Iana Murray

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Drop

2 weeks ago | empireonline.com | Iana Murray

A first date for widowed mother Violet (Meghann Fahy) is derailed by sinister messages from a stranger threatening to kill her family. Great ideas can strike in the strangest of circumstances. In the case of Drop, it came when Olivia Sui, girlfriend of the film’s executive producer Sam Lerner, received mysterious Shrek memes (of all things) through AirDrop, Apple’s close-proximity file-sharing feature.
Holland

4 weeks ago | empireonline.com | Iana Murray

When Nancy Vandergroot (Nicole Kidman) suspects her husband (Matthew Macfadyen) is having an affair, she uncovers an even darker mystery. You’ve already seen this Nicole Kidman movie. She’s a housewife and loving mother. She cooks dinner every night and looks gorgeous doing it. But there’s something wrong with her seemingly comfortable life, whether it be scheming spouses, a sudden tragedy, or — in the case of The Stepford Wives — a town that wants to turn her into a robot tradwife.
The End

1 month ago | empireonline.com | Iana Murray

The world is on fire, and a wealthy family take shelter in an underground bunker. A woman (Moses Ingram) appears seeking refuge. There’s a startling contrast to The End, introduced in its first minutes. A gloomy, dusty salt mine is soundtracked by light flutes and strings. Inside the mine’s cavernous depths, Father (Michael Shannon), Mother (Tilda Swinton) and Son (George MacKay) live in an opulent mansion, where paintings and books line every room and hallway.
Severance season 2 ending explained: Adam Scott on why Mark chose Helly

1 month ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Iana Murray

Huge spoilers for Severance season 2's finale to follow. In retrospect, the thrilling second season of Severance could only have ended this way. Innie Mark (Adam Scott), having pulled off a bloody heist to rescue his outie’s wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman) from the testing floor, is faced with an impossible dilemma: reunite his outie with Gemma, or stay in Lumon with Helly.
The ‘Severance’ Finale Broke Adam Scott’s Brain Too

1 month ago | gq.com | Iana Murray

Warning: major spoilers for the Severance season 2 finale to follow. When it comes to his work, Adam Scott says, “my default position is just assuming something is gonna be either hated or not noticed.”Three years ago, billboards across Los Angeles were plastered with the actor’s face in the lead-up to the first season of Apple TV+’s Severance. Scott was nervous.
Adam Scott über das Finale von “Severance”: “Ich hatte Angst davor, dass es schlecht und kitschig sein würde”

1 month ago | gq-magazin.de | Iana Murray

Mit “Severance” entdeckt Adam Scott das dramatische Genre für sich; doch sein Herz schlägt noch immer für Komödien. Warnung: Dieser Artikel enthält Spoiler zum Finale der zweitenStaffel von “Severance”. Wenn es um seine Arbeit geht, sagt Adam Scott: “Ich gehe standardmäßig davon aus, dass etwas entweder gehasst oder nicht beachtet wird.”Vor drei Jahren waren die Plakatwände von Los Angeles im Vorfeld des Releases der ersten Staffel von “Severance” mit dem Gesicht Scotts zugekleistert.
Mikey Madison: Once upon a time in Brooklyn

1 month ago | dazeddigital.com | Iana Murray

TextIana MurrayPhotographyNick SethiStylingKyle Luu10 Taken from the winter 2024 issue of Dazed and was originally published on 25 November 2024. You can buy a copy of the issue here. Very rarely, if ever, do you speak to a nascent movie star and worry that you’re about to witness her dog lose consciousness. Four months ago, Mikey Madison adopted a chihuahua she named Jam.
Take That on their BAFTAs performance and Robbie Williams' Better Man

2 months ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Iana Murray

For virtually everyone in the UK, Anora, Sean Baker’s Oscar-nominated screwball comedy about a stripper’s quickie marriage gone wrong, was a surprisingly delightful experience. We first see Ani (Mikey Madison) on an average day at work, giving lap dances to boozed-up patrons at a Manhattan strip club and escorting men to VIP rooms and ATMs. But the film’s opening sequence is perhaps most noteworthy for its choice of soundtrack: a synth-heavy remix of Take That’s 2008 hit "Greatest Day".
"It's about construction" – How Daniel Blumberg built the monumental score for 'The Brutalist'

2 months ago | crackmagazine.net | Iana Murray

07.02.25 Words by: Iana Murray Photography: Lol Crawley Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is a film that is big in every way, grappling with post-war trauma and the realities of the American Dream. To match its sweeping narrative, composer Daniel Blumberg has assembled a score that is both monumental and rich in scene-setting detail. Here he strips his creative process down to its foundations. You hear The Brutalist before you see it.
In the picture | In the picture | thenews.com.pk

2 months ago | thenews.com.pk | Iana Murray

In the picture As a fractured family struggle to settle into their new home, a ghost watches their every move. Starring:Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Callina Liang, Chris Sullivan, Eddy Maday, and West MulhollandDirection: Steven Soderberghteven Soderbergh has never been one to shy away from formal experimentation. Whether he is working within the studio system or inde-pendently, shooting on 16mm film or an iPhone, innovation is his trademark.