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“I mean, well before the Dobbs decision came down, well before Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, there were increasing numbers of restrictions and barriers for access. So this was very much on our minds and certainly on the minds of the women that we interviewed from The Janes when we spoke with them,” Lessin told IndieWire. “It certainly informed our filmmaking choices and the anger that we felt and the worry that we had and our determination to show the reality of what it looks like when abortion rights don’t exist....

Produced by Universal’s Focus Features and budgeted somewhere between $70-90 million (if not higher), Eggers’ absorbing action-drama resurrects the grisly Viking era for the story of a furious warrior (Alexander Skarsgard) hellbent on avenging the death of his father (Ethan Hawke) and rescuing his kidnapped mother (Nicole Kidman) from his traitorous uncle (Claes Bang). More than that, though, “The Northman” is a vivid tribute to the epic warrior genre that elevates it to high art....

Here’s the synopsis according to FX: “‘The Premise’ is a bold and provocative half-hour anthology of standalone stories about the times we live in. The curated collection of character-driven episodes challenges our shared morality tales, choosing art over argument, as it engages with the most relevant and meaningful issues of the modern era.” The first trailer for the series dropped on Friday and includes several of the A-list actors that will be telling Novak’s various stories....

And yet, Kathleen Peterson is murdered. A heated argument turns physical. The hallway again transforms into its inevitable, nightmarish state. Michael is both angry and apologetic, but he’s unquestionably at fault. Like the district attorney and his team claim from the start, Kathleen’s death was a homicide. With only five of the limited series’ eight episodes screened for critics, there very well may be a third or fourth reenactment of a murder that’s been debated for nearly two decades....

Per the official synopsis, it’s 1862, 13 years after the Great Famine. An English Nightingale Nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) is called to the Irish Midlands by a devout community to conduct a 15-day examination over one of their own. Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy) is an 11-year-old girl who claims not to have eaten for four months, surviving miraculously on “manna from heaven.” As Anna’s health rapidly deteriorates, Lib is determined to unearth the truth, challenging the faith of a community that would prefer to stay believing....

“I don’t do no Black pain,” the “Black-ish” actress said. “If it’s Black pain I don’t go for it because there’s so many films and projects about that.” While pain and trauma are assuredly part of the Black experience, there’s only so much a viewer can take of “THEM” before it becomes numbing — and despite the noble intentions of the creators, sensationalistic. Episode after episode of this unfortunate Black family suffering terrors both real and supernatural began to wear the viewer down, especially when the white aggressors receive little comeuppance for their deeds from those being oppressed....

After its pizzicato opening theme, “Three Minutes — A Lengthening” goes quiet for a little bit while showing the three minutes of footage referred to in the title. The only noise on the soundtrack is the whir of a projector, and the only images on the screen are taken from an amateur holiday film shot in a European town in the first half of the 20th century. Some of it is in black and white, some of it has pale colors....

“The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” began as a viral TikTok project, with Barlow and Bear writing songs for an imaginary Broadway musical based on the show. They soon compiled those songs into “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album,” which rose to the top of the iTunes charts and won a Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album. More recently, they mounted the musical as a full stage production which reportedly uses dialogue lifted directly from the show....

The show, which marks the superhero franchise’s first original installment on Disney’s streaming service, stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as their MCU characters Wanda (aka Scarlet Witch) and Vision. Despite Vision’s apparent death in 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” the duo appear to be living an idealized life in a suburb — until they realize that things aren’t necessarily as they seem. Check out all the show’s references to the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the season finale’s Episode 9 below: From the debut of Wanda’s comic book costume and Monica’s superpowers to the debunking that the X-Men — turns out, Pietro was just some guy called John Boehner and only happened to be played a former Quicksilver actor — have joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe (for now), “The Series” finale was chock-full of references to the rest of Disney’s film franchise and the comic books that came before it....

It would be simple for series creators David Simon and George Pelecanos to present their adaptation of Justin Fenton’s book as a six-episode origin story of a mistake, to track Sergeant Wayne Jenkins (Jon Bernthal) from his early days onward, as he ascends the ranks of the BPD and assumes the top post at the GTTF. But it’s telling that “We Own This City” instead takes a more circuitous, non-linear approach....

