The Wachowski siblings have taken to an unusual new medium: Netflix. In Sense8, a Netflix Original science fiction series, the two are illustrating that the streaming giant has the ability to command...
“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.” Looking into the eyes of Evan’s dying...
As the internet squeals over Game of Thrones and the end of Mad Men, going wild on Thursday nights for Scandal and quivering with delight over upfronts, many are carrying on about how U.S. television...
How do you distil 50 years of life into just 5 hours? What unique qualities of the human condition are worth filming and preserving for eternity? How do we select the stories that define our...
The words ‘transgender character’ and ‘comedy’ in the same sentence are enough to make most trans people twitch. Comedies typically use transgender characters as the butts of jokes and...
During the end credits of “Avengers Age of Ultron” the camera swoops majestically around a marble statue of our heroes battling against Ultron and his countless facets. Heroic music rises and...
Shonda Rhimes has been breaking hearts on US television for over a decade, and the talented showrunner, writer, producer, and director doesn’t show signs of stopping any time soon. Last week marked...
Executive produced by Eugene Jarecki (“The House I Live In,” “Why We Fight”), and winner of the 2015 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Break Out First Feature, co-directors Lyric R. Cabral and...
As US television moves towards May sweeps, the inevitable discussion over bubble shows is beginning to percolate through gossip sites and trade magazines. Everyone wants to know which shows are in,...
Running April 15th-26th the Tribeca Film Festival, NYC’s own Hollywood on the Hudson, has become a borderline unwieldy affair over the past few years. In addition to the usual film festival talks,...
