“Judge the art, not the artist.” That is the mantra we hear each and every time someone in the entertainment world is accused of heinous behavior, and it’s one that was repeated by artistic director Alberto Barbera prior to this year’s Venice Film Festival. In an interview with The Guardian, …
Read More »'How To With John Wilson' Says Goodbye in Sweet, Heartbreaking Fashion
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of How To With John Wilson, which is now streaming on Max. The HBO docu-comedy series How To With John Wilson show is so idiosyncratic and unpredictable that it could have concluded on almost any note, and the ending would have seemed …
Read More »'Choose Love' Director Talks Making Netflix's First Interactive Romcom
Stuart McDonald deeply admires Netflix’s first interactive movie Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. He describes the film as a dark journey wherein a viewer’s decisions in a gamer nerd’s life could lead to acid trips, existential torment, suicide, stuffed bunnies, and decapitated heads. But McDonald knows audiences will have a different reaction …
Read More »Timothy Olyphant on That Big 'Justified: City Primeval' Finale Twist
This post contains spoilers for “The Question,” the finale of Justified: City Primeval. And so Justified says goodbye to one Boyd, and welcomes back another. In the concluding chapter of the revival miniseries Justified: City Primeval, Timothy Olyphant‘s Raylan Givens finally had his long-awaited showdown with the Oklahoma Wildman himself, …
Read More »Fall TV Season Is Looking Mel Gibson-Bleak, and It'll Only Get Worse
In an ordinary TV year, this would be the kind of column that writes itself: a rundown of somewhere between 10 and 20 of the new and returning shows we’re most excited to see this fall. But as you may have heard, this is not an ordinary TV year. The …
Read More »'Thirteen' Is Twenty Years Old — But More Powerful Than Ever
On a recent day at the beach, actress Nikki Reed was basking in the California sun when a 15-year-old girl approached her. “I would love to take a picture with you!” the young fan exclaimed. Her interest in Reed, however, had nothing to do with her role as vampire Rosalie …
Read More »Why John Wilson Wants 'How To With John Wilson' to Go Up in Flames
This post containsspoilers for Episode Five of How To With John Wilson, available on HBO and streaming on Max. About nine minutes into this week’s episode of How To With John Wilson, the titular director/writer/star finds himself hooked up to a polygraph machine and being asked some intense questions. Have …
Read More »How 'And Just Like That…' Season Three Can Actually Be Good TV
And just like that… another chaotic, traumatizing, and strangely addictive season of And Just Like That… has come to an end. Season Two introduced penis pumps and a palatial new apartment into Carrie Bradshaw’s world, plus the reappearance of her former flame Aidan Shaw and the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it return of Samantha …
Read More »Golda Meir's Grandson Defends Helen Mirren's Casting in 'Golda'
When we see Dame Helen Mirren as Golda, no one should raise any doubts about what proves to be the most natural casting for Golda. I was fortunate and grateful to have helped the brilliant and dedicated screenwriter Nicholas Martin with sharing my memories and thoughts and insights about my …
Read More »Writers Fire Back at Studios' Flawed Counteroffer: 'Pay Your Workers'
Hollywood studios and streaming services released details of an offer they’d made to the Writers Guild of America that included updated terms on AI, data transparency and minimum staffing, according to a Tuesday press release. But upon further review of Hollywood’s counteroffer, members of the WGA don’t plan on leaving …
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