Collider Ladies Night & Collider Forces

Collider Ladies Night was created to highlight how an artist’s experiences paved the way to their latest achievement. There are often loads of highs along the way, but there can also be some more challenging moments, ones that heavily contribute to how one views the industry and how they’ll strive to change it for the better. A shining example of one such force in Hollywood? The Way Home star and...

Sadie Laflamme-Snow shot out the gate and into Hollywood in a big way. Just a couple of years after graduating from the National Theatre School of Canada, Laflamme-Snow scored a lead role in a Hallmark series opposite two industry heavyweights, Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh .  Since premiering in January 2023, The Way Home has amassed an adoring fanbase that spans generations, and is credi...

As you’ll hear in this edition of Collider Ladies Night , Beanie Feldstein is a favorite. She’s a hugely talented individual, with a deep passion for the craft of acting who heavily values the opportunity to create with good people. There’s no doubt a good deal of that was in her from the start, but in revisiting her filmography in celebration of the release of her latest film, Drive-Away Dolls ,...

Sophie Wilde ’s work in Talk to Me is the epitome of a “breakout performance.” Not only did the film go from Sundance darling to one of the biggest smash hits of 2023, but Wilde herself received the praise she deserved for an incredibly demanding and exceptionally well executed lead performance. In fact, Wilde’s work as Mia is one of the main reasons why Talk to Me is so much more than a cool horr...

Kathryn Newton is taking over in the best possible way. At 27, not only has she already amassed a vast filmography, but it’s one that’s packed with variety and bold creative swings. She headlined a Paranormal Activity film, she’s part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she was a comedy ace in Blockers , she stars opposite acting icons in HBO’s acclaimed series Big Little Lies , and she’s a certifie...

One of the greatest joys at a film festival is meeting an artist for the first time and knowing with certainty that, from that point on, you’ll always prioritize their work. I’ve been lucky enough to have a number of those encounters over the years, but two especially memorable ones are Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre . I first met Harrison Jr. at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival for Luce , an...

Reneé Rapp is one of the most exciting and inspiring forces on the rise right now in entertainment. Not only is she bubbling over with next level talent, but she also boasts a number of extremely admirable qualities, ones that can be hard for any artist to establish, let alone one just starting her career. Rapp operates with maximum conviction. She’s someone who knows what she wants, and has absol...

Carla Gugino has been quietly amassing one of the most diverse bodies of work in Hollywood, and it’s about time that’s recognized. She’s got a disaster movie in San Andreas , loads of family-friendly adventure films including Race to Witch Mountain , Night at the Museum , and the Spy Kids movies, and she’s currently soaring in the horror space with projects like Gerald’s Game and The Haunting of H...

During our Collider Ladies Night interview, Maura Tierney emphasized that the role of Doris in The Iron Claw “was not an easy role,” which is plain to see in the finished product for a multitude of reasons. Not only is the new A24 film based on a staggeringly tragic true story, but, as a supporting actor in the movie, Tierney is also in a position where she must justify a number of a significant c...

We started the Pre-Party branch of Collider Ladies Night for artists like Aria Mia Loberti . The show is designed to highlight newer filmmakers who are undeniable stars and are bound to soar in this industry while changing it for the better both in front of and behind the lens. That is Loberti. Loberti is in the midst of celebrating her first professional acting role ever, a performance that earne...

Kate Siegel is a Collider Ladies Night favorite for a multitude of reasons. Just to name a few, she’s wildly talented, does exceptionally thoughtful and detailed backstory work, and she values the opportunity to build a filmmaking community and lift others up through it. She’s been doing all of that for years now , but as the Flanafamily grows and as her individual star rises higher and higher, th...

It’s not easy to steer clear of getting boxed in to one particular thing in Hollywood, but Shelley Hennig has done that especially well, amassing a body of work that ranges from a soap opera to horror to extreme action-comedy with her brand new Netflix series Obliterated . The show comes from Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald , Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg , and stars Hennig as Ava Winters, a CI...

