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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: Steve McQueen - <I>Blitz</I>
    Director's Chair: Steve McQueen - Blitz

    Director/writer/producer Steve McQueen burst onto the international scene in 2013 when his harrowing 12 Years A Slave dominated the awards season, winning the Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA for ...

    December 12, 2024

  • <I>Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band</I>: Director/editor Thom Zimny
    Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Director/editor Thom Zimny

    Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, the new documentary feature starring the iconic musician and his famous bandmates, gives audiences an up-close, inside look at just how the sausage ...

    October 18, 2024

  • Director's Chair: Michael Sarnoski - <I>A Quiet Place: Day One</I>
    Director's Chair: Michael Sarnoski - A Quiet Place: Day One

    A Quiet Place: Day One, the third chapter and prequel to the blockbuster franchise, leaves the rural farmhouse of the Abbott family and moves to New York to tell the story of the day meteorites fell f ...

    August 9, 2024

  • Director's Chair: Mark Molloy - <I>Beverly Hills Cop - Axel F</I>
    Director's Chair: Mark Molloy - Beverly Hills Cop - Axel F

    It’s been 40 years since Beverly Hills Cop broke box office records, sent its hit-packed soundtrack to the top of the charts, helped invent the action/comedy genre and cemented Eddie Murphy’s status a ...

    August 7, 2024

  • Director's Chair: <I>We Were the Lucky Ones</I> - Tommy Kail
    Director's Chair: We Were the Lucky Ones - Tommy Kail

    Award-winning director Tommy Kail is a triple-threat whose work spans film, television and theater, and who’s probably best-known for directing Lin-Manuel’s hit musicals Hamilton (for which he won the ...

    July 10, 2024

  • Director's Chair: <I>The Bikeriders</i> - Jeff Nichols
    Director's Chair: The Bikeriders - Jeff Nichols

    Indie auteur Jeff Nichols made his debut in 2007 with Shotgun Stories, a revenge story full of menace and foreboding, and followed that up with Take Shelter, another dark tale that danced around theme ...

    June 24, 2024

  • <I>Madame Web</I> director SJ Clarkson
    Madame Web director SJ Clarkson

    Over the past decade,. director S.J. Clarkson has quietly established herself as one of the top women directors in film and television, with an impressive list of credits including Succession, Orange ...

    April 12, 2024

  • <I>Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes</I>: Director Wes Ball
    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Director Wes Ball

    It’s been 56 years since Planet of the Apes became a huge hit and spawned an epic franchise. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the latest and tenth installment, and was directed by Wes Ball ( The M ...

    April 8, 2024

  • Director's Chair: Emerald Fennell — <I>Saltburn</I>
    Director's Chair: Emerald Fennell — Saltburn

    Writer/director Emerald Fennell has long established herself as a provocative, prolific and hugely talented multi-hyphenate in film, television and theatre. As an actress, her credits include memorabl ...

    February 22, 2024

  • Oscar Picks
    Oscar Picks

    With all the strikes and labor disputes, still-sparse post-COVID audiences, and ongoing threats from streamers and AI, 2023 was a trying year for the business industry of Hollywood. On the bright side ...

    February 21, 2024

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