Netflix’s “Black Mirror” returns to the Emmy Awards after a four-year break with its sixth season that premiered back in June 2023. The trajectory of the Charlie Brooker anthology series at the Emmys has been a tumultuous journey, particularly in recent years. The science-fiction dystopia used to dominate the limited/movie genre, winning Best Television Movie for three consecutive years at its height, before the Television Academy ruled that it must compete for the drama categories for its fifth season in 2020, ending its streak. Then the following year, the top category for limited series was changed to Best Limited or Anthology Series, placing “Black Mirror” back into the genre, but in the more competitive limited series race rather than the standalone television movies.
Despite the many radical switches, the program has managed an impressive eight wins out of 14 nominations overall. With its new string of six anthology episodes that star various actors including Salma Hayek,...
Despite the many radical switches, the program has managed an impressive eight wins out of 14 nominations overall. With its new string of six anthology episodes that star various actors including Salma Hayek,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
Susan Seidelman's 1985 comedy "Desperately Seeking Susan" is about an unhappy housewife named Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) who notices that two people appear to be communicating through mutually placed personal ads in her local newspaper. The correspondents are "Jim" and "Susan," and Roberta becomes involved in their progressing print-only drama. Audiences also see that Susan (Madonna) is an itinerant drifter who is having an affair with a mobster. She is involved in a crime drama of her own. All the same, Roberta manages to see a meeting between Susan and Jim from afar and then buys some of Susan's clothes after Susan sells them to a thrift store.
Naturally, through some exciting contrivances, Roberta is not only mistaken for Susan, but she hits her head and contracts amnesia, soon believing that she, too, is Susan. It's an exciting, high-concept comedy that introduced Madonna to the world and was inspired by Jacque...
Naturally, through some exciting contrivances, Roberta is not only mistaken for Susan, but she hits her head and contracts amnesia, soon believing that she, too, is Susan. It's an exciting, high-concept comedy that introduced Madonna to the world and was inspired by Jacque...
- 4/30/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Throughout the early 2000s, the rock ‘n’ roll film festival “Don’t Knock the Rock” was one of the highlights of any L.A.-based cinephile’s year, an impeccably assembled program of movies, live performances, and panels celebrating the intersection between rock ‘n’ roll and cinema. Created by writer-director Allison Anders and music supervisor Tiffany Anders, “Don’t Knock the Rock” was beloved for its determination to showcase difficult-to-see music documentaries and for the breadth and depth of its programming.
The festival last graced L.A. screens in 2016, but now it’s returning to Hollywood via the American Cinematheque with a line-up that’s one of the best ever. From May 23-27, “Don’t Knock the Rock” will screen an eclectic mix of documentaries, music-themed narrative films, and essential retrospective programs at the Cinematheque’s Los Feliz venue, with an added virtual component that will stream from May 23-July 31. Among the...
The festival last graced L.A. screens in 2016, but now it’s returning to Hollywood via the American Cinematheque with a line-up that’s one of the best ever. From May 23-27, “Don’t Knock the Rock” will screen an eclectic mix of documentaries, music-themed narrative films, and essential retrospective programs at the Cinematheque’s Los Feliz venue, with an added virtual component that will stream from May 23-July 31. Among the...
- 4/24/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Ron Nyswaner will soon be traveling to New York to reunite with his Writers Guild of America East fellows for a grand occasion. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter, producer and showrunner has been selected to receive the Walter Bernstein Award at the 76th Writers Guild Awards at New York’s Edison Ballroom on April 14.
The honor — named after the late screenwriter who was blacklisted for his political views only to persevere and get his career back on track with such credits as Fail-Safe, Semi-Tough and Yanks — is presented to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity,” per the organization.
Nyswaner has been doing that for pretty much his entire career. A prime example is Jonathan Demme’s 1993 film Philadelphia. Penned by Nyswaner, the Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington-starrer was the first major Hollywood film to dramatize the real-world...
The honor — named after the late screenwriter who was blacklisted for his political views only to persevere and get his career back on track with such credits as Fail-Safe, Semi-Tough and Yanks — is presented to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity,” per the organization.
Nyswaner has been doing that for pretty much his entire career. A prime example is Jonathan Demme’s 1993 film Philadelphia. Penned by Nyswaner, the Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington-starrer was the first major Hollywood film to dramatize the real-world...
- 3/14/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ron Nyswaner, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind films including Philadelphia and The Painted Veil and most recently the Matt Bomer-starring Showtime miniseries Fellow Travelers, is receiving this year’s Walter Bernstein Award from the Writers Guild of America East.
The honor will be bestowed April 14 at the WGA Awards’ East Coast ceremony in New York, which takes place concurrently with the WGA’s West Coast ceremony in Los Angeles.
The Bernstein award goes to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity.” Nyswaner becomes the second person to win the award, after Jelani Cobb won in 2017 for his Frontline documentary Policing the Police.
Nyswaner penned the original screenplay for Philadelphia, which was groundbreaking when the Jonathan Demme-directed film starring Tom Hanks debuted in 1993; it was the first major motion picture to focus on the discrimination suffered by people with AIDS,...
The honor will be bestowed April 14 at the WGA Awards’ East Coast ceremony in New York, which takes place concurrently with the WGA’s West Coast ceremony in Los Angeles.
The Bernstein award goes to writers “who have demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity.” Nyswaner becomes the second person to win the award, after Jelani Cobb won in 2017 for his Frontline documentary Policing the Police.
Nyswaner penned the original screenplay for Philadelphia, which was groundbreaking when the Jonathan Demme-directed film starring Tom Hanks debuted in 1993; it was the first major motion picture to focus on the discrimination suffered by people with AIDS,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar Contender
Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga Kapoor (“The Elephant Whisperers”) and Michelin-starred chef and filmmaker Vikas Khanna (“The Last Color”) have boarded Oscar-qualified animated short “American Sikh” as executive producers.
The film tells the true story of an American-born, turban-wearing Sikh illustrator, writer, performance artist, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com, Vishavjit Singh, who after a lifetime of facing prejudice, self-doubt and violence, finally finds acceptance in a superhero costume. Singh is publicly known for his Captain America persona — a turbaned and bearded Sikh — fighting against bigotry, intolerance and perceptions of what an American should look like post 9/11.
“American Sikh” was created in partnership with Singh as the director-producer and director Ryan Westra. It was animated by Studio Showoff, a Melbourne-based production house founded by Ivan Dixon and Sean Zwan that has produced work for Childish Gambino, HBO and Cartoon Network.
The film has won best short animation at Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham,...
Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga Kapoor (“The Elephant Whisperers”) and Michelin-starred chef and filmmaker Vikas Khanna (“The Last Color”) have boarded Oscar-qualified animated short “American Sikh” as executive producers.
The film tells the true story of an American-born, turban-wearing Sikh illustrator, writer, performance artist, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com, Vishavjit Singh, who after a lifetime of facing prejudice, self-doubt and violence, finally finds acceptance in a superhero costume. Singh is publicly known for his Captain America persona — a turbaned and bearded Sikh — fighting against bigotry, intolerance and perceptions of what an American should look like post 9/11.
“American Sikh” was created in partnership with Singh as the director-producer and director Ryan Westra. It was animated by Studio Showoff, a Melbourne-based production house founded by Ivan Dixon and Sean Zwan that has produced work for Childish Gambino, HBO and Cartoon Network.
The film has won best short animation at Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for Our Flag Means Death season 1.
