That’s a compliment, not a demerit, and several films later, with Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections now out in the world, fans have spent hours upon hours with a fictional reality that packages anime aesthetics, Hong Kong cinema’s wire fu action, and cyberpunk’s high-tech lens on low culture into kick-ass stories about rebellion against authority […]
The best-known lines are still there, of course — “Is this a dagger which I see before me” and all the rest. Coen and his cinematographer, Bruno Delbonnel, evoke the look of older movies with a spectral black-and-white palette and a nearly square frame. At times you might be reminded of Orson Welles’ 1948 Macbeth, […]
The USS Discovery, stranded far in the future, is boarded by a refugee named Craft . Co-written by Picard co-creator Michael Chabon and directed by longtime Discovery producer Olatunde Osunsanmi, the canonical status of “Calypso” has been a mystery ever since. One of the first things Jonathan Frakes reveals about this pivotal Discovery episode is […]
Welcome to Year in Eater 2021, Eater’s annual tradition of celebrating the past 12 months with help from some of the Bay Area’s top food writers. The closure of Le Marais Bakery’s flagship in the Marina due to their lousy landlord really pissed me off—they put so much into that space. It was bittersweet to […]
After years of silence, Franco discussed his sex addiction and allegations of sexual misconduct in a 2021 interview on The Jess Cagle Show. After years of silence, Franco discussed his sex addiction and allegations of sexual misconduct in a 2021 interview on The Jess Cagle Show. “There were people who were upset with me and […]
“We understand how devastating the uncertainty caused by Omicron has been. …Read the full story
“World-building” usually refers to how the makers of science fiction and fantasy construct their domains, populating them with imaginary creatures and allegorical meanings. It’s a version of Spain , informed by that country’s aesthetic and literary traditions, a legacy that encompasses the perverse whimsy of Surrealism and the openhearted pathos of flamenco. At first, the […]
Joan Didion, whose mordant dispatches on California culture and the chaos of the 1960s established her as a leading exponent of the New Journalism, and whose novels “Play It as It Lays” and “The Book of Common Prayer” proclaimed the arrival of a tough, terse, distinctive voice in American fiction, died on Thursday at her […]
CNN has launched Royal News, a new weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls. …Read the full story
Taking her place alongside Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley and Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, Moss played Trinity in “The Matrix” , defying gravity with a martial-arts ballet. 22, “Resurrections” required the now-54-year-old Moss to undergo weeks of intensive training before embarking on a demanding shoot that took the cast to San Francisco and Germany, […]
The “Deadpool” star is currently taking a break from acting, after his last successful film “Red Notice,” according to CinemaBlend. …Read the full story
New York City Ballet canceled its performances of “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” through Dec. As the production, one of City Ballet’s most popular, was called off at Lincoln Center, plans to fill Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening with the “Hallelujah” chorus were canceled when Musica Sacra postponed a performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” citing the virus. […]
Mr. Drastal is covered in green fur, the look that has come to define the holiday antihero originally created by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Depicted lounging on a red couch, with a rose between his teeth, Mr. Drastal instead has the hat right between, and just below, his hips. The Facebook post […]
“She was the epitome of class, a generous and kindly soul who offered the sweetest words of advice and support to me when I met her. The latter song was memorably performed as she danced on a music box. “I didn’t have to test for it, which was a joy because I never get anything […]
I discovered a few new favourites while compiling the spreadsheet of results. Hopefully you’ll discover something to love too. When her muse returned, she delivered the album of her career. Jazz legend Pharoah Sanders was sitting in a car when he first heard Elaenia, the alluring debut album by British electronic musician Sam Shepherd, aka […]
