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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: 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

  • Director's Chair: Joe Wright — <I>Cyrano</I>
    Director's Chair: Joe Wright — Cyrano

    British director/producer Joe Wright first grabbed Hollywood’s attention with his debut film, 2005’s Pride & Prejudice, which won a raft of awards and four Oscar nominations. He followed that up w ...

    January 5, 2022

  • Director's Chair: <I>Blue Bayou</I> - Justin Chon
    Director's Chair: Blue Bayou - Justin Chon

    Actor-turned-filmmaker Justin Chon is at the front of the new wave of Asian-American filmmakers. The Twilight Saga star took the Sundance Film Festival by storm in 2017 with his second film, the start ...

    October 8, 2021

  • Director's Chair: Sian Heder — <i>CODA</i>
    Director's Chair: Sian Heder — CODA

    Writer, director and showrunner Sian Heder first made a name for herself with her short film Mother, which was awarded the Cinéfondation Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Her debut feature film, ...

    August 13, 2021

  • Director's Chair: Liesl Tommy - <I>Respect</I>
    Director's Chair: Liesl Tommy - Respect

    Aptly titled Respect, the new film about Aretha Franklin follows the late music legend's career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom, along the way chr ...

    August 9, 2021

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