The sitcom Our Flag Means Death has behaved in a very piratey way, quite frankly. When it burst onto the scene last year, it unexpectedly plundered fans’ hearts, leaving their new favorite ship – between Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet and Taika Waititi as Blackbeard – wrecked, and left us stranded on a cliffhanger of a finale desperate for a second series.
Thankfully, the treasure that is season two of Our Flag Means Death is released on Max on Oct. 5, and it’s as adorable as ever, with a whole crew of new characters to fall in love with:
Let’s meet the new characters, and discover which returning cast members are back:
New Cast Ruibo Qian as Susan
Susan runs a soup stand in the Republic of Pirates, which she acquired by savage means, but she seems to have more depth...
The sitcom Our Flag Means Death has behaved in a very piratey way, quite frankly. When it burst onto the scene last year, it unexpectedly plundered fans’ hearts, leaving their new favorite ship – between Rhys Darby as Stede Bonnet and Taika Waititi as Blackbeard – wrecked, and left us stranded on a cliffhanger of a finale desperate for a second series.
Thankfully, the treasure that is season two of Our Flag Means Death is released on Max on Oct. 5, and it’s as adorable as ever, with a whole crew of new characters to fall in love with:
Let’s meet the new characters, and discover which returning cast members are back:
New Cast Ruibo Qian as Susan
Susan runs a soup stand in the Republic of Pirates, which she acquired by savage means, but she seems to have more depth...
- 10/5/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Editor’s Note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. Bleecker Street will open “One Life” in select theaters March 15, 2024.
Like OBEs, middlebrow British prestige biopics symbolize a desire to raise national morale by bestowing laurels upon an extraordinary individual. These subjects require no special case-making, for their efforts speak for themselves. The result tends to be patronizingly risk-averse, as story dots are joined with the goal of spoon-feeding a historic achievement to the masses. An inspirational message becomes a claim to contemporary relevance while a popular actor leads the charge towards awards recognition.
What sets Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton aside from Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game” and Eddie Redmayne as Steven Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” is that while these two men are known for their scientific inventions, Winton acted from an instinctive desire to do something humane.
Like OBEs, middlebrow British prestige biopics symbolize a desire to raise national morale by bestowing laurels upon an extraordinary individual. These subjects require no special case-making, for their efforts speak for themselves. The result tends to be patronizingly risk-averse, as story dots are joined with the goal of spoon-feeding a historic achievement to the masses. An inspirational message becomes a claim to contemporary relevance while a popular actor leads the charge towards awards recognition.
What sets Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton aside from Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game” and Eddie Redmayne as Steven Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” is that while these two men are known for their scientific inventions, Winton acted from an instinctive desire to do something humane.
- 9/9/2023
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
“I wanted to tell stories about people who I wanted to watch on screen,” says Susan Seidelman, the director behind a number of landmark ‘80s films that range from the fearless punk drama “Smithereens” to the Madonna-led classic “Desperately Seeking Susan.” It was never much of a mystery as to who those people were: Over the course of a career that would continue to shape American culture for the rest of the 20th century and beyond (later credits include the pilot for “Sex and the City”), Seidelman has consistently focused her sharp lens on the changing place of women in American society, and the work she made in the 1980s helped fundamentally reshape our national self-image in ways that are still being felt today.
Seidelman came to the cinema after studying fashion at Drexel University, where a film appreciation class had reawakened the fierce love for genre films that...
Seidelman came to the cinema after studying fashion at Drexel University, where a film appreciation class had reawakened the fierce love for genre films that...
- 8/14/2023
- by Marya E. Gates
- Indiewire
Every time a new season of “Black Mirror” debuts, viewers everywhere stop what they’re doing and start feverishly debating which episode was their favorite. (Wars have been started over less.) Emmy voters gave three consecutive Best TV Movie awards to “San Junipero” (2017), “USS Callister” (2018) and “Bandersnatch” (2019), but what does the entire fandom think are the show’s best and worst installments ever? We’ve consulted the cumulative IMDb rankings for all seasons and come up with the definitive list of “Black Mirror” episodes ranked by fans. Can You guess their #1 choice? (Scroll through our photo gallery above or click here for direct access.)
Season 6 was released in June 2023 and brought the total number of episodes and specials to 28. Created by Charlie Brooker, the sci-fi anthology series began on the UK’s Channel 4 in 2011 before moving to Netflix (and becoming a worldwide phenomenon) in 2016. The show took a four-year...
Season 6 was released in June 2023 and brought the total number of episodes and specials to 28. Created by Charlie Brooker, the sci-fi anthology series began on the UK’s Channel 4 in 2011 before moving to Netflix (and becoming a worldwide phenomenon) in 2016. The show took a four-year...
- 6/28/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Every time a new season of “Black Mirror” debuts, viewers everywhere stop what they’re doing and start feverishly debating which episode was their favorite. (Wars have been started over less.) Emmy voters gave three consecutive Best TV Movie awards to “San Junipero” (2017), “USS Callister” (2018) and “Bandersnatch” (2019), but what does the entire fandom think are the show’s best and worst installments ever? We’ve consulted the cumulative IMDb rankings for all seasons and come up with the definitive list of “Black Mirror” episodes ranked by fans. Can You guess their #1 choice?
Season 6 was released in June 2023 and brought the total number of episodes and specials to 28. Created by Charlie Brooker, the sci-fi anthology series began on the UK’s Channel 4 in 2011 before moving to Netflix (and becoming a worldwide phenomenon) in 2016. The show took a four-year break after Season 5, thanks in part to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, but...
Season 6 was released in June 2023 and brought the total number of episodes and specials to 28. Created by Charlie Brooker, the sci-fi anthology series began on the UK’s Channel 4 in 2011 before moving to Netflix (and becoming a worldwide phenomenon) in 2016. The show took a four-year break after Season 5, thanks in part to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, but...
- 6/28/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
Several times throughout sci-fi anthology Black Mirror‘s run, creator Charlie Brooker has intimated that the show’s seemingly unrelated installments take place in a shared universe. The show itself has continually confirmed Brooker’s theory, featuring a series of familiar Easter eggs throughout many episodes.
Speaking to Thrillist in advance of the show’s third season (and first on Netflix) in 2016, Brooker said: “We had the Irma Thomas song come back in because it does sort of nest the whole thing together in some kind of artistic universe, to sound wanky for a moment. So it is deliberate, but it’s not part of some grand unveiling that this is all set in the year 2030 or something.”
Then, in 2017, Brooker told DigitalSpy that season 4 finale “Black Museum” does actually “now seem to imply that it is all a shared universe.”
With the launch of Black Mirror season 6, however, the...
Speaking to Thrillist in advance of the show’s third season (and first on Netflix) in 2016, Brooker said: “We had the Irma Thomas song come back in because it does sort of nest the whole thing together in some kind of artistic universe, to sound wanky for a moment. So it is deliberate, but it’s not part of some grand unveiling that this is all set in the year 2030 or something.”
Then, in 2017, Brooker told DigitalSpy that season 4 finale “Black Museum” does actually “now seem to imply that it is all a shared universe.”
With the launch of Black Mirror season 6, however, the...
- 6/16/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Warning: spoilers for season 6 of “Black Mirror”.
Upon “Black Mirror”‘s epic return after a four-year hiatus, fans have already spotted numerous Easter eggs from previous seasons in each of the five new episodes.
The mind-bending anthology series — that reveals humanity’s worst traits, greatest innovations, and more — released its sixth season today, and it’s full of new and cryptic surprises, whether in outer space or an alternate reality.
Read More: Annie Murphy Says She And ‘Black Mirror’ Co-Star Salma Hayek Are Desperate To Star In A Buddy Comedy Together: ‘Please, We’re Begging You!’
