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When writer-director-producer Edward Berger set out to do a new version of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic antiwar novel All Quiet on the Western Front, he had no idea that this first-ever German-language film version of the World War I story would become so…

Sarah Polley was practically born into this business, starting as a child actress at age 5, finding stardom soon after, and now it is why she is most comfortable behind the camera as writer and director. Her latest filmmaking endeavor, Women Talking, earned…

If you look up the definition of the word “blockbuster” on Wikipedia it probably has Jerry Bruckheimer’s picture next to it. Now, believe it or not, he has finally received his first Oscar nomination for Top Gun: Maverick, the 36-year-gestating sequel to…

Martin McDonagh, a three-time Oscar nominee this year for writing, directing and producing The Banshees of Inisherin, is also heading to the BAFTA awards this weekend as well as being up for the DGA Award. It is a busy time for the filmmaker behind In Bruges…

What can you say about a guy who has the Produced By credit on three of the four highest-grossing worldwide box office movies of all time? Well you might say his name was James Cameron … or you would also be correct if you said Jon Landau. Landau has…

With Oscar balloting now in full force, it might be only appropriate to share my conversation with a man who has already won five of them and once again is in the hunt with his first film in seven years, Bardo, which has been shortlisted for Best Internationa…

If I had a word to describe Baz Luhrmann, it just might be inexhaustible. The director, whose latest film Elvis has turned into a global smash hit and is now generating major Oscar buzz, never seems to stop. He has been promoting the movie since its Cannes…

For a guy whose main entry into moviemaking was a series of skiing documentaries, Ruben Östlund has done very well for himself. In a period of just eight years, he has taken the Cannes Film Festival, and subsequently the international film world, by storm…

You have to admit that David Magee is certainly versatile. In 2022 alone, the in-demand screenwriter has seen the release of the Netflix YA movie The School of Good and Evil, the sizzlingly hot adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s classic Lady Chatterley’s Lover…

From 1998’s Pi to a string of provocative, acclaimed and controversial (sometimes) movies, Darren Aronofsky has proven one of the best and most original filmmakers of his generation. Movies like Requiem For a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Noa…

With a diverse filmography that so far includes such notable films as Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, Beyond the Lights, and The Old Guard, director Gina Prince-Bythewood has made her most critically acclaimed and audience-pleasing film yet with…

Luca Guadagnino seems like he can do it all. His current film, Bones and All, is in theaters now and started the season by winning the Best Director award at the Venice Film Festival. Concurrently he has his documentary, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams…