Festival Season 2018

Once again, the HFPA is at Comic-Con with a dedicated lounge overlooking the proceedings and steady streams of special guests, old and new, who stop by to chat about their current projects as they head to Hall H, meet fans or simply to people watch in what is the biggest cos-play convention in the world. Here’s what Sonequa Matin-Green told the HFPA’s Mirai Konishi and Rocio Ayuso about the next season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Once again, the HFPA is at Comic-Con with a dedicated lounge overlooking the proceedings and steady streams of special guests, old and new, who stop by to chat about their current projects as they head to Hall H, meet fans or simply to people watch in what is the biggest cos-play convention in the world. The HFPA’s Scott Orlin and Mirai Konischi spoke to Sissy Spacek (aka Carrie) who returns to Stephen King material in Hulu’s Castle Rock.

Once again, the HFPA is at Comic-Con with a dedicated lounge overlooking the proceedings and steady streams of special guests, old and new, who stop by to chat about their current projects as they head to Hall H, meet fans or simply to people watch in what is the biggest cos-play convention in the world. Here’s what Bill Skarsgård told the HFPA’s Mirai Konishi and Magnus Sundholm about Hulu’s new adaptation of Stephen King’s Castle Rock.

With one day between them, the two pillars of the international Fall circuit announced similar line-ups, establishing the trends and names that will be on the industry’s minds for the next busy months of prestige releases. Present in the line-up of both Venice and Toronto are Damien Chazelle’s astronaut saga First Man, starring Ryan Gosling (opening and in competition in Venice); Bradley Cooper’s take on the much-filmed A Star is Born, starring Lady Gaga (out of competition in Venice); and Roma, Alfonso Cuarón’s return to Spanish-language filmmaking (a special presentation in Toronto, in competition in Venice).

In the past four years, The Purge franchise has racked up over $330 million at the worldwide box office (with one film currently still in theaters), peddling a unique mixture of horror, action and social commentary that has only grown more resonant against a backdrop of nationalistic political animus. Now it’s coming to the small screen as well, in the form of a 10-episode series set to premiere on September 4.

Seven days, more than 50 films - including 14 world premieres, 12 European premieres, and over 10 Italian premieres plus documentaries and shorts, five superstars and an all-female jury. Considering that the new organizers of the 64th Taormina Film Festival (TFF) had less than three weeks to put it together, the result was outstanding.

Once again, the HFPA is at Comic-Con with a dedicated lounge overlooking the proceedings and steady streams of special guests, old and new, who stop by to chat about their current projects as they head to Hall H, meet fans or simply to people watch in what is the biggest cos-play convention in the world. Here’s what Danai Gurira told the HFPA’s Gabriel Lerman and Mirai Konishi about the next season of AMC’s Golden Globe nominated The Walking Dead.

Once again, the HFPA is at Comic-Con with a dedicated lounge overlooking the proceedings and steady streams of special guests, old and new, who stop by to chat about their current projects as they head to Hall H, meet fans or simply to people watch in what is the biggest cos-play convention in the world. Here’s what Andrew Lincoln told the HFPA’s Mirai Konishi and Jenny Cooney about his bittersweet last episodes on The Walking Dead.

Loss has always been a big part of The Walking Dead, obviously — it’s a post-apocalyptic show about survivors grappling with a world overrun by zombies, after all. But there was a decidedly melancholic undercurrent in the air when Danai Gurira and Norman Reedus stopped by the HFPA’s Comic-Con lounge.

Once again, the HFPA is at Comic-Con with a dedicated lounge overlooking the proceedings and steady streams of special guests, old and new, who stop by to chat about their current projects as they head to Hall H, meet fans or simply to people watch in what is the biggest cos-play convention in the world. The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus came by to talk to the HFPA’s Mirai Konishi and Jenny Cooney about the Golden Globe nominated AMC series.