While filming the new season last September, series creator, Charlie Brooker, said he “always felt that ‘Black Mirror’ should feature stories that are entirely distinct from one another, and keep surprising people — and myself — or else what’s the point?”
Despite season 6’s more frightening approach, Brooker still managed to connect the “Black Mirror...
Upon “Black Mirror”‘s epic return after a four-year hiatus, fans have already spotted numerous Easter eggs from previous seasons in each of the five new episodes.
The mind-bending anthology series — that reveals humanity’s worst traits, greatest innovations, and more — released its sixth season today, and it’s full of new and cryptic surprises, whether in outer space or an alternate reality.
Read More: Annie Murphy Says She And ‘Black Mirror’ Co-Star Salma Hayek Are Desperate To Star In A Buddy Comedy Together: ‘Please, We’re Begging You!’
While filming the new season last September, series creator, Charlie Brooker, said he “always felt that ‘Black Mirror’ should feature stories that are entirely distinct from one another, and keep surprising people — and myself — or else what’s the point?”
Despite season 6’s more frightening approach, Brooker still managed to connect the “Black Mirror...
- 6/16/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Warning: contains spoilers for the Black Mirror episode “Loch Henry”
“Pretty wee thing you’ve captured.” So says Janet McArdle to her son about his new girlfriend on first meeting her. Janet, a walking cardigan with a tiny voice, turns out to know a thing or two about capture…
Played by Monica Dolan in her second Black Mirror role after season five’s “Smithereens”, Janet lives alone, surrounded by kitsch ornaments and home-recorded VHS tapes of 1980s cosy crime series Bergerac, in the remote Scottish town of Loch Henry. She’s been a widow since the death of her police officer husband Kenny years earlier. When her student filmmaker son Davis (Samuel Blenkin) and his partner Pia (Myha’la Herrold) visit from London, it’s clear how unexciting and provincial they find Janet and her lifestyle. If only they knew.
Over the course of “Loch Henry”, Davis and Pia find out exactly who Janet is,...
“Pretty wee thing you’ve captured.” So says Janet McArdle to her son about his new girlfriend on first meeting her. Janet, a walking cardigan with a tiny voice, turns out to know a thing or two about capture…
Played by Monica Dolan in her second Black Mirror role after season five’s “Smithereens”, Janet lives alone, surrounded by kitsch ornaments and home-recorded VHS tapes of 1980s cosy crime series Bergerac, in the remote Scottish town of Loch Henry. She’s been a widow since the death of her police officer husband Kenny years earlier. When her student filmmaker son Davis (Samuel Blenkin) and his partner Pia (Myha’la Herrold) visit from London, it’s clear how unexciting and provincial they find Janet and her lifestyle. If only they knew.
Over the course of “Loch Henry”, Davis and Pia find out exactly who Janet is,...
- 6/15/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
After four years, “Black Mirror” is back for Season 6 and considering it’s the premiere destination for storytelling that comes swinging at big tech, it was only a matter of time before it took aim at the streaming industry. Season 6 comes out of the gate hitting directly at Netflix — the streamer in which it airs — with the arrival of the Streamberry app in the hyper-meta episode “Joan Is Awful.” And hoo boy, does Streamberry shake up the current understanding of the “Black Mirror” universe.
Not least of all because the Streamberry homepage is jam-packed with familiar titles that reference episodes from every season of “Black Mirror.” Some of the shots go by in a hurry, and not everyone has time to pause (over and over again) to obsess over the details, so we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to all the Easter Eggs, callbacks and references you’ll find in the Streamberry lineup.
Not least of all because the Streamberry homepage is jam-packed with familiar titles that reference episodes from every season of “Black Mirror.” Some of the shots go by in a hurry, and not everyone has time to pause (over and over again) to obsess over the details, so we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to all the Easter Eggs, callbacks and references you’ll find in the Streamberry lineup.
- 6/15/2023
- by Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
Rami Malek is circling his next lead role in the thriller "Amateur" from 20th Century Studios. Deadline reports that James Hawes — who directed all six episodes of the first season of "Slow Horses," the Gary Oldman-led Apple TV+ series — has also boarded the project. Right now, it's still in the development stages, with Malek in line to executive produce alongside Hutch Parker and Dan Wilson.
The plot of "Amateur" reportedly "follows a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them." The CIA isn't having any of that, and "when it becomes clear they won't act due to conflicting internal priorities," the cryptographer takes matters into his own hands and "blackmails the agency into training him."
Malek is no stranger to thriller territory, having starred in "Mr. Robot" for four seasons before the show ended in 2019. Since winning...
The plot of "Amateur" reportedly "follows a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them." The CIA isn't having any of that, and "when it becomes clear they won't act due to conflicting internal priorities," the cryptographer takes matters into his own hands and "blackmails the agency into training him."
Malek is no stranger to thriller territory, having starred in "Mr. Robot" for four seasons before the show ended in 2019. Since winning...
- 2/20/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
After a lot of behind-the-scenes complications, "Black Mirror" is officially returning for a sixth season on Netflix. Now that fans have something to look forward to again, it's worth looking back on the show's most widely-derided string of episodes: season 5. The season started off with "Striking Vipers," an episode whose biggest claim to fame was the "I f**ked a polar bear" line. This was followed by "Smithereens," an episode that most people considered entertaining, but whose message was often conflated to nothing more than a "don't text and drive" PSA. This was followed by "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too," which is widely considered to...
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The post Why Season 5 of Black Mirror is Better Than You Remember appeared first on /Film.
- 5/25/2022
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
“Black Mirror” will return for a sixth season on Netflix, Variety reported on Monday.
The popular dystopian series, which finds the darkness that lurks behind technological advances, last aired new episodes in 2019. Variety reported that the new season will feature more standalone episodes, with each being considered as an “individual film.” (The last season of “Black Mirror” featured three episodes.)
Created by Charlie Brooker, “Black Mirror” has won numerous Emmy Awards and its anthology format has allowed for multiple major stars to participate in the show’s skewed universe. But new episodes were far from assured despite the success: Back in 2020, Brooker said he didn’t expect to revisit “Black Mirror” during the coronavirus pandemic due to the mood of the moment. “I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those,” he told U.
The popular dystopian series, which finds the darkness that lurks behind technological advances, last aired new episodes in 2019. Variety reported that the new season will feature more standalone episodes, with each being considered as an “individual film.” (The last season of “Black Mirror” featured three episodes.)
Created by Charlie Brooker, “Black Mirror” has won numerous Emmy Awards and its anthology format has allowed for multiple major stars to participate in the show’s skewed universe. But new episodes were far from assured despite the success: Back in 2020, Brooker said he didn’t expect to revisit “Black Mirror” during the coronavirus pandemic due to the mood of the moment. “I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on one of those,” he told U.
- 5/16/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
Black Mirror is returning to Netflix for a sixth season, Deadline has confirmed.
Charlie Brooker’s dystopian show has been one of the streamer’s landmarks since being picked up from Channel 4 after series two, setting the bar for high quality and innovative thinking.
The sixth season will likely follow the same pattern as the fifth, which reduced the number of episodes down to three but extended them to feature film length, a source confirmed.
Season five was preceded by innovative playalong feature Bandersnatch and was comprised of three episodes: Striking Vipers with Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Matteen II, Smithereens with Sherlock star Andrew Scott and Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, which starred Miley Cyrus as a popstar.
Black Mirror is now produced by Brooker and Annabel Jones’ indie Broke & Bones, which has investment and a deal with Netflix. It was previously produced by the pair’s Banijay-backed shingle...
