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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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  • Oscar Contenders
    Oscar Contenders

    The 95th Academy Awards are almost here (March 12th), and the nominations are in. Of course, there are the usual shocks and surprises. One of the biggest surprises was the Oscar love for multiverse ad ...

    March 2, 2023

  • Director's Chair: James Gray — <I>Armageddon Time</I>
    Director's Chair: James Gray — Armageddon Time

    For his last film, Ad Astra, writer/director James Gray headed to outer space. For the one before that, The Lost City of Z, he headed to the Amazon jungle. For his latest drama, whose title Armageddon ...

    February 13, 2023

  • Director's Chair: Kasi Lemmons — <I>I Wanna Dance with Somebody</I>
    Director's Chair: Kasi Lemmons — I Wanna Dance with Somebody

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody, the new biopic about the late superstar Whitney Houston from TriStar Pictures, is a powerful, no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind the voi ...

    December 15, 2022

  • Director's Chair: Olivia Wilde — <I>Don't Worry Darling</I>
    Director's Chair: Olivia Wilde — Don't Worry Darling

    Director, actress, producer and activist Olivia Wilde is a modern-day renaissance woman whose diverse credits include directing feature films and starring on Broadway and in movies and television show ...

    October 14, 2022

  • Director's Chair: Danny Boyle - <I>Pistol</I>
    Director's Chair: Danny Boyle - Pistol

    Director Danny Boyle, who won the 2008 Oscar for Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire, has always been attracted to kinetic, controversial stories, and to pushing the cinematic envelope as far as he ...

    August 25, 2022

  • Director's Chair: <I>Bullet Train</I>'s David Leitch
    Director's Chair: Bullet Train's David Leitch

    When it was announced that producer/director David Leitch would direct Brad Pitt in the new action-comedy summer blockbuster Bullet Train, it seemed like the perfect fit. After all, before becoming a ...

    August 12, 2022

  • Director's Chair: <I>Shining Girls</I> showrunner Silka Luisa
    Director's Chair: Shining Girls showrunner Silka Luisa

    Shining Girls is the new metaphysical thriller series from Apple TV+, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning actress Elisabeth Moss. The show, from MRC Television, is also executive pro ...

    June 8, 2022

  • Cover Story: CBS's <I>Ghosts</I>
    Cover Story: CBS's Ghosts

    Based on the hit BBC show of the same name, Ghosts, the CBS Studios and Paramount+ comedy hit, has a great premise: Samantha (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), a cheerful freelance journalist a ...

    June 7, 2022

  • Oscar Picks
    Oscar Picks

    The 94th Academy Awards are almost here, and the nominations are in. Of course, there are the usual shocks, WTF moments and surprises. No Best Director nom for Denis Villeneuve’s impressive work on Du ...

    March 2, 2022

  • Director's Chair: Lauren Hadaway — <I>The Novice</I>
    Director's Chair: Lauren Hadaway — The Novice

    Up-and-coming filmmaker Lauren Hadaway got her start in post, where she built a successful career in sound editing and mixing. Her first big break was working as the dialogue supervisor for Quentin Ta ...

    February 25, 2022

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