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…
When a director finds a storytelling form that feels like a natural vocation, they can begin to truly soar. For Rian Johnson, the murder mystery genre seems to define that special calling.
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.
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…
Great novels are always natural candidates for good films and TV. Producers or showrunners assume if the book is acclaimed, then half the work of crafting an enticing story has already been done.
There is a difference between a bad relationship and a bad relationship featuring two major talents. It is the kind of chemistry that can instantly become volatile. Showtime’s “George & Tammy” is…
Ron Howard’s 1988 fantasy adventure “Willow” has attained a particular kind of classic status over the years. Much of its legacy is linked to how for a certain age group of millennials, it…