Charlie Brooker’s dystopian show has been one of the streamer’s landmarks since being picked up from Channel 4 after series two, setting the bar for high quality and innovative thinking.
The sixth season will likely follow the same pattern as the fifth, which reduced the number of episodes down to three but extended them to feature film length, a source confirmed.
Season five was preceded by innovative playalong feature Bandersnatch and was comprised of three episodes: Striking Vipers with Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Matteen II, Smithereens with Sherlock star Andrew Scott and Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too, which starred Miley Cyrus as a popstar.
Black Mirror is now produced by Brooker and Annabel Jones’ indie Broke & Bones, which has investment and a deal with Netflix. It was previously produced by the pair’s Banijay-backed shingle...
- 5/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
America has officially celebrated Women’s History month since the 1980s when a feminist surge for equal job opportunities and education blossomed out of local celebrations and the International Women’s Day holiday, as well as Women’s History Week. And for the entire month of March, the streaming service HBO Max is celebrating Women’s History Month with programming devoted entirely to stories about women.
HBO Max is stacked with movies and shows that show complex female leads, and along with their spotlight page offerings, HBO is offering a first ever in-app trivia experience to celebrate the event. The HBO Max Women’s History Month Trivia tray allows fans to discover entertainment milestones that all involve women. To reveal the answer, viewers can simply click or tap the tile.
HBO Max has curated a list of films, TV shows and documentaries that reflect empowering and challenging female characters, overlooked and underrated performances,...
HBO Max is stacked with movies and shows that show complex female leads, and along with their spotlight page offerings, HBO is offering a first ever in-app trivia experience to celebrate the event. The HBO Max Women’s History Month Trivia tray allows fans to discover entertainment milestones that all involve women. To reveal the answer, viewers can simply click or tap the tile.
HBO Max has curated a list of films, TV shows and documentaries that reflect empowering and challenging female characters, overlooked and underrated performances,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Alamo Drafthouse, the movie theater du jour of cinephiles, is finally ready to open the doors to its first Manhattan location.
Starting on Oct. 18, customers will be able to visit the Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan to get their fix of popcorn, buffalo cauliflower and beer while watching the latest blockbuster unfold on the big screen. The soft launch period will run through Oct. 21, a time during which guests will receive special discounts on select food and non-alcoholic beverages while staff members train and find their bearings. Located in the Financial District at 28 Liberty Street, the 14-screen multiplex and 598-seat theater is the company’s third New York-based operation following Yonkers and Brooklyn.
“The last 18 months have been a rollercoaster for our industry, but through it all we’ve believed in the future of this industry,” says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor. “Opening our Lower Manhattan theater is an expression of...
Starting on Oct. 18, customers will be able to visit the Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan to get their fix of popcorn, buffalo cauliflower and beer while watching the latest blockbuster unfold on the big screen. The soft launch period will run through Oct. 21, a time during which guests will receive special discounts on select food and non-alcoholic beverages while staff members train and find their bearings. Located in the Financial District at 28 Liberty Street, the 14-screen multiplex and 598-seat theater is the company’s third New York-based operation following Yonkers and Brooklyn.
“The last 18 months have been a rollercoaster for our industry, but through it all we’ve believed in the future of this industry,” says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor. “Opening our Lower Manhattan theater is an expression of...
- 10/13/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
China Lost and Found: Eight Films by Jia Zhangke
One of the greatest directors to emerge in this young century, Jia Zhangke has captured his native country like few others. The Criterion Channel is now spotlighting his stellar body of work, including the new restoration of his debut Xiao Wu (1997), along with Platform (2000), Unknown Pleasures (2002), The World (2004), Still Life (2006), 24 City (2008), A Touch of Sin (2013), and Mountains May Depart (2015). Also playing is the documentary Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang from 2014.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas)
In the quarter-century since its debut, Olivier Assayas’ hilarious, mischievous, altogether unclassifiable Irma Vep stands merrily uninterested in many things contemporary movies are meant to be interested in—not ultra-sophisticated narrative gimmickry...
China Lost and Found: Eight Films by Jia Zhangke
One of the greatest directors to emerge in this young century, Jia Zhangke has captured his native country like few others. The Criterion Channel is now spotlighting his stellar body of work, including the new restoration of his debut Xiao Wu (1997), along with Platform (2000), Unknown Pleasures (2002), The World (2004), Still Life (2006), 24 City (2008), A Touch of Sin (2013), and Mountains May Depart (2015). Also playing is the documentary Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang from 2014.
Where to Stream: The Criterion Channel
Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas)
In the quarter-century since its debut, Olivier Assayas’ hilarious, mischievous, altogether unclassifiable Irma Vep stands merrily uninterested in many things contemporary movies are meant to be interested in—not ultra-sophisticated narrative gimmickry...
- 9/3/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
For a certain generation of women, director Susan Seidelman’s second feature, “Desperately Seeking Susan,” is a formative text, an indelible record of New York in the ‘80s, from Madonna’s iconic hair bow to Rosanna Arquette’s spirited performance as the lead. With its cast of New York underground habitués, and fizzy pace set to the tune of Madonna’s “Into the Groove,” “Desperately Seeking Susan” was a fashion-forward change of pace from the teen comedies and slick action fare of the time.
Seidelman’s first feature, the scrappy microbudget “Smithereens,” shocked everyone when it was selected as one of the first American independent films to be accepted into official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. With a cast that included proto-punk rocker Richard Hell, the 1982 “Smithereens” captured the East Village in all its grungy, pre-gentrification glory, and has become a cult classic.
A die-hard New Yorker, Seidelman never felt comfortable in Hollywood.
Seidelman’s first feature, the scrappy microbudget “Smithereens,” shocked everyone when it was selected as one of the first American independent films to be accepted into official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. With a cast that included proto-punk rocker Richard Hell, the 1982 “Smithereens” captured the East Village in all its grungy, pre-gentrification glory, and has become a cult classic.
A die-hard New Yorker, Seidelman never felt comfortable in Hollywood.
- 3/16/2021
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
The winners of the 2020 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards were announced last night, with Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson pic Ordinary Love winning Best Film, presented by Martin Scoresese. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor won Best Actor in Film for Rialto, which also scooped the Scriptwriter prize for Mark O’Halloran. Paddy Breathnach took Best Director for Rosie. Jessie Buckley won two awards: Best Actress In Film for Wild Rose as well as Supporting Actress Drama for Chernobyl. Niamh Algar also took two prizes: Supporting Actress Film for Calm With Horses and Leading Actress Drama for The Virtues. Also on the TV side, Blood won Best Drama, Andrew Scott took Best Actor Drama for Black Mirror: Smithereens, Mark O’Halloran won Supporting Actor Drama for The Virtues, Dearbhla Walsh won Director Drama for The Handmaid’s Tale, and Mark O’Rowe won Scriptwriter Drama for Temple. Aisling Franciosi Won the Screen Ireland Rising Star prize.
- 10/19/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Four of the men nominated for Drama Guest Actor already have at least one Emmy Award on their mantle, while the other two nominees are looking for their first win. A dynamite episode submission is a key factor in deciding a winner. We have weighed the pros and cons of every episode submission to better help you deduce who might win the Drama Guest Actor race this year. Who will win at the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday, September 19? Follow the links below for each episode analysis.
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Jason Bateman, “The Outsider”
Jason Bateman is a ten-time Emmy nominee. For acting, he has two Comedy Lead Actor bids for “Arrested Development” and three Drama Lead Actor bids for “Ozark.” The latter series also netted him two Drama Series nominations and two Drama Directing nominations. He won Drama Directing last year.
