TIFF 2019: Getting Weird With Synchronic‘s Director Aaron Moorhead and Star Ally Ioannides

Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Endgame) and Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Gray) are well known for playing superheroes and super seducers, respectively. For Aaron Moorhead and Justin Aaron Moorehead’s trippy, gripping new drama Synchronic, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the two stars went a decidedly different direction. Mackie and Dornan play a pair of paramedics in New Orleans,

TIFF 2019: Legendary Cinematographer Roger Deakins on Capturing The Goldfinch

Cinematographer Roger Deakins, best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve, whose Blade Runner 2049 earned Deakins his first Oscar last year after 14 nominations, is no stranger to complex adult dramas. For The Goldfinch, Deakins and director John Crowley worked carefully to bring Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to the screen without falling into the traps that often snare book adaptations.

Chernobyl’s Emmy-Nominated Director on Capturing Catastrophe

Within the first few minutes of Chernobyl, director Johan Renck plunges the viewer into a riveting recreation of the infamous nuclear power plant meltdown and its aftermath. Since completing its run this summer, the HBO mini-series has earned 16 Emmy nominations for dramatizing the horrendous impact on victims of the accident while tracking the efforts of scientist Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) as he takes on the Soviet establishment to uncover the truth about why the reactor blew up.

TIFF 2019: Tammy’s Always Dying Director Amy Jo Johnson on her Bittersweet Mother/Daughter Drama

Director Amy Jo Johnson‘s second feature film manages to coax humor from situations that are not terribly funny. Terminal alcoholism, cancer, and feelings of loneliness, isolation, and insecurity are not usually the ingredients for laughs, but Johnson and her stellar cast turn these devastating pieces into a bittersweet whole. Johnson, a former actress (Felicity, Flashpoint), has a deft touch with her game ensemble, which stars Felicity Huffman in a bravura performance as the always dying Tammy,

It: Chapter Two Composer Benjamin Wallfisch on Scoring Pennywise’s Final Act

Benjamin Wallfisch is an award-winning composer of over 60 feature films, best known for scores like Hidden Figures and Blade Runner 2049. He created the score for Andy Muschietti’s 2017’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It, and was brought back to help finish the two-part epic in It: Chapter 2. The Credits talked to Wallfisch about his experience building on the first film,

Directors Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman on Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

There are few musicians as giving as Linda Ronstadt. Throughout her robust career, she gave new life to the songs she covered, from “Blue Bayou” to “Different Drum,” rendering them more heartbreaking and affecting than the previous versions. She gave her blessing to her old band, who went on to form The Eagles, and also their first, “Desperado.” She was happy to give the spotlight to her contemporaries, and collaborated with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris (for the iconic Trio albums),

The Man in the High Castle‘s Emmy-Nominated VFX Supervisor on Taking Down Lady Liberty

The third season finale of The Man in the High Castle sees the show’s alternate fascist reality, based on the eponymous Philip K. Dick novel, take a giant leap forward for Nazism in America — surrounded by cheering crowds, the Statue of Liberty is brought down under fireworks, fighter jets, and Himmler’s watch. The episode title, “Jahr Null,” means year zero, the showy start to a new future for America devoid of the country’s history.

How Killing Eve Showrunner Emerald Fennell Delivered 9 Emmy Nominations

“It’s OK if you feel weird. You just killed someone for the first time. With an ax.” That’s one many deadpan Killing Eve lines crafted by actress-turned-showrunner Emerald Fennell and delivered by psychopath Villanelle (Jodie Comer) to fish-out-of-water spy Eve (Sandra Oh). AMC/BBC America’s British thriller earned nine Emmy nominations for its second season including an Outstanding Writing nod for Fennell, who seemingly came out of nowhere to succeed Killing Eve creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the show’s creative boss.

Director Zach Lipovsky on Becoming and Believing in Canadian Filmmakers

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s epic The Revenant about fur trappers in the icy forests of South Dakota and Montana in 19th century was filmed largely in British Colombia and Alberta. Andy Muschietti’s It and It: Chapter Two, set in the fictional Derry, Maine, was filmed largely in Ontario. These films, and many, many other made-in-Canada productions, utilize Canada’s talented local film crews,

Director Nimisha Mukerji is one of Canada’s Many Rising Filmmakers

A rising tide lifts all boats, and the tide of productions in Canada has been rising fairly steadily for years. Many blockbuster productions and popular television series’ are utilizing Canada’s large film crew community, natural splendor, and tax incentives. From the forbidding icy forests of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant (filmed largely in British Colombia and Alberta) to the postcard-perfect but deeply sinister setting of Derry for Andy Muschietti’s It and It: Chapter Two, 

