A24’s Slayground Turns a Haunted-House Employee Into a Murder Suspect
Jeremy Saulnier’s new A24 thriller follows a scare actor who wakes beside his dead coworkers, cannot remember the night and faces a statewide manhunt.
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Julia Stiles’s Heath Ledger Tribute Ends With a 10 Things Cast Reunion
Julia Stiles revisited the song and poem from 10 Things I Hate About You before five former castmates joined her to honor Heath Ledger.
Sauron Takes His Armored Form in the New Rings of Power Season 3 Trailer
Prime Video’s new season-three trailer brings dark armor, fiery battles and the promise of the One Ring’s forging.
The Oatmeal Built a Giant Evil Raccoon in His Brother’s Yard for Halloween
Matthew Inman turned Jimothy, the famously round Seattle raccoon, into Grimothy: a giant Halloween creature with glowing eyes and an alarming set of teeth.
George Romero’s Lost Film Was Missing Its Voice. His Collaborator Finished the Words Four Days Before He Died.
Twenty-one minutes survive from George Romero’s unfinished early anthology. Now Expostulations is getting a live-scored premiere in a very familiar theater.
Afterlife With Archie Finds the Director for Riverdale’s Zombie Apocalypse
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon will direct the first two episodes of Disney+’s Afterlife with Archie, where one attempt to reverse a loss unleashes Riverdale’s undead.
Taika Waititi Says His Star Wars Movie Is “Very Iced”—But His Creative Partnership Survives
Taika Waititi says his long-developing Star Wars movie is now “very iced,” while he and Tony McNamara pursue a different secret project.
Loki’s ‘Tell Me!’ Outburst in Thor Started With a Direction to Speak Quietly
Tom Hiddleston recalls the quiet direction that led to Loki’s explosive confrontation with Odin, and why that scene still anchors his performance.
Austin Abrams Spent 40 Filming Days Inside Whalefall’s Practical Whale Sets
Whalefall built its whale interiors around Austin Abrams. New interviews reveal the cramped sets, tiny usable shots and unexpected scene partner behind the thriller.
An 1897 Georges Méliès Film of a Magician Fighting an Automaton Turned Up in Old Reels
A fragile 45-second Georges Méliès short survived in a family collection of old reels. The Library of Congress identified it, restored it, and made the film viewable in 4K.