See 2020 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 72nd Emmy Awards
Jason Bateman, “The Outsider”
Jason Bateman is a ten-time Emmy nominee. For acting, he has two Comedy Lead Actor bids for “Arrested Development” and three Drama Lead Actor bids for “Ozark.” The latter series also netted him two Drama Series nominations and two Drama Directing nominations. He won Drama Directing last year.
- 9/17/2020
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Egregiously snubbed at last year’s Emmys as the portrayer of “Fleabag’s” Hot Priest, Andrew Scott is back with his red-hot turn on “Black Mirror” installment “Smithereens.” As none of the fifth season’s three standalone episodes met the 75-minute runtime requirement to contend as a TV movie, the TV academy ruled the Netflix anthology a drama series for the first time, allowing Scott, who appeared in one of three, to compete as a guest actor. Celebrating his career-first Emmy bid in Best Drama Guest Actor, the Irish actor is “Black Mirror’s” sole representation at this year’s awards.
Scott plays Chris Gillhaney, a London-based rideshare driver who picks up and abducts an intern of the social media company Smithereen, Jaden Tommins (Damson Idris), initially convinced that he’s an important employee. After spotting a bag on Jaden’s head, two police officers engage in a car chase,...
Scott plays Chris Gillhaney, a London-based rideshare driver who picks up and abducts an intern of the social media company Smithereen, Jaden Tommins (Damson Idris), initially convinced that he’s an important employee. After spotting a bag on Jaden’s head, two police officers engage in a car chase,...
- 8/27/2020
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
This is a love story: The Emmys could stage a virtual Fleabag and Hot Priest reunion with these wins
Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) and Hot Priest (Andrew Scott) didn’t live happily ever after on “Fleabag,” but their portrayers could get a happy ending together at the Creative Arts Emmys in September. Both are up for guest awards — she for comedy guest actress for “Saturday Night Live“; he, drama guest actor for “Black Mirror” — so now the question is if voters will kneel to both of them.
Both could benefit from any “Fleabag” afterglow from last year when the series bagged six Emmys, including three for Waller-Bridge for Best Comedy Series, Best Comedy Actress and Best Comedy Writing. Thirteen days later, she hosted the second episode of “SNL’s” 45th season — and brought her new friends along for the ride.
Waller-Bridge, who’s also nominated as executive producer of drama series contender “Killing Eve,” is in third place in our odds, trailing Wanda Sykes (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) and Maya Rudolph (“The Good Place”), respectively.
Both could benefit from any “Fleabag” afterglow from last year when the series bagged six Emmys, including three for Waller-Bridge for Best Comedy Series, Best Comedy Actress and Best Comedy Writing. Thirteen days later, she hosted the second episode of “SNL’s” 45th season — and brought her new friends along for the ride.
Waller-Bridge, who’s also nominated as executive producer of drama series contender “Killing Eve,” is in third place in our odds, trailing Wanda Sykes (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) and Maya Rudolph (“The Good Place”), respectively.
- 8/13/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“Black Mirror” is the three-time reigning champion in Best TV Movie, an Emmy race ostensibly for one-off productions. The dystopian satire was expected to contend to extend its record, which it set when it won for the second time, but its victories were so controversial that the academy amended eligibility requirements. Movies (and episodes entering as movies) now must have a minimum 75-minute runtime to qualify for Best TV Movie. This disqualified all episodes from the fifth (and probably final) season of “Black Mirror,” which had already been produced when the academy announced the change.
SEEour slugfest with initial reactions to the nominations.
Despite the rule seemingly being introduced only to force “Black Mirror” out of Best TV Movie, Netflix lobbied the academy for an exception, which they inexplicably granted. Rival networks complained and the academy caved again. They reversed the reversal, opting to play by their own new rules...
SEEour slugfest with initial reactions to the nominations.
Despite the rule seemingly being introduced only to force “Black Mirror” out of Best TV Movie, Netflix lobbied the academy for an exception, which they inexplicably granted. Rival networks complained and the academy caved again. They reversed the reversal, opting to play by their own new rules...
- 8/2/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday morning— virtually, by Leslie Jones (SNL), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), Josh Gad (Frozen) and Tatiana Maslany (Perry Mason) — and HBO’s Watchmen led the pack with 26 total nominations, including for Outstanding Limited Series and stars Regina King and Jeremy Irons.
Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel placed second with 20 total nods, followed by Netflix’s Ozark and HBO’s Succession, which amassed 18 apiece.
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Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel placed second with 20 total nods, followed by Netflix’s Ozark and HBO’s Succession, which amassed 18 apiece.
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- 7/28/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The Emmy Awards ballot for Best Drama Writing lists 240 episodes (from 147 series), so there will be seven nominees in this category for the first time since 1987, per the new rules. The six nominees last year were:
“Better Call Saul” season 4: “Winner” (Peter Gould & Thomas Schnauz) “Bodyguard” season 1: “Episode 1” (Jed Mercurio) “Game of Thrones” season 8: “The Iron Throne” (David Benioff & D. B. Weiss) “The Handmaid’s Tale” season 2B: “Holly” (Bruce Miller & Kira Snyder) “Killing Eve” season 2: “Nice and Neat” (Emerald Fennell) Winner — “Succession” season 1: “Nobody is Ever Missing” (Jesse Armstrong)
“Better Call Saul” and “Game of Thrones” are out of contention, but “Big Little Lies,” “The Crown” and “Stranger Things” are all back, having been nominated at the Emmys for their writing the last time that they were eligible. “Black Mirror” was snubbed in Best Movie/Limited Writing last year after consecutive wins; this is its...
“Better Call Saul” season 4: “Winner” (Peter Gould & Thomas Schnauz) “Bodyguard” season 1: “Episode 1” (Jed Mercurio) “Game of Thrones” season 8: “The Iron Throne” (David Benioff & D. B. Weiss) “The Handmaid’s Tale” season 2B: “Holly” (Bruce Miller & Kira Snyder) “Killing Eve” season 2: “Nice and Neat” (Emerald Fennell) Winner — “Succession” season 1: “Nobody is Ever Missing” (Jesse Armstrong)
“Better Call Saul” and “Game of Thrones” are out of contention, but “Big Little Lies,” “The Crown” and “Stranger Things” are all back, having been nominated at the Emmys for their writing the last time that they were eligible. “Black Mirror” was snubbed in Best Movie/Limited Writing last year after consecutive wins; this is its...
- 7/28/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
The British anthology series “Black Mirror” won Best TV Movie at the Emmys for the last three years: “San Junipero” in 2017, “USS Callister” in 2018, and “Bandersnatch” in 2019. The show is back in the 2020 awards race, but now it’s in brand new territory. The TV academy ruled that the series’s standalone episodes were too short to compete as movies. But will it be just as popular with voters as a drama series? Scroll down to see the show’s 28 entries across the Emmy ballots.
“Black Mirror” tells a different story in every episode, but with a common theme: the future of technology and its potentially sinister effects on humanity. The most recent season consisted of only three episodes: “Striking Vipers” about college friends reuniting later in life, “Smithereens” about a dramatic drive with a ride share driver, and “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too” about a teenager longing to connect...
“Black Mirror” tells a different story in every episode, but with a common theme: the future of technology and its potentially sinister effects on humanity. The most recent season consisted of only three episodes: “Striking Vipers” about college friends reuniting later in life, “Smithereens” about a dramatic drive with a ride share driver, and “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too” about a teenager longing to connect...
