“Queens of the Dead” Producer Natalie Metzger on Tina Romero’s Zesty Zombie Film, Tom Cruise’s Help, and Creating a Dream Set
Natalie Metzger is the proud producer of one of the most critically acclaimed horror films of the year, Queens of the Dead (in select theaters now), from a filmmaker with a very specific (and very special) vision—Tina Romero. Romero, the daughter of the iconic George A. Romero, the man whose 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead established the modern zombie archetype and has inspired filmmakers and creators for generations,
Netflix Drops the Epic, Nearly 3-Minute Long Trailer for “Stranger Things” Season 5
The official trailer for the 5th and final season of Stranger Things has arrived, opening with a shot of the seemingly immortal Vecna intoning We can begin. At nearly three minutes long, this is the kind of meaty, bombastic look at the final season of what has inarguably been one of the defining shows in Netflix’s history. The trailer gives you a sense of the massive size and scope of the final season,
From “Dogtooth” to “Bugonia”: How Yorgos Lanthimos Made Strangeness Irresistible
In the landscape of modern cinema, Yorgos Lanthimos has emerged as a glorious anomaly: a filmmaker who wields absurdism and discomfort like surgical instruments. With deadpan dialogue, unnerving silences, and an unblinking camera trained on the joke that is the human condition, Lanthimos has carved out one of the most distinctive directorial voices of the 21st century. Before he was the toast of Cannes and the Oscars’ strangest darling, he was quietly sharpening his tools in the fringes of Greek media,
No Snow, No Cell Service, No Problem: “The Last Frontier” Location Manager Michèle St-Arnaud on Making Apple TV’s Wilderness Thriller
For location manager Michèle St-Arnaud, Apple TV’s espionage thriller The Last Frontier is her swan song. The Montreal native is bringing to a close a remarkable four-decade career defined by her collaborations with top-tier directors, including John Crowley, Paul McGuigan, Roland Emmerich, David Fincher, and Denis Villeneuve. “In French, we say le chant du cynge,” she says with a smile. “I’m still in the business in other ways,
Director Yorgos Lanthimos and Writer Will Tracy on the Blurred Morality of “Bugonia”
The title of Yorgos Lanthimos’s newest psychological thriller, Bugonia, refers to an ancient Greek belief that bees are born from the corpses of cows. In the film, protagonist Teddy (Jesse Plemons) keeps bees, but it’s a minor hobby compared to his main passion, which, as it develops on-screen, is as curious, revolting, and belief-beggaring as bugonia’s original ancient meaning. Teddy is absolutely certain that Earth is under the control of an alien race called the Andromedans,
