January 23, 2018
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Oscars 2018: The Imaginative, Thoughtful, and Timely Nominated Films

...Michael H. Weber LOGAN, Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold MOLLY’S GAME, Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin MUDBOUND, Screenplay by Virgil Williams...

February 27, 2018
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Oscar-Nominee Greta Gerwig On Moving Behind the Camera for her Solo Directorial Debut Lady Bird

...(The Disaster Artist), Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green (Logan), Aaron Sorkin (Molly’s Game), and Virgil Williams & Dee Rees (Mudbound). Fans of Greta Gerwig know her as the go-to...

March 26, 2018
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The Big Sick Director Michael Showalter Directing New Christmas Movie Starring Octavia Spencer & Jessica Chastain

...once again. As if we needed another reason to look forward to the holidays. Featured image: Octavia Spencer in The Shape of Water (courtesy Fox Searchlight) and Jessica Chastain in Molly’s Game...

March 7, 2018
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Netflix Continues Going All Out on Sci-Fi With the Gorgeous Looking Lost in Space

...in a sci-fi series? Yes, a thousand times yes—Posey play Dr. Smith, described in the show’s synopsis as “a master manipulator with an inscrutable end game.” Sold. She ends up getting marooned...

August 20, 2019
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Theatrical poster for 'Antlers.' Courtesy Fox Searchlight/Walt Disney Studios

The Trailer for Scott Cooper & Guillermo del Toro's Antlers Looks Legitimately Terrifying

...local sheriff. The young student they suspect as being not quite right is played by Jeremy T. Thomas (Lore). Also on board are Graham Greene (Molly’s Game), Scott Haze (Venom), Rory Cochrane...

September 14, 2020
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THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (L to R) KELVIN HARRISON JR. as Fred Hampton, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II as Bobby Seale, MARK RYLANCE as William Kuntsler in THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7. Cr. NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX © 2020

"The Trial of the Chicago 7" Teaser Reveals Aaron Sorkin's Timely Netflix Film

...the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. This is the legendary screenwriter’s second directorial effort, after 2018’s Molly’s Game, and it sees him working with a larger cast of top-flight talent tackling...

September 5, 2017
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Fall Read/Watch List: Check out These Books Before Their Cinematic Adaptations Arrive

...big screen and the drama was directed by Paul McGuigan. The film will be released on November 17th. Molly’s Game: Molly Bloom once hosted some of the biggest Hollywood celebrities for her...

June 23, 2016
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Sarah Jessica Parker's HBO Show Divorced Drops 1st Teaser

...and now only, season. There were some concerns with Westworld for a while there, too, but if the latest trailer is any indication, things look right as rain with the impressively cast sci-fi series. And Game...

April 2, 2020
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Late-Night TV Adapts to a Changed World

...from the living rooms and homes of the hosts themselves, put together by their nimble crews, iPhone cameras, and game (and remote) interview subjects. The new, stripped-down shows are intentionally and unavoidably...

July 23, 2020
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Photo credit: BBC America/Sid Gentle Films Ltd 2018.

The Top 5 European Filming Regions to Visit This Summer

...are always open, like the Messedamm U-Bahn station, Berlin’s most oft-filmed public transit stop. Messedamm’s well-known columns have appeared in Atomic Blonde, Captain America: Civil War, Hanna, Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part...