- 7/20/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Last year the TV academy forced FX’s “American Horror Story” to submit in the drama categories for the first time, since the “Apocalypse” season contained continuing storylines and characters from both “Murder House” and “Coven.” Because of the switcheroo, “Ahs” scream queen Jessica Lange was able to nab an Emmy nomination in Best Drama Guest Actress — a category she wouldn’t have been eligible for had the show stayed as a limited series. (Lange lost to Cherry Jones for “The Handmaid’s Tale.”) At this year’s Emmys, the exact same thing could happen to Andrew Scott for his one-and-done role on Netflix’s “Black Mirror.”
SEETopher Grace (‘Black Mirror: Smithereens’) on what geniuses have in common with each other [Exclusive Video Interview]
Because none of the Season 5 entries of “Black Mirror” — “Smithereens,” “Striking Vipers” and “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too” — are long enough to compete in Best TV Movie (the new rule...
SEETopher Grace (‘Black Mirror: Smithereens’) on what geniuses have in common with each other [Exclusive Video Interview]
Because none of the Season 5 entries of “Black Mirror” — “Smithereens,” “Striking Vipers” and “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too” — are long enough to compete in Best TV Movie (the new rule...
- 7/8/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“The Handmaid’s Tale” has dominated the drama guest acting races at the Emmys of late, winning both categories last year for Cherry Jones and Bradley Whitford. Now that the Hulu hit is back in the running with another slew of contenders, will it run both categories once again, or can other shows break through? I joined Gold Derby contributors Riley Chow and Kevin Jacobsen to discuss this very question in our most recent slugfest (watch above).
“I don’t think there is a clear front-runner,” Jacobsen says about the race for Best Drama Guest Actor. Currently, he’s betting on Charles Dance for his portrayal of Lord Mountbatten in the third season of “The Crown.” Although he isn’t at the top of my predictions, I agree that he’s probably “the safest bet [for a nomination] at the moment,” following “The Crown’s” triumph for best drama ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
“I don’t think there is a clear front-runner,” Jacobsen says about the race for Best Drama Guest Actor. Currently, he’s betting on Charles Dance for his portrayal of Lord Mountbatten in the third season of “The Crown.” Although he isn’t at the top of my predictions, I agree that he’s probably “the safest bet [for a nomination] at the moment,” following “The Crown’s” triumph for best drama ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
- 6/25/2020
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s “Black Mirror” allowed us to see Topher Grace in yet another light. After playing such characters as KKK Grand Wizard David Duke in “BlacKkKlansman” and the pastor of a church in “Breakthrough,” the “Black Mirror” episode “Smithereens” presents Grace as Billy Bauer, the CEO of an addictive social media company. “I don’t know when I’ll be out of this phase, but this phase to me is about whenever someone tells me, ‘I’m not sure if you could do that or if you’d be the right guy for that,’ just doing it,” Grace says in an exclusive new webchat with Gold Derby. Watch the full video interview above.
SEEAndrew Scott rockets into Emmy top 6 after savvy (and correct!) ‘Black Mirror’ placement
Grace’s scenes are very separate from the main action of “Smithereens,” which centers on a ride-share driver named Chris (Andrew Scott) who takes...
SEEAndrew Scott rockets into Emmy top 6 after savvy (and correct!) ‘Black Mirror’ placement
Grace’s scenes are very separate from the main action of “Smithereens,” which centers on a ride-share driver named Chris (Andrew Scott) who takes...
- 6/18/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“Black Mirror’s” category confusion at the Emmys may just work itself out in the end for one star. After Netflix confirmed last week its acting categories for the anthology series, which is now competing in drama, Andrew Scott has shot up into fourth place in our Best Drama Guest Actor odds.
The actor, who headlines “Smithereens” as a twisted rideshare driver, has two Experts and four Editors predicting him for the win. Former champ Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”) is in first, followed by Jason Bateman (“The Outsider”) and Charles Dance (“The Crown”). The late Robert Forster (“Amazing Stories”) is in fifth and James Cromwell (“Succession”) is in sixth.
After the TV academy shuffled “Black Mirror” to drama, as “Smithereens” falls five minutes short of the TV movie category’s new 75-minute requirement rule, Netflix had to decide where to submit the season’s episodic stars. Performers who...
The actor, who headlines “Smithereens” as a twisted rideshare driver, has two Experts and four Editors predicting him for the win. Former champ Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”) is in first, followed by Jason Bateman (“The Outsider”) and Charles Dance (“The Crown”). The late Robert Forster (“Amazing Stories”) is in fifth and James Cromwell (“Succession”) is in sixth.
After the TV academy shuffled “Black Mirror” to drama, as “Smithereens” falls five minutes short of the TV movie category’s new 75-minute requirement rule, Netflix had to decide where to submit the season’s episodic stars. Performers who...
- 6/9/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“Black Mirror’s” Emmy journey this season has had more twists than a “Black Mirror” episode. After getting permission to stay in the Best TV Movie category, despite its submission “Smithereens” being five minutes short of the new 75-minute requirement, the show was shunted to drama last week. That means instead of the limited/TV movie acting races, “Black Mirror’s” Season 5 stars can now choose to enter in drama lead, supporting or guest. And if any of them or Netflix are torn, take it from us: Go guest.
Current Emmy rules stipulate that performers who appear in less than 50 percent of a show’s season are eligible to compete in guest, but are not required to, so they can pick whatever category they want. But to put it bluntly, guest is arguably where all “Black Mirror” actors belong. The show is an anthology series with a different cast every episode.
Current Emmy rules stipulate that performers who appear in less than 50 percent of a show’s season are eligible to compete in guest, but are not required to, so they can pick whatever category they want. But to put it bluntly, guest is arguably where all “Black Mirror” actors belong. The show is an anthology series with a different cast every episode.
- 5/19/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
The Television Academy has confirmed to IndieWire that “Black Mirror” will not be eligible to compete in the 2020 Emmy race for Outstanding Television Movie, a category the Netflix science-fiction anthology series has dominated for the last several years. A source close to Netflix also confirmed the show had been booted from the Television Movie category. THR first reported the news. Netflix submitted the fifth season “Black Mirror” episode “Smithereens” into the 2020 Television Movie race but the Academy has ruled it must compete for Best Drama Series instead.
Moving “Black Mirror” into the Best Drama category radically shakes up the Emmys race and suggests that the science-fiction anthology’s dominant run at the Emmys is more or less over for now. “Black Mirror” has won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie for three years in a row thanks to the episodes “San Junipero,” “USS Callister,” and “Bandersnatch.” Allowing “Black Mirror” to...
Moving “Black Mirror” into the Best Drama category radically shakes up the Emmys race and suggests that the science-fiction anthology’s dominant run at the Emmys is more or less over for now. “Black Mirror” has won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie for three years in a row thanks to the episodes “San Junipero,” “USS Callister,” and “Bandersnatch.” Allowing “Black Mirror” to...
- 5/15/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“Black Mirror” is one of the buzziest Netflix original shows whenever new episodes debut, but does a world plagued by a viral epidemic really need the added existential dread of the science-fiction anthology series? “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker doesn’t think so. The mind behind the anthology smash hit was recently asked by Radio Times about a Season 6 update, with the outlet reporting that Brooker said “he’s not sure if audiences could stomach another season at the moment.” “Black Mirror” debuted its fifth round of episodes in June 2019 and often takes over a year off in between seasons.
“I’ve been busy doing things. I don’t know what I can say about what I’m doing and not doing,” Brooker said. “At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on any...
