TheWrap Magazine
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June Squibb Gets Her First Lead Role at 95 — and She’s Ready for More
TheWrap magazine: After starring in “Thelma” and shooting “Eleanor the Great,” she has a new rule for her agent: “Only leads, and only if the film has my name in it”
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R.J. Cutler’s Wild 2024: From Elton John to Martha Stewart to Dodgers v. Yankees
TheWrap magazine: “These are real movies — these are narratives with characters and themes and cinema,” the director says
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Talking With Oscars Song Contenders: Pharrell Williams, Kristen Wiig, Robbie Williams … and Yep, Diane Warren Too
TheWrap magazine: We also get the scoop from the songwriters for “Emilia Pérez,” “The Wild Robot” and “Blitz”
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‘Sugarcane’ Directors on Finding the ‘Journalistic and Emotional Truth’ for NatGeo’s Indigenous Crime Documentary
TheWrap magazine: The acclaimed film by Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat investigates child abuse and murder at Catholic boarding schools in Canada
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How ‘Vermiglio’ Explores Its Director’s Family History as an Immersive Wartime Saga
TheWrap magazine: Maura Delpero’s snowy mountain drama is the official Italian submission for the Oscars’ International Feature category
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New Challenges, More Twists: ‘Squid Game’ Mastermind and Star on Much Darker Season 2
TheWrap magazine: Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk and actor Lee Jung-jae “felt the pressure” of living up to the show’s acclaimed first season
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Jeff Nichols’ Favorite Part of Making ‘The Bikeriders’: Watching Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer Go Head-to-Head
TheWrap magazine: “It was our version of the scene from ‘Heat,’” the director says, nodding to the Al Pacino-Robert De Niro classic
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‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross Says Making Movies Is Like Jumping on a ‘Weird Carousel’
TheWrap magazine: “Cinema lends itself to the play between the surreal, the symbolic, the experiential, the nonsensical and the aesthetic,” he says
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How ‘Will & Harper’ Took on a ‘Whole New Meaning’ After Trump’s Election
TheWrap magazine: “The only way to push back against this hate and division is with love and empathy,” director Josh Greenbaum says
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‘Landman’ Star Billy Bob Thornton Is in it for the Long Haul: ‘Taylor Has a Vision’
TheWrap magazine: Why Taylor Sheridan’s latest was the perfect vehicle for the star
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‘The Franchise’ Isn’t Punching Down – It’s Actually a Love Letter to Hollywood Crews
TheWrap Magazine: Series stars Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Lolly Adefope and Billy Magnussen break down the Max series’ goal
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Becoming ‘SNL’: How the ‘Saturday Night’ Cast Captured the Magic of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players
TheWrap magazine: Nicholas Braun, Ella Hunt, Gabriel LaBelle, Kim Matula, Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien and Matt Wood talk playing the most famous ensemble in TV history
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Composer Harry Gregson-Williams’ Job on ‘Gladiator II’: 100 Minutes of New Music, and a Little Bit of Hans Zimmer
TheWrap magazine: The exchange came with the composer’s plans to incorporate a bit of Hans Zimmer’s theme from the first “Gladiator”
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Volker Bertelmann’s Key to Writing the Score for ‘Conclave’: Religious Music, But Nasty
TheWrap magazine: The German composer turned to a rare French instrument from the 1950s that can sound religious but also distorted
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How the Music for ‘Frida’ Documentary Gave ‘Inner Voice’ to the Beloved Artist
TheWrap magazine: Victor Hernández Stumpfhauser explains how he used guitar, synthesizer and the human voice to build the film’s triumphal score