In “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost wrote: “good fences make good neighbors,” but it is unclear whether the poet laureate truly agreed with the sentiment. For the Chenoweth Family and their neighbors, the border a gasmask-clad man draws around and through their properties represents a deadly sinister invisible barrier. The mystery man certainly looks creepy—presumably that…
©Courtesy of Adult Swim Do not expect much cross-promotion for this new anime series in the Guggenheim rotunda. For many viewers, the sight of any seemingly benign spiral will cause great unease, even after just one episode. As fans of Junji Ito’s cult-classic manga and the 2000 live-action adaptation directed by Higuchinsky (a.k.a. Akihiro Higuchi)…
@Courtesy of Netflix How far would you go in order to fulfill your lifelong dream? What would you be willing to sacrifice? And how much of yourself would you change? These are the main questions that develop the narrative arc of Dump Matsumoto, the charismatic main character of the Japanese Netflix series The Queen of…
@Courtesy of Pramount + After a first season realized with undeniable depth and a second that instead leaned lazily on what had been produced earlier, the TV series created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon and produced for Paramount +, lifts its artistic fortunes with a third season that returns to the narrative strength of…
The new Apple TV+ original series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón — starring Cate Blanchett and Sasha Baron Cohen — premiered at the 81st Venice Film Festival. This marks the return of the filmmaker to the Lido, after opening the kermesse with Gravity in 2013 and winning the Golden Lion with Roma in 2018. Disclaimer is based on the novel of the same…
In 1987, Scott Turow kicked off the legal thriller craze with his surprise bestselling novel Presumed Innocent, which still boasts one of the most famous twist endings since Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Fans will happily view Apple TV+’s new series adaptation, even though they have already read the novel and seen Alan…
©Courtesy of Apple TV+ A movie production is always good cover for a caper, because they are supposed to be frantic and disorganized. It worked for CIA Officer Tony Mendez, when he smuggled Americans out of the Canadian embassy in Iran, as Ben Affleck dramatized in Argo. Leftwing producer Bert Schneider tried to do…
Those binge-watchers who were addicted to the Netflix adaptation of Julia Quinn’s best-selling series of novels will be overjoyed to return to the world of Regency high society with Bridgerton 3. The family composed by eight close-knit siblings, has so far revealed the romantic denouements of Daphne (Season 1) and Anthony (Season 2). Season 3…
©Courtesy of Roku Television So “The Spiderwick Chronicles” is based on the children’s book series by the same name by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black (also executive producers in this series). The first book came out in 2003 and then left for 4 subsequent books. These books led to a film adaptation in 2008, again by the…
It’s difficult to truly comprehend and grapple with the impact of the Holocaust, which sought to and unfortunately succeeded in wiping out the Jewish population of much of Europe. We Were the Lucky Ones, a limited series based on the book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, charts the journey of one family that…
It’s impossible to truly know what life was like and how people actually behaved hundreds of years ago. There are written records, paintings and then photographs, and, in more recent years, gradually more available video evidence so that those in the present day can perceive a moderately insightful look into the past. Imagining the first…
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