IndieWireEntertainment ‘Succession’ Review: Season 2 Finale Crowns a Killer and Comes for the Kingindiewire.com - Ben Travers A beautifully choreographed finale highlights execution over twists, as Jesse Armstrong closes out an intricate second season with …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘The Walking Dead’ Review: ‘We Are The End of The World’ Depicts When Alpha Met Betaindiewire.com - Ben Travers The villains once again take center stage, with diminishing returns. [Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “The Walking Dead” …
IndieWireMartin Scorsese Martin Scorsese Won’t Back Down From Anti-Marvel Stance: ‘It’s Not My Kind of Thing’indiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio Martin Scorsese won't be seeing or directing a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie anytime soon. Martin Scorsese, recently in London to promote his …
IndieWirePTA ‘Joker’ Could Be Headed for $1 Billion, but ‘Gemini Man’ Is a Box-Office Disasterindiewire.com - Tom Brueggemann Todd Phillips' DC Comics origin story has the last laugh on a Columbus Day weekend that is off more than 20% from 2018. Pre-weekend gross assessments …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘SNL’ Reimagines Oscar the Grouch as ‘Joker’-Esque Antihero Origin Storyindiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio Did we need a dark take on Oscar the Grouch? "SNL" says yes! Did we need a dark take on Oscar the Grouch? That’s the question posed by a new “SNL” …
IndieWireEntertainment Martin Scorsese Stands Behind Decision to Take ‘The Irishman’ to Netflix: ‘We Have to Make the Movie’indiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio "The Irishman" is about to become an awards-season juggernaut for Netflix. Finally hitting theaters in less than a month, Martin Scorsese’s gangster …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘Dolittle’ Trailer: Robert Downey Jr. Turns His Franchise Hopes to a Pack of Wild Animalsindiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio Downey revives one of literature’s most enduring characters in director Stephen Gaghan's reimagining of the classic tale. Marvel Cinematic Universe …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘Saturday Night Live’ Review: First-Time Host David Harbour Gets as Weird (and Grouchy) as He Canindiewire.com - LaToya Ferguson For the second week in a row, “Saturday Night Live” had the task of working with — and trying to figure out how to use—a first-time host. Here are …
IndieWireEntertainment Record-Breaking ‘Parasite’ Scores the Best Platform Opening Since ‘La La Land’indiewire.com - Tom Brueggemann "Parasite" joins another subtitled fall box office hit, Pedro Almodovar's "Pain and Glory," which is expanding well. Box office history was made this …
IndieWireNFL Players Association ‘Ballers’ Finale: Dwayne Johnson’s Good-Time NFL Show Leaves a Strange Legacyindiewire.com - Ben Travers A fun football show in the era of CTE, HBO's "Sports Entourage" says goodbye as one of the guiltiest guilty pleasures on television. [Editor’s Note: …
IndieWireJoaquin Phoenix ‘Joker’: A Dance Critic Breaks Down Joaquin Phoenix’s Unnerving Movesindiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio New York Times dance critic Gia Kourlas calls Phoenix "a great dancer," and says "it has more to do with the nuanced way his body can express …
IndieWireIcon version of the Flipboard logoEntertainment Robert Forster’s ‘Greatest Role’ as Remembered by His Playwright and Friendindiewire.com - Josh Ravetch Josh Ravetch pays tribute to the late actor, with whom he collaborated onstage in 2017. Editor’s Note: American playwright and stage director Josh …
IndieWireAward Shows Africa Has More Oscar Submissions Than Ever, But When Will They Be Nominated?indiewire.com - Tambay Obenson This year sees a record 10 submissions from the continent, thanks to first-timers Ghana and Nigeria. The previous record was eight. Earlier this …
IndieWireEntertainment How Robert Forster Broke Out With Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Jackie Brown’ and Never Looked Backindiewire.com - Anne Thompson In 1997, Tarantino brought Forster an Oscar nomination and a revived career. It is no surprise how many people are expressing grief at the death of …
