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Iain Blair
Iain Blair has interviewed industry's top filmmakers, including George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Brett Ratner, Rob Reiner and many, many more.

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  • DIrector's Chair: Olivia Newman - <I>Remarkably Bright Creatures</I>
    DIrector's Chair: Olivia Newman - Remarkably Bright Creatures

    Writer/director Olivia Newman made her feature directorial debut with the boxing drama First Match, and followed that up with the critical and box office hit Where the Crawdads Sing. Her new film, the ...

    June 15, 2026

  • Director's Chair: Ronan Corrigan - <i>LifeHack</i>
    Director's Chair: Ronan Corrigan - LifeHack

    LifeHack, the new cyber-heist thriller, which had its world premiere at SXSW, reimagines the heist film for the digital era. Told entirely through screens, the film follows four teenagers whose digita ...

    June 12, 2026

  • Director's Chair: Kirill Sokolov - <I>They Will Kill You</I>
    Director's Chair: Kirill Sokolov - They Will Kill You

    Over the course of eight short films and three features, Russian filmmaker Kirill Sokolov has built a reputation as a master of blending mayhem, horror and action with sharp humor. His new feature fil ...

    April 8, 2026

  • Oscar Picks
    Oscar Picks

    With the ongoing decline in production and theatre attendance, as well as the mounting threats from streamers and AI, 2025 was another trying year for the movie business. But Hollywood has always been ...

    February 19, 2026

  • Director's Chair: James Vanderbilt - <i>Nuremberg</I>
    Director's Chair: James Vanderbilt - Nuremberg

    James Vanderbilt has written and produced over 20 films, including such diverse projects as David Fincher’s Zodiac, for which he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Scr ...

    February 18, 2026

  • Director's Chair: Justin Lin - <I>Last Days</I>
    Director's Chair: Justin Lin - Last Days

    Justin Lin made his directorial debut in 2002 with Better Luck Tomorrow, a low-budget indie crime drama which he also co-wrote, co-produced and edited. The film debuted at Sundance to critical acclaim ...

    October 17, 2025

  • Director's Chair: Bing Liu - <I>Preparation for the Next Life</I>
    Director's Chair: Bing Liu - Preparation for the Next Life

    Director Bing Liu is a rising star in indie cinema. The China-born, Midwest-raised filmmaker is best known for directing Minding the Gap, which was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the 2019 A ...

    August 21, 2025

  • <I>Sirens</I>: Director Nicole Kassell talks about making the Netflix hit
    Sirens: Director Nicole Kassell talks about making the Netflix hit

    Featuring an all-star cast of Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy, Milly Alcock and Kevin Bacon, Sirens tells the story of two sisters in a darkly funny, twisty and sexy exploration of women, power and class ...

    June 20, 2025

  • <I>Zero Day</I>: Lesli Linka Glatter directs Netflix's political thriller
    Zero Day: Lesli Linka Glatter directs Netflix's political thriller

    Over the course of 30-plus years, director Lesli Linka Glatter has racked up an impressive and diverse list of prestigious film, network, premium cable and streaming television dramas, including Homel ...

    June 16, 2025

  • <I>Opus</I> director Mark Anthony Green
    Opus director Mark Anthony Green

    Filmmaker Mark Anthony Green had a front row seat to fame for more than a decade as the style columnist for GQ, where he interviewed some of the biggest personalities in music, entertainment and fashi ...

    April 15, 2025

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