Now that a Black Widow solo film outing is in the works—with Cate Shortland directing from a script by Jac Schaeffer—it seems like an appropriate time to float theories. Some folks are already positing about how Avengers: Endgame and/or Captain Marvel will inform the plot, though those thoughts don’t seem to take into…
New details have emerged on Showtime’s follow-up to Penny Dreadful. According to Deadline, Natalie Dormer, whom we once hoped to see win the Game Of Thrones as Margaery Tyrell, will lead Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels along with Here And Now alum Daniel Zovatto.
As part of his huge development deal with Netflix, Ryan Murphy’s going to Hollywood, The Wrap reports. The American Crime Story mastermind announced the series via his own Instagram account on Friday afternoon.
Leaving Neverland is not a Michael Jackson documentary, though the late icon casts a long shadow over the latest from documentary maker Dan Reed, appearing in archival news and tour footage, as well as photos taken with Wade Robson and James Safechuck. It’s Robson and Safechuck who are the primary subjects of Reed’s…
Dakota Fanning has long since made her move from precocious, wide-eyed child actor to dramatic lead, taking on roles as varied as cold-hearted franchise villain, co-founder of punk band The Runaways, and headstrong radicals in both American Pastoral and Night Moves. But Fanning has also explored the wider industry; in…
On February 8, One Day At A Time returned for a third season of storytelling that’s as complex as it is heartwarming. The Alvarez family, once again led by Justina Machado as Penelope, the heart of the series, navigates all of the usual highs and lows of life: money problems, first “Syd-nificant others,” studying for…
A road novel. A critique of the United States’ immigration system. The protracted dissolution of a marriage. An epistolary collection. All of these stories (and more) can be found in Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive, her latest incredibly eloquent and ambitious novel. Luiselli’s philosophical and literary…
Few shows are as comforting and challenging as Netflix’s One Day At A Time. The comforting part is obvious, thanks to the warm family dynamic, bright setting, familiar faces (Justina Machado and Rita Moreno, to name a few) and format. For three seasons (and counting, we hope), Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce’s…
Adolescence has been handled with both humor and pathos on TV, in series like Freaks And Geeks, My So-Called Life, and The Wonder Years. More recent additions like Big Mouth and Sex Education are part of a new class, one that really grasps just how marvelous and grotesque our changing bodies are (or once were). And…
What We Do In The Shadows (the FX series) is the untrue story of three vampires who picked to live in a house in Staten Island and have their lives—and plans for New World domination—taped. The first trailer for the FX series, created by WWDITS filmmakers Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, shows us what happens when…
A never-ending party full of attractive people, drugs, and fresh oven-roasted chicken would be hell for some, heaven for others. For Nadia (Natasha Lyonne), the cynical game developer at the center of Russian Doll, it’s a (repeated) wake-up call.
