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Great Big Story title card, video titled Dinner To Die For.

Video: Hollywood's horror chef on making edible props

by Lauren Miles | Apr 20, 2023 | Video

The gruesome (but delicious) work of Hollywood horror chef Janice Poon is explored in this new video from Great Big Story - take a look. ...

Title card for the Great Big Story episode The Art Of Animatronics.

Video: the animatronics of Star Wars creatures, and more

by Lauren Miles | Mar 16, 2023 | News, Video

The incredible work of Gustav Hoegen is explored in this new piece of work from Great Big Story: take a look at it here....

Remembering The Outsiders: a video Film Stories

by Dan Cooper | Oct 19, 2020 | Video

1983's The Outsiders was a Francis Ford Coppola film that didn't strike box office gold - but it remains liked, and boasted an ahead-of-its-time...

Sorry To Bother You, and starting production with less than half of the locations locked

by Dan Cooper | Sep 07, 2020 | News, Video

How the terrific 2018 film Sorry To Bother You came together in spite of still needing more locations when filming had already begun....

Can you guess the film from its international title?

by Dan Cooper | Sep 01, 2020 | Video

We've put together a little quiz to test your knowledge of overseas film titles - see how many of these you can get right....

Looking back at when Spielberg almost nuked the fridge in Back To The Future

by Dan Cooper | Aug 20, 2020 | Video

The fridge nuking of Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull was almost a feature of the first Back To The Future film instead....

Exploring the design of Sorry To Bother You

by Dan Cooper | Aug 04, 2020 | Video

Boots Riley's film Sorry To Bother You remains an underseen gem - and its design is one of its many qualities, as we explore here....

Guess the film from its 1980s computer game tie-in!

by Dan Cooper | Jul 21, 2020 | Feature, Video

Here's a test for you: identify the popular movie, purely off the back of how its 1980s computer game version looked....

Dressing Cara Delvingne: Her Smell interview

by Dan Cooper | Feb 07, 2020 | Video

Get a glimpse into the world of costume design, as we chat to Amanda Ford about her work, and dressing supermodels....

Her Smell interview: talking costume design on an indie movie

by Dan Cooper | Jan 27, 2020 | Feature, Video

Amanda Ford chats to us about costume design....

Interview: the art direction of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

by Dan Cooper | Jan 17, 2020 | Video

Digging into the stories behind Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker with our latest interview....

The design of Blade Runner 2049: interview

by Dan Cooper | Jan 10, 2020 | Video

Paul Inglis chats to us about putting the look of Blade Runner 2049 together in our latest video episode....

Knives Out interview: the art of costume design

by Dan Cooper | Dec 04, 2019 | Video

The costumer designer for Rian Johnson's Knives Out has been telling us about her work, and getting the look of the film right....

Video: designing the (woolly) costumes of Knives Out

by Dan Cooper | Nov 29, 2019 | Video

We chat to Jenny Eagan, costume designer for the new Rian Johnson whodunnit....

Le Mans '66 interview: CGI and difficult cars

by Dan Cooper | Nov 22, 2019 | Video

Le Mans '66 stunt driver Jeremy Fry chats to us about bringing car chases to the big screen, and doing things for real, over relying on CG....

Check out our relaunched YouTube channel

by Dan Cooper | Nov 15, 2019 | News, Video

Expect interviews galore as we change things slightly over at the Film Stories YouTube home....

James Dean returning in CGI form?

by Dan Cooper | Nov 08, 2019 | Video

In this week's video episode of Film Stories, Dan takes a look at the news regarding James Dean's possible resurrection in CGI form....

Guillermo del Toro's unexpected new project announced

by Dan Cooper | Sep 28, 2019 | Video

The celebrated Mexican filmmaker is going literary. Dan explores why this is a natural move....

Wolf: how did it make it into the multiplex?

by Dan Cooper | Sep 20, 2019 | Video

There's a new indie film called Wolf, and it's in cinemas around the country - we've been exploring its story....

Batman 1989: The first arthouse superhero movie?

by Simon Brew | Sep 06, 2019 | Video

This week, Dan considers the possibility of a Phoenix/Pattison arthouse Batman movie and considers whether we already got one of those with 1989's Tim...

Pulling The Hunt: an update from the director

by Simon Brew | Aug 23, 2019 | Video

In this week's episode, Dan looks at new news regarding The Hunt being pulled from release by Universal....

Pulp Fiction: three tales from the film

by Simon Brew | Jul 31, 2019 | Video

Three interesting stories from the production of Pulp Fiction. Enjoy! [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTUuIex7y0E[/embed]

Robocop: the story behind the suits

by Simon Brew | Jul 03, 2019 | Video

The design of the Robocop suit has been through some interesting design iterations over the years. Dan takes a look....

Film Stories Jr: here's the video for our new magazine campaign

by Simon Brew | Jun 25, 2019 | News, Video

More details on the magazine we're trying to bring to life....

Keanu Reeves: rating the many Johns

by Simon Brew | Jun 12, 2019 | Video

With the news this week breaking that Keanu Reeves will play Johnny Silverhand in the upcoming RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, Dan takes a look at the many times...

Bond 25: why the odd unintended explosion is part of movie magic

by Simon Brew | Jun 08, 2019 | Video

This week, Dan looks at the news from Pinewood regarding the unintended damage caused to the Bond stage at Pinewood from a stunt explosion on the set...

A new Alien film announced! Will we see Ripley again?

by Simon Brew | May 29, 2019 | Video

Dan examines this week's news regarding the announcement of a follow up film to 2017's Alien: Covenant before delving into the past to explore whether...