On today’s Crew Call podcast straight from the Cannes Film Festival, we chat with director James Gray, who returned to the Croisette with his sixth feature, the competition title Paper Tiger. Also on today’s episodes are his producers, Oscar winner Anthony Katagas and Oscar nominee Rodrigo Teixeira, who talk about mounting the filmmaker’s penchant for […]

Max Winkler made his mark on the indie film festival scene with movies such as Ceremony and Flower, but he’s been bringing his cinematic sensibilities to long-form in the Ryan Murphy produced series Monster: Ed Gein on Netflix and Love Story on FX/Hulu about the JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette romance and tragedy. On today’s […]

“My 22 year-old daughter just graduated college and my 18-year old film is about to open Friday,” Masters of the Universe producer and Escape Artists’ Jason Blumenthal tells Deadline, “That’s just hard math.” “Jason and I had our busiest year ever between DTF St. Louis, Voicemail for Isabelle, David O. Russell’s Madden and the Sorkin […]

If you have a high school student in competitive sports, then when it comes to Apple TV’s Stick, if you know, you know. Although set in the world of golf, the Jason Keller-created series captures the idiosyncrasies, cynicisms, headaches and ambitions of young athletes no matter how talented they are. Oh, and that nagging coach […]

The Season 1 finale of Hulu’s The Testaments dropped last night, and it was already clear that the Margaret Atwood-born, Bruce Miller-adapted Handmaid’s Tale sequel was a success after the streamer gave it a Season 2 renewal on May 20. Of course, its 45 million hours watched didn’t hurt. On today’s Crew Call we talk […]