Alci Rengifo Apple TV+ is becoming streaming’s leader in tear-jerkers and melancholia. Here we have another series about loss and sorrow, with characters diving into full despair. “Dear Edward” is an adaptation…
Melancholy dominates much TV these days. Great actors keep being tasked with capturing the loneliness of the times through stories of sheer depression, anxiety and that feeling that we haven’t figured things out…
Writer-producer Kenya Barris, who successfully explored race relations and topical issues using humor for eight seasons of “Black-ish,” tries his hand at a romantic comedy with his feature directorial debut, “You…
A specific cultural moment in popular entertainment can open doors that have been stubbornly difficult to figure out. One of those doors has been the adaptation of video games into convincing dramatic material.
If only a film like “The Pale Blue Eye” could survive on atmosphere alone. Here is another rich evocation of the 19th century from director Scott Cooper, who has a gifted…
The “auteur theory” has recently been transformed by the arthouse crowd into cult adoration of directors known more for their visual polish than stories. Danish enfant terrible Nicolas Winding Refn has developed…