IndieWireBFI London Film Festival Foreign Oscar Submissions ‘Monos’ and ‘Atlantics’ Top BFI London Film Festival Winnersindiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio The 63rd edition of the BFI London Film Festival handed out its top prizes on Saturday. Two submissions for the 2020 Best International Feature Film …
IndieWireJesse Pinkman ‘El Camino’ Is an Ideal Epilogue to a Perfect Ending, Not Another Chapter of ‘Breaking Bad’indiewire.com - Ben Travers In nothing short of a magic trick, Vince Gilligan delivers a worthy addendum to "Breaking Bad" without tarnishing — or even altering — his original …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘Truth Be Told’ Trailer: Aaron Paul and Octavia Spencer Lead New Crime Series From Apple TV+indiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio Paul plays a convicted murderer whom Spencer, a true-crime podcaster, may have wrongfully put behind bars. The latest series to add to the upcoming …
IndieWireFrancis Ford Coppola ‘Cotton Club Encore’: How Fear Destroyed Francis Ford Coppola’s Original Artistic Visionindiewire.com - Chris O'Falt Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: Even Coppola was shocked to discover "The Cotton Club" was one of his better films. In the early 1980s, Francis Ford …
IndieWireEntertainment Hollywood Reacts to Robert Forster’s Deathindiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio 78-year-old Robert Forster died this past Friday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with brain cancer. 78-year-old Robert Forster died this past …
IndieWireFilmmaking Bob Weinstein Returns to a Hollywood Much Different Than the One He Leftindiewire.com - Chris Lindahl Bob Weinstein is back, without his brother, and now he's a seller. And the entertainment world has changed a lot in his absence. Bob Weinstein is …
IndieWireEntertainment Timothée Chalamet’s Eloquent Appreciation of ‘Hamlet’ Would Make Any English Major Blushindiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio Chalamet knows his Shakespeare, and he currently rules in the Bard adaptation "The King," now in theaters and coming to Netflix November 1. Academy …
IndieWireAmazon Studios Apple Wins Cuarón, But Hindsight Is the Streaming Wars’ Most Valuable Weaponindiewire.com - Dana Harris-Bridson Apple TV+ beat Netflix in this round of the streaming wars, but Amazon Studios is this week's real winner thanks to hard-won experience. Another day, …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘Ballers’ Superfan Elizabeth Warren Says She’d Love Dwayne Johnson to Run for Presidentindiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio "I know he would fight for the principles that he believes in — he’s my kind of guy!," Warren said about The Rock, while also calling him "eye candy." …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘Big Mouth’ Composer Talks Origins of Hilarious ‘Disclosure the Movie: The Musical!’indiewire.com - LaToya Ferguson Composer Mark Rivers admits he had to rent the 1984 Michael Douglas and Demi Moore film to get up to speed. Netflix’s “Big Mouth” is a series with …
IndieWireEntertainment As Leos Carax’s Adam Driver Musical ‘Annette’ Finally Starts Shooting, What Took So Long?indiewire.com - Ryan Lattanzio Carax's "Annette," which is now filming with stars Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, is a curious case of casting musical chairs. As announced this …
IndieWireEntertainment If You Want to See ‘Parasite’ This Weekend, You’ll Need to Fly to Los Angelesindiewire.com - Tom Brueggemann Bong Joon Ho's festival accolades and Neon's relentless promotion have paid off: New York is sold out, but there's still some seats in LA. Bong Joon …
IndieWireAlex Garland Alex Garland Will Never Direct Another ‘Dredd’ Movie: ‘It Was a Crude Experience’indiewire.com - Zack Sharf While Pete Travis was credited as the director of 2012's "Dredd," it was writer Alex Garland who actually completed the film. Before Alex Garland …
IndieWireBen Platt ‘Merrily We Roll Along’: Ben Platt Details Richard Linklater’s 20-Year Production Scheduleindiewire.com - Jude Dry The "Politician" star said Richard Linklater's ambitious concept solves the "age-old issues" of Stephen Sondheim's musical. When news first hit that …
IndieWireEntertainment ‘Jexi’ Review: Siri Is a Sadist in Lame Adam DeVine Comedy About a Phone Gone Rogueindiewire.com - David Ehrlich This slapdash Adam DeVine comedy is exactly what you would expect from a "her." ripoff written by the team behind "The Hangover Part II." “Jexi,” …