How SEAL Team’s Emmy-Nominated Stunt Coordinators Bring Accuracy to the Action

CBS’s SEAL Team, renewed for a third season, takes an authentic and awe-inspiring look at the lives of Navy S.E.A.L.S., giving you a sense of how “they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions.” Behind the scenes helping to ensure such realism are stunt coordinators Peewee Piemonte and Julie Michaels. The Emmy-nominated husband-and-wife team  — Piemonte won two and was nominated for a third for Southland and Michaels was nominated for Shameless — are nominees once again,

Composer David Newman Talks Heathers, Serenity, and West Side Story

On August 23rd, Varese Sarabande released a limited edition version of the score of the cult classic Heathers on vinyl in honor of the film’s 30th anniversary. For fans, it’s high time. The original movie score, which was created by composer David Newman, has been surprisingly difficult to access but represents one of the better examples of early electronic-based compositions. Stranger Things, which coincidentally stars Heathers’ Winona Ryder,

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Emmy-Nominated Hair & Makeup Team on Reimagining the 1950s

Amy Sherman-Palladino’s 1950s-era follow-up to Gilmore Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, has been a hit for Amazon, beloved by viewers and a heavyweight at last year’s Emmys. In its second season, the show further explores Midge’s (Rachel Brosnahan) uptown-downtown life as a budding comedian, moderately dutiful daughter, and young single mother getting back into dating. Set in an era that just preceded Manhattan’s most idolized decades,

Best of Summer 2019: Ready or Not’s Editor on Cutting This Devilish Delight

*As summer draws to a close, we’re looking back at some of our favorite interviews and stories.

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet’s Ready or Not has been getting rave reviews. They’ve taken a simple childhood game and turned it on its head, to devilishly delightful results.

Samara Weaving plays Grace, a young woman enjoying her wedding day. She joins her husband Alex (Mark O’Brien),

Best of Summer 2019: Editor Spencer Averick on Cutting When They See Us

*As summer draws to a close, we’re looking back at some of our favorite interviews and stories.

Netflix rarely releases viewer numbers, but on June 12th, the streaming service tweeted that Ava DuVernay’s miniseries When They See Us has been its most-watched content in the US since the show’s premiere on May 31st. In the UK, When They See Us has been running second only to Black Mirror.

Best of Summer 2019: Jared Harris on Creating Valery Legasov, Chernobyl’s Reluctant Hero

*As summer draws to a close, we’re looking back at some of our favorite interviews and stories.

It’s the lies told throughout Craig Mazin’s five-episode series Chernobyl that get you. After all, most anybody watching the HBO program set in today’s northern Ukraine will already know that the Soviet nuclear plant exploded in 1986, the area was eventually evacuated, and the adjacent newly-built town of Pripyat transformed into a ghost city,

Best of Summer 2019: Fleabag‘s Emmy-Nominated Cinematographer on Capturing Cutting-Edge Comedy

*As summer draws to a close, we’re looking back at some of our favorite interviews and stories.

There’s no such thing as flawless art. Flaws are baked right into anything a human being creates, and often they are hard to disassociate from the strengths that make any art worthwhile. Yet I’ve heard several people call Fleabag‘s second season flawless, and I’ve been hard-pressed to argue the point.

Angel Has Fallen‘s Director & a Former Assistant Director of the Secret Service Talk Riveting Realism

The latest in Gerard Butler’s Fallen series about secret service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is out in theaters today. This time, in Angel has Fallen, it’s Banning himself who is in trouble when he’s framed in an assassination attempt on President Trumbull (Morgan Freeman). On the run, he hides out with the father who abandoned him, Clay, played by Nick Nolte. The Credits spoke to director Ric Roman Waugh and technical advisor Mickey Nelson,

How Ready or Not’s Editor Amped up the Emotional Stakes

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet’s Ready or Not has been getting rave reviews. They’ve taken a simple childhood game and turned it on its head, to devilishly delightful results.

Samara Weaving plays Grace, a young woman enjoying her wedding day. She joins her husband Alex (Mark O’Brien), whose wealthy family built their empire on board games. Grace must take part in a tradition for newcomers: playing a family game.

How the Emmy-Nominated Casting Director of When They See Us Found Her Talent

Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us was an instant Netflix hit, which even the normally secretive streaming site revealed to viewers in a tweet. Unsurprisingly, the show is also among the Emmy’s leading contenders, nominated in the best limited-run series category and garnering nods for DuVernay’s writing and directing and Bradford Young’s cinematography, among others. The show’s many noms also include eight actors, with Jharrel Jerome (the only person in the series to take on his role,