In the quest for the next culture-dominating Game of Thrones-esque series, consider Netflix’s big bet: 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of Chinese novelist Liu Cixin’s 2008 science fiction novel (the tote-around paperback for the haute-nerd set). It’s no small thing to transform Cixin’s extremely complex, time-jumping, alien-invasion story to the screen, but this is a … Read more
Directed by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin, this film follows a group of high school football players in inner-city Memphis who are part of the Manassas Tigers, a team of underdogs that have never experienced a winning season and are plagued by poverty and violence in their community. By turns gripping, inspiring, and emotional, it … Read more
The deeper research—to enter the mind of someone aware of his imminent mortality—led Sharp to unexpected places. “I worked quite extensively with a few different death doulas, which was not a profession I’d heard of.” Sharp sought out these non-medical professionals, whom he calls “the angels of society,” and became increasingly familiar with death. “It … Read more
Netflix’s Scoop recounts a recent slice of British history that many know well: Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview with Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis in 2019—the one in which the Duke of York, facing tough questions about his association with Jeffrey Epstein, spoke about his inability to sweat, his fateful visit to Pizza Express in Woking, and described … Read more
In the sherbet-colored world of Apple TV+’s Palm Royale, set in 1969 Palm Beach, appearances are everything. The campy, high-spirited series, loosely based on the 2018 novel Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel, follows Maxine Dellacourt (Kristen Wiig)—a Chattanooga-born orphan turned beauty-pageant queen—as she begs, borrows, and steals her way into Palm Beach … Read more
Timothée Chalamet has taken on some wild roles over the past few years, from a young boy exploring his sexuality in Call Me by Your Name to noted March-sister homie hopper Laurie in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, to…a giant sandworm or someone who fights a giant sandworm or something in Dune. (I’m sorry, I’ve never … Read more
In the span of three months, Timothée Chalamet has appeared as both a velvet-clad Willy Wonka in a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel and the intergalactic aristo Paul Atreides in the second installment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune franchise. But it’s his forthcoming outing in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic that has “Oscar frontrunner” written all over … Read more
I know that you connected with members of the Kahlo family while making Frida. Tell me about how their participation shaped the documentary and your creative process. We had the pleasure and the honor of connecting with two family members: Cristina and Billy Kahlo, who were the daughter and son of Guillermo Kahlo, who was … Read more
Why set the film in the 1980s? Could it have taken place today? Glass: One of the main reasons for putting it in the past was wanting it to be pre-internet or pre–social media. What I liked about doing it before everyone became so connected is that it heightens the fact that both Lou and … Read more
Carey Mulligan has already cemented her status as one of the most consistently brilliant actors in the industry today. Over the past two decades, the 38-year-old Londoner has worked with quiet precision, bringing depth, complexity, and intelligence to every part she takes on, from a messy lounge singer in Shame to the barnstorming lead of … Read more
