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By Paul Salfen When Hulu announced that Australian actor Jason Clarke would step into the skin of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh for the third season of the anthology series – retitled Murdaugh: Death in the Family – the reaction was immediate: “He’s perfect.” Clarke, the intense, shape-shifting leading man of Zero Dark Thirty,

By Paul Salfen In a refreshing break from the usual awards-season intensity, the new indie comedy Lost and Found in Cleveland is exactly the kind of warm, laugh-out-loud film we need right now. Directed by Marisa and Keith Cooper, this modern riff on The Wizard of Oz follows five strangers whose lives hilariously collide over

By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine There’s something undeniably electric about sitting down with Kerry Washington, Mila Kunis, and Cailee Spaeny just hours before the world premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The third and darkest chapter in Rian Johnson’s billion-dollar whodunit franchise reunites Daniel Craig’s inimitable Benoit Blanc with another murder

By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine November 20, 2025 At the world premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the energy in the theater was electric—laughter, gasps, and thunderous applause greeted the third and darkest chapter in Rian Johnson’s beloved whodunit franchise. A few days later, AMFM Magazine’s Paul Salfen sat down with

November 19, 2025 In a candid conversation with AMFM Magazine’s Paul Salfen, Tessa Thompson opens up about starring in and executive producing Hedda, Nia DaCosta’s bold modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic Hedda Gabler. The film, which has been generating serious awards-season buzz, marks a deeply personal return to Thompson’s theatrical roots while showcasing her

By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine After nearly a decade in the making, Pixar veteran Alex Woo’s passion project In Your Dreams finally arrived on Netflix on November 14, 2025 (following a limited theatrical run beginning November 7). The charming animated adventure follows siblings Stevie (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport) and Elliot (Elias Janssen) as they plunge into the

By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine As awards season reaches fever pitch, one name is on everyone’s lips: Jessie Buckley. Her shattering, emotionally raw performance as Agnes—the grieving mother at the heart of Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet—has generated massive Oscar buzz, with critics and analysts already calling Buckley the frontrunner for Best Actress and, in many predictions,

By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine In a lively and heartfelt conversation, identical twins Melissa and Michelle Macedo opened up about their bold new psychological body horror film Thinestra — a project where they not only star as lead character Penny and her grotesque doppelgänger but also serve as producers and composers of the haunting score.

World Premiere at AFI FEST 2024 By Paul Salfen for AMFM Magazine There’s a moment in JUNKIE when Rocky Shay’s Stevie—freshly escaped from yet another rehab, barefoot, broke, and vibrating on meth—looks straight into the camera and grins like the world owes her a good time. It’s chaotic, it’s messy, it’s heartbreaking… and it’s one

By Paul Salfen, exclusive for AMFM Magazine In the cutthroat arena of high finance, where deals are struck in boardrooms and dreams are crushed under spreadsheets, Bull Run emerges as a sharp existential comedy that skewers the absurdity of it all. Directed with a keen eye for the surreal, the film stars Tom Blyth (The