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Exclusive Interview – Director Dominic Cooke talks On Chesil Beach and his next film Ironbark

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Director Dominic Cooke made his name in the theatre, with much-praised stints at The Royal Court, The Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre.  TV’s award winning The Hollow Crown (2012) followed and he now arrives in cinemas with his first movie, On Chesil Beach, adapted from the novella by Ian McEwan. A self-confessed constant […]

Exclusive Interview – Josh Brolin on Cable in Deadpool 2, Thanos, creative swearing and launching the #EnoughOfBrolin campaign

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Tom Beasley sits down with Thanos himself, Josh Brolin, to chat about his performance as Cable in Deadpool 2, as well as creative swearing and the fact his face is everywhere right now… In any other year, portraying the fan favourite character of Cable in the sequel to Deadpool – a $730m global hit – […]

Exclusive Interview – Composers Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson on Cobra Kai

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Tai Freligh interviews the composers behind Cobra Kai on YouTube Red… Composers Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson utilized a 70-piece orchestra, as well as choruses of electric guitars and retro-synthesizers, to create a score for the Karate Kid follow up show on YouTube Red, Cobra Kai, that combines the motifs of the original with their own […]

Exclusive Interview – Coralie Fargeat and Matilda Lutz on Revenge

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For writer/director Coralie Fargeat, her debut feature Revenge has been a baptism of blood.  Getting funding for a genre movie in France is never easy and, although the project received plenty of attention simply because there was a woman director at the helm, securing the money wasn’t straightforward. Nonetheless, it’s made it to UK screens, […]

Exclusive Interview – Director John Cameron Mitchell discusses How To Talk To Girls At Parties

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Rafael Motamayor chats with director John Cameron Mitchell on directing, punk and more… How did you get involved with the project? My producer from ShortBus got the rights first and he started writing a treatment with Philippa Goslett, the original writer and was wooing me along the way. Originally I wasn’t convinced because I wanted […]

Exclusive Interview – Clive Owen and Andrew Niccol on Anon

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Andrew Niccol admits he’s been considering a story about privacy and secrecy for some time. It’s a theme that lends itself to a futuristic setting – familiar territory for the creator of Gattaca and The Truman Show – and his latest, Anon, is placed fairly and squarely in the near future. Released this Friday, 11th […]

Exclusive Interview – Mary and The Witch’s Flower director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura

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Jack Gracie chats with Mary and The Witch’s Flower director Hiromasa Yonebayashi and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura… When Studio Ghibli announced it was closing production of feature films in 2014 many saw it as the end of an era, even if they did take back that statement a few years later. However, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret […]

Exclusive Interview – Actor Bill Irwin talks Legion, working for FX, and getting recognized as Mr. Noodle

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Red Stewart chats with Bill Irwin… Bill Irwin is an American actor who has been working in the film and television industry since the 1980s. He is best known for his work on Broadway, as well as his performances as Mr. Noodle on Elmo’s World, Dr. Peter Lindstrom on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Cary […]

Exclusive Interview – Director Dean Devlin talks Bad Samaritan

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Martin Carr chats with Bad Samaritan director Dean Devlin… Holed up in a local bar opposite Cowes yacht basin and looking out at glorious sunshine I find myself Transatlantic with Dean Devlin. Producer, writer, director and independent filmmaker of blockbuster tent poles including Independence Day, Stargate, Godzilla and The Patriot. With his latest directorial effort […]

Exclusive Interview – Jim Capobianco on Disney, Pixar and his new film The Inventor

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Martin Carr chats with Jim Capobianco… One overcast Sunday afternoon I found myself on the phone to Jim Capobianco. Affable, Oscar nominated and busy on post production work for Mary Poppins Returns, we talked about his career in animation and a passion project known as The Inventor. MC: What got you interested in animation as […]