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2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June)

Erik Anderson June 17, 2024

I know it’s just June but does Best Actor feel a bit…barren? Where the Best Actress race this year feels rich with possibility, their lead... Read More

77th Tony Awards: ‘Stereophonic,’ ‘The Outsiders,’ ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Lead Top Wins

Erik Anderson June 16, 2024

The American Theater Wing has handed out the 77th annual Tony Awards where Stereophonic, The Outsiders and Merrily We Roll Along led the wins while... Read More

The Enduring Horror of ‘Alien’ on its 45th Anniversary [Retrospective]

Retrospective

The Enduring Horror of ‘Alien’ on its 45th Anniversary [Retrospective]

Sarah Vincent June 14, 2024

Forty-five years after Ridley Scott directed, and Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Schusett wrote Alien, it is still terrifying. With Escape from Alcatraz trailing close behind,... Read More

‘The Imaginary’ Review: Creative Anime World-Building Bumps Up Against an Often Too Frantic Energy

Film Reviews

‘The Imaginary’ Review: Creative Anime World-Building Bumps Up Against an Often Too Frantic Energy

Kevin L. Lee June 14, 2024

There are two worlds that we live in. One is driven by friendly creations and limitless possibilities that are only limited by a child’s imagination,... Read More

Interview: Morgan Spector (‘The Gilded Age’) on George’s Moral Complexities, Doomsday Prepping with Carrie Coon and Being an Internet Sex Symbol

Interviews (TV)

Interview: Morgan Spector (‘The Gilded Age’) on George’s Moral Complexities, Doomsday Prepping with Carrie Coon and Being an Internet Sex Symbol

Erik Anderson June 14, 2024

As railroad tycoon George Russell, The Gilded Age actor Morgan Spector says of his morally dubious character, “I think that with George, the arena in... Read More

Interview: Renée Elise Goldsberry on Her Favorite Songs from ‘Girls5Eva’ and the Wackiness of Wickie Roy

Interviews (TV)

Interview: Renée Elise Goldsberry on Her Favorite Songs from ‘Girls5Eva’ and the Wackiness of Wickie Roy

Tyler Doster June 14, 2024

“Big Pussy Energy is for everyone,” Renée Elise Goldsberry tells me before I start recording our conversation. It only took moments after I appeared in... Read More

Frameline48 to Honor ‘Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story’ with Out in the Silence Award

Erik Anderson June 14, 2024

Frameline, the organization that puts on the annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, will honor the feature-length documentary film Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane... Read More

Interview: Andrew Scott Talks Finding His Own ‘Ripley,’ Fashion, Mastering Accents and the Star That is Lucio

Interviews (TV)

Interview: Andrew Scott Talks Finding His Own ‘Ripley,’ Fashion, Mastering Accents and the Star That is Lucio

Erik Anderson June 14, 2024

“It’s just the stamina of it,” says Andrew Scott on the massive 162-day shooting schedule of Ripley, the new limited series that debuted on Netflix... Read More

‘Genius: MLK/X,’ ‘Abbott Elementary’ Lead 8th Black Reel Television Awards Nominations

Erik Anderson June 13, 2024

The fourth season of the National Geographic limited series Genius, MLK/X, which explores the lives, legacies and dueling philosophies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... Read More