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The historian and author of the definitive Clara Bow biography shares his thoughts about the closing track on Taylor Swift’s new album, and the parallels between the two stars.

Before the screening at the New York Film Festival on Sunday, October 6, The Knockturnal caught up with Zlotowski and star Jodie Foster on the red carpet. Although Foster has appeared in other French films, Vie Privée is her first role fully in the French language.

“Don’t you want Andrew to be your therapist? Because he’s my therapist,” Julia Roberts quips, drawing laughs from the crowd of journalists, press correspondents, and industry professionals at the screening of After the Hunt on the festival’s opening day.

Biting cynicism is a hallmark of a Noah Baumbach movie. In the case of Jay Kelly, Baumbach tackles the cynicism of the film industry, or, more specifically, he puts a harsh spotlight on the nature of an A-list acting career that voraciously demands decades of one’s life and self.

"Because I like happy," she quips unapologetically.

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Family is love is love is love is love...

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A blog piece written for Mitchell Martin, Inc.​

They all should be on the naughty list!

(Even Santa!)

Selena Gomez has two words to describe Emilia Pérez: “audaciously beautiful.”

At a press junket in Manhattan for MUBI’s new film Lurker, The Knockturnal spoke with Russell and the film’s two leads about the music, characters, and the LA world the story inhabits.

Despite bending a few traffic laws while filming on the West Side Highway, Bradley Cooper, who directed the festival’s closing night film (and co-wrote it with Arnett), expressed his gratitude to be able to shoot in New York. “This city has so much magic,” Cooper said.

“The first thing I thought was, it would be cool to make a film with Tom Waits as Adam Driver’s father.”

Female rage never looked so good in 4K.

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(Sorry not sorry!)

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His story should be the stuff of LGBTQ lore.

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Not every music biopic needs to chronicle an entire life, and Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere doesn’t attempt to depict The Boss in such a way.

We visited Pixar Animation Studios to discuss Inside Out 2 with director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen, who also worked on Inside Out.

“Apparently, I’ve been accused of retiring twice now,” Daniel Day-Lewis tells the audience, cueing laughter from the crowd. 

It was a JOY to meet them!

(Because a simple test doesn't cut it.)

A blog piece written for Mitchell Martin, Inc.​

These A-Listers brought their A-Game on Halloween!

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