People always want to know how Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, the longtime collaborators responsible for hit indie films like the Oscar-winning Little Miss Sunshine, divvy up the work on the set. For instance, does Faris direct the actors while Dayton concentrates on the camera movements? But as in all …
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Fifty years ago this Sunday, the Rolling Stones released Gimme Shelter, the infamous documentary that started as a look at the final days of the British bad boys’ legendary 1969 tour, leading up to the disastrous free concert at Altamont Speedway. It ended up becoming the ultimate rock & roll …
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It started with a trip to the press office to pick up your badge, now conveniently located in the far corner of your living room. On the way out, you run into some fellow critics and ask about what they’re excited to see, although one seems preoccupied with a bird …
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This story was originally published in Issue 1217 on September 11th, 2014. Kid Rock expected a wild ride with Robin Williams that December week in 2007, and he wasn’t disappointed. Williams, the son of a Navy man, had already been to Afghanistan twice to boost troop morale for the USO; …
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After the launch of the NBCUniversal-backed streaming service Peacock, the number of available streamers on the market right now is approximately a billion. (Note: This is only an estimate. The actual number may be higher.) As Peacock joins Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+, CBS All Access, Apple …
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All stand-up is curated confession, a chance for the person behind the mic to spill their guts but still shape their own narrative — to both tell the audience a story but also let us know how we should be thinking about it. We appreciate great comedians for their humor, …
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In any other year, this space would be reserved for a preview of potential summer hits: Black Widow, A Quiet Place Part II, Top Gun: Maverick, Wes Anderson’s A-list comedy The French Dispatch. Now the pandemic has chased these films deep into the fall and next winter, when audiences might …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Hbk5FOAtE Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer Just because we already know the story doesn’t mean it’s any less disturbing. Lifetime’s latest ripped-from-the-headlines movie revisits the crimes of Chris Watts (portrayed by Sean Kleier), who killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters. The clip opens with Watts’ chilling attempt …
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Goodbye, summer movie season; hello, biopics, prestige dramas and oh-so-much-more-humbler character-driven fare. A popular PBS period piece spins off into theaters; an even more popular page-turner gets the awards-friendly adaptation treatment; and a space epic gives us a 2001 for the father-issue crowd. Plus there’s a killer clown on the …
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“Mom. Dad. I know you don’t want to talk about this, but I do. I might get married to a man, like you so clearly want. And I might not. Because this is not a phase, and I need you to understand that. I’m bisexual.” That’s Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz), …
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