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Etan Cohen (Get Hard) Talks Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella

At a time when Disney is embracing a new kind of heroine, a writer-director and his 11-year-old daughter discuss Cinderella's return to our screens.

March 11, 2015

Daniel Schechter (Life of Crime) Talks Adam Carolla and Kevin Hench’s Road Hard

The new film from the prolific and multi-talented Carolla is out now. If you're not excited about it, you've probably just got him all wrong.

March 10, 2015

Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) Talks Riley Stearns’ Faults

The veteran cult filmmaker turns his attention to a new indie release, fittingly about a man who deprograms cult members.

March 6, 2015

Lance Edmands (Bluebird) Talks Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now

The editor turned director breaks down the brilliantly constructed opening sequence of this classic '70s psychological horror.

March 5, 2015

Joel Potrykus (Buzzard) Talks David Gelb’s The Lazarus Effect

The latest Blumhouse production is a film 14-year-old Joel Potrykus would’ve loved as much as Mountain Dew. But Potrykus isn't a teenager anymore.

March 4, 2015

TV Writer Chris Goodwin (China, IL) Talks Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s Focus

During the cinematic dumping ground that is the winter, a Will Smith movie is indeed a welcome thing, even if doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel.

March 3, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars

Remember your creepy Uncle David from Canada? He was respectable for a bit, but now he's back with the best horror movie he's made since the '90s.

March 2, 2015

Shannon Plumb (Towheads) Talks Liv Corfixen’s My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

A filmmaker sees strong parallels with her own life in this film that puts a personal spin on the behind-the-scenes documentary.

February 26, 2015

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Yann Demange’s ’71

The British director's masterful debut about one long night in early '70s Belfast is a film that should be seen and championed by all.

February 25, 2015

Stephanie Barber (Daredevils) Talks Amanda Rose Wilder’s Approaching the Elephant

In this observational documentary about a fledgling free school, the drama of childhood is portrayed with steadiness and restraint.

February 24, 2015

Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Steve Pink’s Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Surely the only piece on the decade-hopping comedy sequel to reference the Buddha's sense of humor and diss both film school and Vladimir Nabokov.

February 23, 2015

James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) Talks John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier

The director of an Oscar-winning documentary shares his thoughts on one of this year's non-fiction contenders.

February 20, 2015