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Exclusive Interview – Director Tom Heaton on The Devil in Me, working with Jessie Buckley and The Dark Pictures Anthology

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Stunt casting famous actors used to be a proven strategy for any game publisher that wanted to get more eyes on their respective titles. It was all the rage in the noughties, with star-studded blockbusters like The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, Fallout 3, True Crime: Streets of LA, Fable II, Brutal Legend […]

Exclusive Interview – Producer Charlotte Hendrickx Talks Kicking Off Awards Season

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When it comes to making award-winning films, Charlotte Hendrickx is no stranger! After the success of her previous films Enough and Pure Modern Love, Charlotte has been bitten by the “awards bug”. The multi-talented producer and actress has just completed several projects that are currently in full swing on the festival circuit. And its only […]

Interview – Clive Townsend talks about his ZX Spectrum classic Saboteur

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Clive Townsend created and released Saboteur – with software publishing house Durell Software – back in 1985.  Taking on the role of a clad in black Ninja, you had to steal a computer disk and make your way through numerous rooms, filled with guards, lasers and dogs to the helicopter waiting for you on the roof; […]

Exclusive Interview – Causeway director Lila Neugebauer

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Robert Kojder chats with Causeway director Lila Neugebauer about authenticity, vulnerability, Brian Tyree Henry, New Orleans, soundscape, deaf character implications, and more… With a background in theatre, Lila Neugebauer crafted her first feature-length film, Causeway, which was picked up by Apple TV+ and played at North American festivals. Immersively authentic, the film follows Afghanistan veteran […]

Exclusive Interview – Living director Oliver Hermanus

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Chris Connor chats with Living director Oliver Hermanus… To coincide with its wide release this week, we sat down with Living director Oliver Hermanus to discuss the film playing at the festival, working with the acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and the challenges and opportunities presented by adapting Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru and reinterpreting it for a […]

Interview: Everybody Wants Some!! star Tyler Hoechlin talks Richard Linklater, working with Tom Hanks and Fifty Shades sequels

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This Friday sees the long-awaited release of Everybody Wants Some!! [read our ★★★★★ review here] the new film from acclaimed writer/director Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Before trilogy). Promoted as the “spiritual sequel” to Linklater’s 1993 cult classic Dazed and Confused, the new film charts the lives of a group of college baseball players navigate their way through […]

Exclusive Interview: Legendary director Garry Marshall on Mother’s Day, holiday films and memories of Robin Williams

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With his new film Mother’s Day set for release in the UK this Friday (June 10th), Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis sat down (well, on the phone at least) to chat with legendary director Garry Marshall (Overboard, Pretty Woman) to discuss his latest effort, some of his most famous projects, and working with the late Robin Williams. […]

Exclusive: The Paloni Show! producers on working with Gilbert Gottfried two weeks before his passing

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Adult Swim’s The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! not only treats viewers to wide array of unsettlingly funny and boldly animated horror shorts from a wide variety of up-and-coming animators — it also features one of the final performances from comedy giant Gilbert Gottfried. At New York Comic Con, Flickering Myth asked The Paloni Show! executive […]

Exclusive Interview – Troy Baker on playing Batman in Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons

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Batman, Superman and various members of the Justice League are often the headliners in Warner Bros. Animation’s DC films, but their most recent film is turned not only on the sidekicks, but Batman and Superman’s sons Jonathan Kent and Damien Wayne. Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons follows Jon and Damian as they are the only […]