David Cronenberg, aficionado of the unnerving, won’t let his feelings about a creator get in the way of a creation. “I still love my Tesla,” says the filmmaker, seated in a dimly lit conference room at the Criterion Collection’s Manhattan office. “My relationship with my Tesla has nothing to do …
Read More »'Andor' Showrunner Reveals Season 2 Secrets and Why Writing Darth Vader Is 'Limiting'
We already know an awful lot about the fates of many of the characters on Andor, but the show’s second season is nevertheless some of the most gripping television of the year so far. As the timeline barrels toward the beginning of Rogue One, leaping a year ahead every three …
Read More »Every Role Brings Brian Tyree Henry Closer to Home
B rian Tyree Henry is tall. Around six feet two, with a commanding presence that, rather than impose, invites — a warmth that seems proportional to his stature. It’s how he manages to maintain a comfortable, low-key profile inside the restaurant at New York’s Four Seasons hotel, where, he tells …
Read More »Where Does 'The Last of Us' Go From Here?
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of The Last of Us, which is now streaming on Max. Ellie and Joel. Joel and Ellie. That was the pairing that made the first season of The Last of Us so special. The combination of these two damaged souls —her needing …
Read More »A 'Touch of Whiskey' and an Irish Jig: How Jack O'Connell Became a Celtic Vampire in 'Sinners'
Jack O’Connell had a secret weapon in his arsenal when he was cast as Remmick in Ryan Coogler’s latest film, Sinners: the ability to dance an Irish jig. Playing the antagonist vampire, who has been alive for hundreds of years, would require O’Connell to sing and dance — neither of …
Read More »Diego Luna Teases 'Andor' Season 2 Surprises: 'It Is Very Tragic'
After a decade-long run as one of the most layered and tragic characters ever to pilot spaceships in a certain distant galaxy, Diego Luna is finally ready to say goodbye to Cassian Andor. Luna had no idea what he was signing up for when he first popped up as Cassian …
Read More »'The Challenge: All Stars Rivals' Champion Speaks Out: 'I've Had This Phoenix-Like Rebirth'
Until just a couple of years ago, Adam Larson was pretty sure that his reality television days were long behind him. That chapter of his life started in 2001 when he appeared on MTV’s Road Rules: The Quest, and continued through 2007 on Road Rules: Viewers Revenge and various seasons …
Read More »Alex Garland and Veteran Ray Mendoza on the 'Emotional' Making of 'Warfare'
The take was too perfect. Ray Mendoza, the first-time director of Warfare, was watching D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai drag the limp, unconscious body of Cosmo Jarvis away from the wreckage of a massive explosion. Smoke, gunfire, screaming everywhere. And then there was the noise erupting from Woon-A-Tai as he struggled to pull …
Read More »Jimmy Kimmel: 'Now I See Myself More as a Place to Scream'
T he president and the richest man on the planet hate Jimmy Kimmel. You would think that would bestow on him a resistance status that at the very least grants a private office in the upper reaches of the Masonic Temple in Hollywood, where Jimmy Kimmel Live! is shot live …
Read More »'The Apprentice' Shows Donald Trump Morphing From Man to Cartoon
In the 2004 series premiere of The Apprentice, the reality competition show that laundered Donald Trump’s reputation as a tacky sleazebag and launched his presidential aspirations, the billionaire real estate mogul reintroduces himself to America with a glossy, vague little anecdote about overcoming financial adversity. In a preamble to the …
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