Back in April I was watching Dexter Fletcher ’s Ghosted . The majority of the movie focuses on Chris Evans and Ana de Armas ’ characters, Cole and Sadie, but at the beginning of the film, there’s a delightful short sequence that unfolds at Cole’s family home. That sequence includes some pitch-perfect interactions between Evans and the actor playing his sister — someone I was unfamiliar with at the...

It isn’t snagging a breakout role in a major Hollywood film, but once you do, the pressure doesn’t stop there. Picking the right follow-up projects, ones that allow an actor to continue honing their craft while also further solidifying the artist one wants to present to the industry, is of the utmost importance. That’s the phase we find Rachel Zegler in. After delivering a staggeringly beautiful d...

There’s one department the Marvel Cinematic Universe is especially consistent in -- casting. And that’s in large part due to the brilliant eye of longtime franchise casting director Sarah Finn . She’s been with the series since 2008’s Iron Man and has been sending careers soaring ever since. One of her latest A+ finds? The effervescent star of Ms. Marvel and now The Marvels , Iman Vellani . There...

It’s been far too long since we’ve seen a movie like Bottoms — and in some respects, we’ve never seen anything quite like it. Sure, we’ve seen some recent high school comedies that venture into ranch territory, but Bottoms jumps feet first into that zone without even an ounce of hesitation, and once there, delivers non-stop hilarity while also deconstructing the high school comedy classic and high...

A “private creator” no more. After spending a good deal of time developing ideas and keeping them to herself,  Molly Gordon  makes her feature film writing, directing, and producing debut on  Theater Camp , an achievement that will hopefully pave the way to continued work behind the lens with original ideas. Gordon shares her writing and producing credit on the film with longtime fr...

Avy Kaufman didn’t move to New York City with big screen ambitions, but one thing led to another, and she wound up becoming one of the most successful and prolific casting directors in Hollywood.  She cast Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries and Haley Joel Osment in his unforgettable one-two punch, The Sixth Sense and A.I. Artificial Intelligence . She’s worked on a number of films wi...

There are a number of artists having big years right now but, dare I say, Ayo Edebiri is having one of the best of the bunch. Not only did she just score her first Emmy nomination for her work in Season 1 of The Bear , but she’s also exceptional in the recently released second season of the hit series and has three stellar films coming out back to back to back — Theater Camp , Teenage Mutant Ninja...

Noah Galvin continues to show off his boundless potential as an actor and also as a filmmaker and storyteller in general with Theater Camp . He’s already found great success on stage and screen, and now he also adds two brand-new credits to his filmography because Theater Camp marks his very first time writing and producing a feature film. Inspired by the short film of the same name, Theater Camp...

It can’t be easy joining a franchise in its seventh installment and holding your own opposite an industry juggernaut like Tom Cruise , but Hayley Atwell still winds up being a major standout in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One . The new M:I film introduces Atwell’s Grace, or rather “Grace,” a thief who finds herself in the middle of Ethan’s (Cruise) mission to track down both halves o...

I wasn’t especially familiar with  Liza Koshy ’s work on Vine, YouTube, and other social media platforms the first time I covered one of her feature films, but that certainly changed after  our brief chat for her summer 2020 release,  Work It . A big ball of infectious energy and positivity, it was immediately clear that Koshy’s star was going to continue to soar, and also that she’...

Greta Lee ’s already accomplished quite a bit over the years, but 2023 is shaping up to be a banner year. Not only is she in Julio Torres ’ feature directorial debut Problemista , but she also voices LYLA in the smash hit Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and leads the awards season-bound Past Lives from A24. Lee plays Nora in Celine Song ’s first feature. As a child ( Moon Seung-ah ) living in...

As the role of present-day Lottie demands,  Simone Kessell made a huge impression on  Yellowjackets  in her debut season. Season 1 introduced the 1996 version of the character played by Courtney Eaton , but viewers were left wondering whether Lottie would make it through the wilderness ordeal alive until Kessell’s casting was announced  between seasons. Ultimately, present-day...

Amber Midthunder is a movie star. She’s already made a big impression in a number of projects, but an especially significant amount of Prey rests on her shoulders. She’s the beating heart of a powerful character arc, the focus of a number of very challenging set pieces, and is tasked with headlining a brand new installment of one of the most beloved sci-fi franchises out there. She exceeds expecta...