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Interview: Elle Fanning on Inhabiting Whimsy and Resilience in ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’
Margo may have money troubles, but Elle Fanning still brings the whimsy. Margot’s Got Money Troubles, based on Rufi Thorpe‘s beloved novel, follows Margot Millet (Fanning), a young woman navigating single motherhood, financial chaos, and a larger-than-life cast of characters orbiting her life. At the center of it all is Fanning, delivering a performance full […] More
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Interview: Creator Haley Z. Boston on Writing and Crafting the Dread of Marrying the Wrong Person in ‘Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen’
Haley Z. Boston has a background in writing horror across Brand New Cherry Flavor and Cabinet of Curiosities, but when writing the pilot for Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen all the way back in 2021, she could not have imagined the very good things that were going to happen when the show began […] More
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Interview: Weronika Tofilska Talks Directing Horror and the Operatic Quality of ‘Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen’
Weronika Tofilska (Baby Reindeer, Love Lies Bleeding, His Dark Materials) had never directed a horror project before Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen. What drew her in was not just the genre itself, but the way Haley Z. Boston’s scripts had a modern edge that used horror, comedy, and drama to tell a complex […] More
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Interview: Alex Bonifer and the Emotional Reality of Building Toward the Finale of ‘Jury Duty: Company Retreat’
In Jury Duty: Company Retreat, Alex Bonifer plays Dougie Jr., the bleach-blond, big-hearted son of a CEO who is set to take over Rockin’ Grandmas hot sauce with his dad’s retirement. The show places its cast in a real-time environment alongside an unsuspecting non-actor, Anthony Norman, who serves as the season’s hero, and the whole […] More
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Interview: Wendy Braun Talks Playing the Villain Opposite the Hero of ‘Jury Duty: Company Retreat’
Wendy Braun had five weeks of rehearsal and studied the language of private equity to prepare for the role of a villain in Season Two of the acclaimed reality hoax comedy series, Jury Duty: Company Retreat. Despite all that prep, she was still walking into a completely unpredictable situation and had to make it all […] More
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Interview: Building the Ensemble of ‘Beef’ Season Two with Casting Director Jeanie Bacharach
Casting director Jeanie Bacharach has spent her career drawn to character-driven work, from her early roots in theater to an impressive recent run of television credits, including Black Mirror, Dying for Sex, and Presumed Innocent. For Beef Season Two, she faced the particular challenge of assembling a brand new ensemble for an anthology series that […] More
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Interview: Costume Designer Olga Mill on Dressing the Class Divide in ‘Beef’ Season Two
Costume designer Olga Mill has built a reputation working in contemporary settings, a register that demands a particular kind of finesse, since everyone has a personal relationship with the clothes they wear every day. Her credits include First Reformed, Hereditary, Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Love Lies Bleeding, and now she brings that same sharp […] More
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Interview: Colleen Atwood on the Evolving Wardrobe of ‘Wednesday’ Season Two
Colleen Atwood is one of Hollywood’s most celebrated costume designers, with a career spanning decades and four Academy Award wins to her name for Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Alice in Wonderland, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Long known for her transformative collaborations with director Tim Burton, Atwood has designed some of […] More
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Interview: Cinematographer James Laxton on Crafting the Visual Language of ‘Beef’ Season Two
James Laxton’s work as a cinematographer (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Underground Railroad) has established him as a talented visual storyteller across film and TV mediums. Now, Laxton brings that same artistry to Beef Season Two, the anthology continuation of Lee Sung Jin‘s acclaimed Netflix series, where he has helped shape a visual […] More
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Interview: Jenny Han on Bringing Her Writing to Life in ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
The Summer I Turned Pretty has proven a huge streaming hit on Amazon Prime, garnering massive audiences for its third season, released earlier this year. The series follows Belly Conklin (Lola Tung) through her romantic and familial relationships. In conversation with Jenny Han, the bestselling author, creator, and co-showrunner of The Summer I Turned Pretty, […] More
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Interview: Inside the Epic World of ‘Dune: Prophecy’ with Production Designer Tom Meyer
Few franchises demand production design on the scale of Dune. The HBO Max prequel series, Dune: Prophecy expands on this massive worldbuilding with staggering ambition, and at the center of its visual identity is production designer Tom Meyer. Meyer and his team built worlds that have unique identities across different planets and those that inhabit […] More
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Interview: Jack Thorne Discusses Writing the ‘Why-dun-it” Approach to ‘Adolescence’
Few shows in recent memory have sparked the kind of conversation that Adolescence has. The four-part Netflix miniseries from creator and writer Jack Thorne, directed by Philip Barantini and starring Stephen Graham alongside breakout talent Owen Cooper, has been hailed as both a staggering technical achievement and a vital cultural inquiry. Shot entirely in a […] More