“Yellowstone” is a simple show. John Dutton (Kevin Costner) is a cattle rancher in the time of Impossible beef, an existential climacteric when the Mountain West’s fastest-growing export is the idea of the Mountain West, brought to you by a booming recreation sector, the fashionability of work clothes from Carhartt, and TV shows like “Yellowstone.” Each season introduces a bigger wolf with designs on how to pump serious money from the land the Duttons have worked since they stole it from the Native Americans, usually by paving over it....

Penn Badgley reprises his infamously delicious role as Joe in Season 4 of Netflix’s “You,” premiering February 10 on Netflix. The season is set to pick up after Joe murdered his wife Love (Victoria Pedretti) and traveled to Paris to find his mistress Marienne (Tati Gabrielle) and escape the American suburbs. Season 4 is confirmed to be taking place in London’s literary world, tapping into book preserver and bibliophile Joe’s romantic side....

While it’s much easier to gather with family this year, that doesn’t mean we can’t uphold some well-worn holiday traditions, like settling in on the couch with some hot cocoa to watch Christmas movies. Even if you’re not physically in the room with them, watch parties using integrated apps or Zooms or other virtual meetups means you can still have a collective, shared experience — just over the internet....

And yet, even before this year, a retraction was starting. The box office in 2019 fell five percent from 2018’s take, the third most from a previous year in over 35 years. That was even with five films grossing over $400 million in the U.S./Canada, with “Avengers: Endgame” alone making $858 million. That retraction became depression in 2020 with the onset of the pandemic, which extended through summer 2021. Since then, the improvement has been significant....

“Nomadland” star Frances McDormand won the Best Actress prize, the third Oscar of her career. Only Katherine Hepburn has more Oscars as an actress. The supporting acting categories went to Daniel Kaluuya for “Judas and the Black Messiah” and Yuh-Jung Youn for “Minari.” Anthony Hopkins triumphed in the Best Actor category for “The Father,” winning over presumed frontrunner Chadwick Boseman. Hopkins was not in attendance at the 93rd Academy Awards and thus did not make an acceptance speech....

This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2022 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting took place from June 16 to June 27, with the official Emmy nominations announced on Tuesday, July 12. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be given out over two consecutive nights on Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4, with an edited presentation on the ceremonies to be broadcast on Saturday, Sept....

This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2022 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting took place from June 16 to June 27, with the official Emmy nominations announced on Tuesday, July 12. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be given out over two consecutive nights on Saturday, September 3 and Sunday, September 4, with an edited presentation on the ceremonies to be broadcast on Saturday, Sept....

Leading nominations in the film categories are “All That Breathes” and “Fire of Love,” each with five. Meanwhile, films like “The Territory” and “Descendant,” which have been recognized by other awards bodies like the Cinema Eye Honors, are nowhere to be found on this year’s IDA Awards’ nominees list. It is somewhat expected, as nominees in each of the Best Feature Documentary and Best Short Documentary categories had been selected from the shortlists previously announced....

This year’s top awards went to “Top Gun: Maverick” for Best Film; Steven Spielberg for Best Director for “The Fabelmans”; Colin Farrell for Best Actor for “The Banshees of Inisherin”; and Michelle Yeoh for Best Actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” “’Top Gun: Maverick’ is a thrilling crowd-pleaser that is expertly crafted on every level,” said NBR President Annie Schulhof via statement. “Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski, and the entire filmmaking team have succeeded in making an incredibly popular film that brought audiences back to theaters, while at the same time being a full-on cinematic achievement....

Tonight marked a moment of redemption for many of the most dogged Oscar campaigners, who’ve been on the awards circuit since the fall of 2021. The telecast this year features three hosts: Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer. But whatever good came out of this evening’s “post”-pandemic Oscars was overshadowed by Best Actor winner Will Smith’s unscripted onstage confrontation of Best Documentary Oscar presenter Chris Rock, who made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith that did not go over well....