Parthenope: Interview with Italian Director Paolo Sorrentino (“Great Beauty,” Hand of God”) Sorrentino (Cannes Film Fest 2024)

Parthenope, an epic spanning several decades, is Sorrentino’s first female-centric film.

Oscar Directors: Soderbergh–Struggles for Control, Why Sex Scenes Are “Ridiculous” and Taylor Swift

Oscar winner Soderbergh (Traffic, 2000) has been at the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary in recent days. He shared his insights on such topics as AI, sex scenes, movie release windows, Hollywood’s current “correction,” new projects and even the success of Taylor Swift. Soderbergh in Karlovy Vary. COURTESY OF FILM SERVIS FESTIVAL KARLOVY VARY The […]

Bikeriders, The: Interview with Director Jeff (“Mud,” “Loving”) Nichols

The filmmaker is developing $100 million original sci-fi film that’s now at Paramount: “when you want to work at those budget levels, you have to turn over control to the system.”

Oscar Actors: Mortensen, Viggo–“The Dead Don’t Hurt” (Interview)

Viggo Mortensen on Respecting Audiences, How Scripts Are Key “Unless I’m Broke,” and new ‘LOTR’ Films.

Movie Stars: Murpny, Eddie–(Negative) Role Models–Elvis, Michael Jackson, Prince

“Those guys are all cautionary tales for me. I don’t drink. I smoked a joint for the first time when I was 30–the extent of drugs is some weed.”