At just 15, Mila Harris is already proving she can hold her own opposite Hollywood veterans like Justin Long and Kate Bosworth, and do it with poise well beyond her years. In Coyotes, the new horror comedy from director Colin Minihan, Harris stars as Chloe Stewart, a sharp, artistic teenager trapped with her parents in their Hollywood Hills home as a pack of bloodthirsty coyotes closes in. “I was actually really excited when I first read the script,” Harris said.

In Long Shadows, director William Shockley and actor Dermot Mulroney bring new life to the Western, crafting something less dusty and more soulful. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing American West, the film explores redemption, mercy, and the enduring power of family through the story of a wounded outlaw and a young man searching for purpose. Shockley, known for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Showgirls, says he wanted to make “a beautiful Western, not a dirt Western.”

When filmmaker John Spottswood Moore set out to chronicle Austin’s eccentric world of public access television, he had no idea the journey would span ten years, or that it would culminate in a sold-out world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2025, just days before his wedding. “It was cosmic coincidence,” Moore laughed during our conversation. “Fantastic Fest was the dream festival for this film, and somehow the dates just lined up.”

Brandon Routh may forever be remembered as Superman, but in Out of Order! — the opening night film of the 2025 Chelsea Film Festival — he proves that comedy might just be his true superpower. In Guy Jacobson’s madcap legal farce, Routh stars as John Slater, a frazzled young lawyer who tries to win back his glamorous ex by landing a job at a top New York law firm, only to discover he is representing both sides of the same lawsuit in disguise. What follows is a whirlwind of fake mustaches, mistaken identities, and physical chaos straight out of a 1990s screwball classic.

Speaking with D.J. MacHale was a dream come true. As someone shaped by the eerie glow of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, I was thrilled not only to revisit the legacy of one of the most formative shows in kids’ horror but also to hear about his latest adventure in storytelling, The Tyrian League: Book One – Donovan 6. MacHale’s new novel introduces readers to Donovan Park, a troubled fifteen-year-old foster kid who learns he was sent to Earth as a baby to escape a sinister galactic crime syndicate masquerading as a church.

After spending more than two decades as Dr. Richard Webber on Grey’s Anatomy, James Pickens Jr. has earned the kind of name recognition that precedes him anywhere he goes. But when I sat down with him, he told me I could call him “Jim,” and what stood out wasn’t his résumé; it was his calm, grounded energy. He’s worked with directors like Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, and Barry Levinson, but he’s the kind of guy who makes you forget all that within a few minutes of talking.

Best known for her iconic turns in Little Shop of Horrors and Pushing Daisies, Ellen Greene returns to the screen in Beatrix Is Invisible, a poignant short film by writer-director Alex Farias that premiered at the 2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest, where it won the Audience Award for Best Live-Action Short. In the film, Greene stars as Beatrix, a grandmother and widow struggling to feel seen in a world that seems to have moved on without her. Surrounded by color and life, Beatrix’s inner world is one of quiet turmoil, a contrast Greene captures with her trademark warmth and emotional precision.

Filmmakers Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb have long had a knack for finding meaning in nostalgia. From The Rock-afire Explosion to Butterfly in the Sky, their documentaries explore how communities and passions take root in unexpected places. With their latest film, The Spirit of Halloweentown, they turned their focus to St. Helens, Oregon, the real-life town where the 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie Halloweentown was filmed and that now transforms into a Halloween destination each year.