Here’s what ‘The Americans’ creators had to say about that series finale
6 years ago Danielle Murray‘Roseanne’ cancellation means hundreds of crew members are about to be unemployed
6 years ago Lily GarnerAs a Hollywood music editor who has performed soundtrack work on numerous TV series over the decades, Dino Moriana has seen many network shows come and go. But even he has never witnessed a job evaporate as quickly as his gig on ABC’s rebooted “Roseanne.”
The Woodland Hills resident recalled that....
How Toni Collette’s turn in the year’s scariest film lends ‘Hereditary’ its terrifying power
6 years ago Scarlett NewtonToni Collette wasn’t looking for darkness when “Hereditary” came calling. But when the darkness found her — in the form of the unnerving saga of the Grahams, an American family haunted by tragedy, mental illness, and perhaps something supernatural — the opportunity was too delicious to pass up.
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The women at the helm of 2018’s Venice Architecture Biennale and the unexpected generosity of design
6 years ago Talia IrvineArchitecture, says Yvonne Farrell, co-founder of the Dublin-based studio Grafton Architects, isn’t necessarily found in a building’s walls or its roof or the pattern of its external cladding. Architecture is space.
Farrell is saying this as she surveys a cavernous covered dock in the Aresenale,...
Romantic comedy ‘Social Animals’ bogs down in Austin hipster clichés
6 years ago Scarlett NewtonMuch in the way that Cameron Crowe’s early ’90s Seattle-set “Singles” froze the grunge scene in rom-com amber, “Social Animals” is a time capsule of 20-teens Austin. Writer-director Theresa Bennett throws every hipster cliché at “Social Animals,” but it only serves to make the film feel dated.
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Bruce La Bruce’s wild satire ‘The Misandrists’ wields radical feminism with a light touch
6 years ago Isabell RoseArtist, filmmaker, writer and Queercore movement founding father Bruce La Bruce is back with an audacious new film, “The Misandrists,” which takes place among a radical lesbian separatist movement with a high femme bent.
The setting is 1999, “somewhere in Ger(wo)many,” at a school for girls run...
Why did Disney take such a big gamble on ‘Roseanne’? Blame the uncertain TV market
6 years ago Lily GarnerFor a few months, Roseanne Barr put ABC back on top of the television world.
The stunning success of her rebooted sitcom “Roseanne” — reaching nearly 22 million viewers with its debut — reminded the industry of its ability to deliver mass audiences and drive the country’s cultural conversation.
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‘All Summers End’ wastes strong cast with bad choices
6 years ago Talia IrvineThere’s much a filmmaker could do with a cast like the one “All Summers End” has — led by Tye Sheridan and Kaitlyn Dever as love-struck teens, and Paula Malcolmson and Annabeth Gish as their moms — but writer-director Kyle Wilamowski smothers his bid for nuanced emotion in the cardboard mechanics...