The young adult fiction novel series After has a fascinating genesis and a built-in audience of superfans. Anna Todd’s decision to write a teen romance and bypass regular publishing houses via the Canadian social media app Wattpad resulted in sweet success. Her reworking of the traditional teen …
Julie Graham and Olivia Vinall talk Acorn TV’s Queens of Mystery
Acorn TV’s fem-tastic New Series Queens of Mystery is a treat. The Stone sisters, three fifty-plus renowned murder mystery authors live in the seemingly charming English village of Wildemarsh. Its gardens, smiling citizens and peace is suddenly dashed by the murder of a famous author – and an agent. …
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Sure, You Can Go Outside But How About Austro-Hungarian Decadence and Death, Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon and Cabaret, Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone Reboot, Howl with Kevin Hart and Marvel at the New Criterion Collection Streaming Service.
Hungarian director László Nemes follows his Oscar-winning debut feature Son of Saul with a challenging pre-WWI story set in Budapest and Vienna, Sunset takes place at the height of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s prominence, in a prestigious women’s hat store with connections to royalty. Irisz (Juli …
Adam Chapman and Keith Scholey talk ‘Our Planet’
Netflix's Our Planet is a new eight-part documentary series from the team behind Blue Planet and Planet Earth that examines how climate change impacts all living creatures - reminding us that we're all on one team. Adam Chapman (director/producer) and Keith Scholey (producer) filmed for more than …
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Dumbo Fixes His Sweet Gaze on a BIG Weekend, Double the Canadian Legend Tantoo Cardinal, An Unknown WWII Story Revealed Plus Food, Love and Sex.
Tim Burton’s Burtonesque Dumbo is exactly what we’d expect from the master of otherworldly, amusing goth. Moody sets, lighting, art design and weather are gloomy-to-dark, shot in waxing / waning golden hours or by night or in storms; things are best seen by candlelight or by limelight. But nothing …