the desert,"

Remembering Prince

By now you know that Prince, inarguably one of the most talented, singular musicians of his (or any other) generation, died on Thursday at his home, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen, Minnesota. He was 57. The cause of his death is unknown at this time. 

The incredibly prolific singer, songwriter, showman, and producer was a musical polymath that had mastered the guitar, keyboards and drums, and who bent rock, R&B, funk and pop to his will. He was a musical prodigy,