Tag: Movies
Why Brandon Perea’s ‘Nope’ Audition Made Jordan Peele Cry
And then you heard about “Nope”?I got an email for an untitled Jordan Peele project, my first big…
Paul Sorvino: A Voluble Man Who Excelled as a Brick of a Mobster
When Paul Sorvino was offered the role of Paulie Cicero, the Queens-based mob underboss in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas”…
Why Are There so Many Books and Shows About Cannibalism?
An image came to Chelsea G. Summers: a boyfriend, accidentally on purpose hit by a car, some quick…
Review: Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Gets a Hell Yes
The trailers for Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” one of the most feverishly anticipated movies of the summer, have raised…
Why Is It So Hard to Adapt Jane Austen? Fans Play a Part.
Few authors (leaving aside Shakespeare, always a special case) have had their works reimagined as frequently, or as…
Jordan Peele’s New Film ‘Nope’ Explores ‘The Horse in Motion’
Near the beginning of “Nope,” Emerald (Keke Palmer), who with her brother, Otis Jr. (Daniel Kaluuya), runs an…
Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers and Breathes a Sigh of Relief
Disaster has been averted at Netflix.The streaming giant said in its earnings report on Tuesday that it lost…
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Wed in Las Vegas
The superstar couple of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, whose on-and-off relationship has garnered plenty of media attention…
Netflix, Still Reeling, Bets Big on ‘The Gray Man’
Anthony and Joe Russo like to go big.In 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” the directing brothers shocked fans when…
Daisy Edgar-Jones Would Like the Ingénue Phase of Her Career to End Now
Daisy Edgar-Jones bravely walked onstage, her face a ghastly white. Under her arm, a human head.“How could you…
Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief.
On a rainy Wednesday night in Brooklyn, after an introduction with a minimum of fanfare, Janeane Garofalo walked…
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Review: A Wild Heroine, a Soothing Tale
“Where the Crawdads Sing,” Delia Owens’s first novel, is one of the best-selling fiction books in recent years,…