The Bear’s Cousin Richie, played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach, has come a long way from when viewers first met him as a curmudgeonly creature of habit who’s quick to fight his cousin, Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), and his sous chef Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) at every turn. When Carmy returns to …
Read More »Inside 'The Bear' Season 2: Damaged Souls, A-List Cameos, and That Finale
This post contains spoilers for Season Two of The Bear, which is now streaming on Hulu. Late in the finale of this extraordinary season of The Bear, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) runs out to the alley behind the FX dramedy’s eponymous restaurant to puke. She still has PTSD from the incident …
Read More »'Transatlantic': The Daring Rescue of Jews From Nazi-Occupied France
TV shows and movies inspired by real-life events tend to overstate the truth for dramatic effect. Netflix’s Transatlantic is a rare case of underplaying history — in this case, the work of Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold, and the rest of the European Rescue Committee, who worked to get Jewish …
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