“I’ve been busy doing things. I don’t know what I can say about what I’m doing and not doing,” Brooker said. “At the moment, I don’t know what stomach there would be for stories about societies falling apart, so I’m not working away on any...
- 5/6/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“Fleabag” dominated the Emmys last year with six wins including Best Comedy Series. But Andrew Scott didn’t get in on the action. Despite being central to the season’s conflict as a priest who questions his vows after meeting the title character (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), he wasn’t nominated for Best Comedy Supporting Actor. Voters have a chance to make it up to him, though. This year he could be nominated for playing a hostage-taking cab driver in “Black Mirror: Smithereens.”
SEEHere are the 14 Netflix shows that won Emmys in 2019: ‘Ozark,’ ‘When They See Us,’ ‘Black Mirror’ …
The thing about Scott’s “Fleabag” snub was that it might just have been a case of bad timing. “Fleabag’s” buzz grew so quickly in the spring of 2019 that if the television academy had another week or two of voting, he might have broken through along with his co-stars Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford and Olivia Colman.
SEEHere are the 14 Netflix shows that won Emmys in 2019: ‘Ozark,’ ‘When They See Us,’ ‘Black Mirror’ …
The thing about Scott’s “Fleabag” snub was that it might just have been a case of bad timing. “Fleabag’s” buzz grew so quickly in the spring of 2019 that if the television academy had another week or two of voting, he might have broken through along with his co-stars Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford and Olivia Colman.
- 4/29/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
“Black Mirror” is back in the Emmy TV movie race. The second episode of the Netflix series’ fifth season, “Smithereens,” will be submitted in the TV movie and movie/mini categories this year, insiders confirm — potentially keeping its Emmy streak going.
The submission will also bring Emmy winner Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”) to the movie/mini lead actor race, where he’ll now be competing. Scott, Damson Idris and Topher Grace star in “Black Mirror: Smithereens,” about “a cab driver with an agenda who becomes the center of attention on a day that rapidly spirals out of control.”
“Smithereens” clocks in at 70 minutes, which technically doesn’t make it eligible for the TV movie race; as of last year, the Emmy rules require a minimum 75-minute runtime. But Netflix successfully petitioned the Television Academy to allow the episode to be entered, since it was just five minutes shy of the requirement.
The submission will also bring Emmy winner Andrew Scott (“Fleabag”) to the movie/mini lead actor race, where he’ll now be competing. Scott, Damson Idris and Topher Grace star in “Black Mirror: Smithereens,” about “a cab driver with an agenda who becomes the center of attention on a day that rapidly spirals out of control.”
“Smithereens” clocks in at 70 minutes, which technically doesn’t make it eligible for the TV movie race; as of last year, the Emmy rules require a minimum 75-minute runtime. But Netflix successfully petitioned the Television Academy to allow the episode to be entered, since it was just five minutes shy of the requirement.
- 4/21/2020
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
How to define the difference between a lead role versus a supporting role has always been a tricky question for everyone involved, including the actors in those roles and the organizations that unite every year to award the greatest achievers. Controversies ranging from “is that actress actually in more of the show than the supposed star?” and “is just one scene enough to merit an award?” have led, over the years, to ever-changing rules defining just how much screen time defines such a performance.
But this year, it’s more complicated than usual when it comes to the Golden Globes’ television races. There, the supporting actor and actress categories have always been extremely competitive, largely because they blend together all the major genres — drama, comedy and limited series and TV movie — into just two gender-defined races. And now the increase in episodic anthology series adds even more names to the mix.
But this year, it’s more complicated than usual when it comes to the Golden Globes’ television races. There, the supporting actor and actress categories have always been extremely competitive, largely because they blend together all the major genres — drama, comedy and limited series and TV movie — into just two gender-defined races. And now the increase in episodic anthology series adds even more names to the mix.
- 11/18/2019
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Variety Film + TV
Fleabag‘s “hot priest” is striking while the iron is hot: Andrew Scott has signed on to play the title role in Ripley, Showtime’s upcoming adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels.
Scott will play Tom Ripley, a grifter who is barely scraping by in 1960s New York when he’s hired to travel to Italy to retrieve a wealthy man’s son. “Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder,” per the official synopsis. Ripley will cover five of Highsmith’s novels — including The Talented Mr. Ripley,...
Scott will play Tom Ripley, a grifter who is barely scraping by in 1960s New York when he’s hired to travel to Italy to retrieve a wealthy man’s son. “Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder,” per the official synopsis. Ripley will cover five of Highsmith’s novels — including The Talented Mr. Ripley,...
- 9/25/2019
- TVLine.com
CAA has wooed Andrew Scott, Fleabag's "hot priest," away from ICM Partners, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
The Irish actor is enjoying a breakout year after the internet dubbed him "hot priest" thanks to his stint on season two of Amazon and BBC's comedy-drama Fleabag. He also earned critical praise for anchoring the "Smithereens" episode from the latest season of Netflix's Black Mirror, in a performance that THR critic Tim Goodman called "exceptional … selling every part of [the character's] emotional state."
Scott was previously best known as Sherlock Holmes' classic villain Moriarty ...
The Irish actor is enjoying a breakout year after the internet dubbed him "hot priest" thanks to his stint on season two of Amazon and BBC's comedy-drama Fleabag. He also earned critical praise for anchoring the "Smithereens" episode from the latest season of Netflix's Black Mirror, in a performance that THR critic Tim Goodman called "exceptional … selling every part of [the character's] emotional state."
Scott was previously best known as Sherlock Holmes' classic villain Moriarty ...
CAA has wooed Andrew Scott, Fleabag's "hot priest," away from ICM Partners, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
The Irish actor is enjoying a breakout year after the internet dubbed him "hot priest" thanks to his stint on season two of Amazon and BBC's comedy-drama Fleabag. He also earned critical praise for anchoring the "Smithereens" episode from the latest season of Netflix's Black Mirror, in a performance that THR critic Tim Goodman called "exceptional … selling every part of [the character's] emotional state."
Scott was previously best known as Sherlock Holmes' classic villain Moriarty ...
The Irish actor is enjoying a breakout year after the internet dubbed him "hot priest" thanks to his stint on season two of Amazon and BBC's comedy-drama Fleabag. He also earned critical praise for anchoring the "Smithereens" episode from the latest season of Netflix's Black Mirror, in a performance that THR critic Tim Goodman called "exceptional … selling every part of [the character's] emotional state."
Scott was previously best known as Sherlock Holmes' classic villain Moriarty ...
That ’80s movie. Topher Grace guested on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Thursday, when he revealed the one impression he can do: Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in “Back to the Future.”
Soon, you’ll be admitting that the impersonation is much better than you thought — and possibly before Grace even speaks.
Watch the video above.
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Grace, who portrayed David Duke in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” dropped by the CBS late-night program kinda-sorta to promote his “Black Mirror: Smithereens” episode, which has been out for a while now. The “That ’70s Show” star also plugged his podcast, “Minor Adventures With Topher Grace,” and told Colbert that he’s been re-editing movies for fun, including the “Hobbit” trilogy.
Colbert’s ears perked up at that one, as he appears — briefly — in 2013’s “The Desolation of Smaug.
Soon, you’ll be admitting that the impersonation is much better than you thought — and possibly before Grace even speaks.
Watch the video above.
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Grace, who portrayed David Duke in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” dropped by the CBS late-night program kinda-sorta to promote his “Black Mirror: Smithereens” episode, which has been out for a while now. The “That ’70s Show” star also plugged his podcast, “Minor Adventures With Topher Grace,” and told Colbert that he’s been re-editing movies for fun, including the “Hobbit” trilogy.
Colbert’s ears perked up at that one, as he appears — briefly — in 2013’s “The Desolation of Smaug.
- 7/19/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
“Snowfall” star Damson Idris is set to star alongside Anthony Mackie in Netflix’s futuristic sci-fi thriller “Outside the Wire” as the second lead, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Emily Beecham (“Little Joe” and “Daphne”) is also joining the cast. She most recently earned the Best Actress Award at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival for her role in “Little Joe.”
Mikael Håfström, who directed “Escape Plan” and “1408,” will direct the film that 42 and Automatik are producing. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones is producing for Automatik, while Ben Pugh and Erica Steinberg are producing for 42, Jason Spire is producing for Inspire Entertainment. Mackie will also serve as a producer, and Rob Yescombe and Rowan Athale wrote the script.
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“Outside the Wire” is set in the future and follows a drone pilot who...
Emily Beecham (“Little Joe” and “Daphne”) is also joining the cast. She most recently earned the Best Actress Award at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival for her role in “Little Joe.”
Mikael Håfström, who directed “Escape Plan” and “1408,” will direct the film that 42 and Automatik are producing. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones is producing for Automatik, while Ben Pugh and Erica Steinberg are producing for 42, Jason Spire is producing for Inspire Entertainment. Mackie will also serve as a producer, and Rob Yescombe and Rowan Athale wrote the script.
Also Read: Anthony Mackie to Star in Futuristic Action Thriller 'Outside the Wire' at Netflix
“Outside the Wire” is set in the future and follows a drone pilot who...
- 7/17/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Michael Ahr Dave Vitagliano Jun 30, 2019
Our genre television podcast hosts tackle the naysayers and discuss the more hopeful tone of Black Mirror season 5.
Black Mirror season 5 has been available on Netflix for awhile now, and opinions have certainly been mixed. With anthology shows, there are always going to be some episodes that are better than others, but we make the argument on this edition of the Sci Fi Fidelity podcast that all three episodes of this latest offering were better, and specifically more thematically rich, than most critics give them credit for.
We each picked our own representative episode to discuss, but although "Smithereens" didn't make the cut, it doesn't mean we enjoyed it any less. With "Striking Vipers," the discussion centers around the many philosophical questions about love, cheating, and personal identity posed by the central conflict of the episode. As we move on to "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley...
Our genre television podcast hosts tackle the naysayers and discuss the more hopeful tone of Black Mirror season 5.
Black Mirror season 5 has been available on Netflix for awhile now, and opinions have certainly been mixed. With anthology shows, there are always going to be some episodes that are better than others, but we make the argument on this edition of the Sci Fi Fidelity podcast that all three episodes of this latest offering were better, and specifically more thematically rich, than most critics give them credit for.
We each picked our own representative episode to discuss, but although "Smithereens" didn't make the cut, it doesn't mean we enjoyed it any less. With "Striking Vipers," the discussion centers around the many philosophical questions about love, cheating, and personal identity posed by the central conflict of the episode. As we move on to "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley...
- 6/29/2019
- Den of Geek
Michael Ahr Jun 10, 2019
Black Mirror addresses our addiction to social media in “Smithereens,” but its ending is open to interpretation. Here’s our take.
This article contains Major spoilers for the Black Mirror episode, “Smithereens.”
Black Mirror doesn’t always go for a shocking twist at the end of each of its episodes, but there are many instances where the ending, whether unexpected of not, is left open-ended for the audience to draw their own conclusion. Such is the case with “Smithereens,” the second episode of season 5 which released on Netflix on June 5, 2019. In that episode, a man named Chris kidnaps an employee of a Twitter-like social media company called Smithereen with the intent of forcing a reckoning with the platform’s founder. The resulting confrontation involves the police, the kidnap victim, and Chris’ own desire to end his life, but we never get to see what actually happened after the final gunshot.
Black Mirror addresses our addiction to social media in “Smithereens,” but its ending is open to interpretation. Here’s our take.
This article contains Major spoilers for the Black Mirror episode, “Smithereens.”
Black Mirror doesn’t always go for a shocking twist at the end of each of its episodes, but there are many instances where the ending, whether unexpected of not, is left open-ended for the audience to draw their own conclusion. Such is the case with “Smithereens,” the second episode of season 5 which released on Netflix on June 5, 2019. In that episode, a man named Chris kidnaps an employee of a Twitter-like social media company called Smithereen with the intent of forcing a reckoning with the platform’s founder. The resulting confrontation involves the police, the kidnap victim, and Chris’ own desire to end his life, but we never get to see what actually happened after the final gunshot.
- 6/10/2019
- Den of Geek
(Warning: This post contains major spoilers for “Black Mirror” Season 5)
The fifth season of “Black Mirror” dropped Wednesday, giving fans three fresh stories about how technology can screw with your life in the most unexpected of ways. And with the new came nods to the old, as there are several ways in which Season 5’s episodes connect to the rest of the Charlie Brooker-created anthology series’ universe.
TheWrap has rounded up all the shout-outs to the show’s first four seasons that can be found in the trio of new installments which include Miley Cyrus’ “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too,” the Andrew Scott-starring “Smithereens” and the Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II-led “Striking Vipers.”
See our list below and feel free to chime in with any we might have missed.
Also Read: Why 'Black Mirror' Season 5 Has Just Three Episodes
“Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too”
1. “Sea...
The fifth season of “Black Mirror” dropped Wednesday, giving fans three fresh stories about how technology can screw with your life in the most unexpected of ways. And with the new came nods to the old, as there are several ways in which Season 5’s episodes connect to the rest of the Charlie Brooker-created anthology series’ universe.
TheWrap has rounded up all the shout-outs to the show’s first four seasons that can be found in the trio of new installments which include Miley Cyrus’ “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too,” the Andrew Scott-starring “Smithereens” and the Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II-led “Striking Vipers.”
See our list below and feel free to chime in with any we might have missed.
Also Read: Why 'Black Mirror' Season 5 Has Just Three Episodes
“Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too”
1. “Sea...
- 6/8/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
(Warning: The following story includes spoilers from the “Black Mirror” Season 5 episode “Striking Vipers.”)
Marvel and DC Comics fans finally got their long-awaited crossover on the screen, just probably not in the way they would’ve expected.
The cast for “Striking Vipers,” one of the three episodes of the fifth season of Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anthony Mackie, Ludi Lin and Pom Klementieff. And if those names all sound familiar, it’s because they’ve all appeared in either a DC Comics-based or Marvel Studios film.
So we asked “Black Mirror” creator and co-showrunner Charlie Brooker if that was on purpose — hey, this is “Black Mirror” after all — or if the whole thing was just a happy coincidence. “That was an accident of casting,” Brooker told TheWrap. “We were just casting the best people for the job. It was afterwords we thought, ‘Oh this is quite a universes colliding.
Marvel and DC Comics fans finally got their long-awaited crossover on the screen, just probably not in the way they would’ve expected.
The cast for “Striking Vipers,” one of the three episodes of the fifth season of Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anthony Mackie, Ludi Lin and Pom Klementieff. And if those names all sound familiar, it’s because they’ve all appeared in either a DC Comics-based or Marvel Studios film.
So we asked “Black Mirror” creator and co-showrunner Charlie Brooker if that was on purpose — hey, this is “Black Mirror” after all — or if the whole thing was just a happy coincidence. “That was an accident of casting,” Brooker told TheWrap. “We were just casting the best people for the job. It was afterwords we thought, ‘Oh this is quite a universes colliding.
- 6/8/2019
- by Tim Baysinger and Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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