Makeup design doesn’t always mean prosthetics or extremes — that’s why the Emmy Awards smartly single out contemporary makeup design as its own category. But too often, those more immediately arresting designs are the ones that get all the attention. Not anymore. Join IndieWire in celebrating the makeup artists creating subtle, character-specific work for contemporary shows.
“Reservation Dogs” showrunner Sterlin Harjo couldn’t understand why the characters looked so different all of a sudden. After FX picked up the series based on the strength of the pilot, the creative team returned to Oklahoma to film the rest of Season 1. And suddenly, Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Elora (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor), and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) all looked like they had makeup on. What was going on?
The answer is the sun.
Harjo and the creative team wanted the main cast to look a little scrappy and a little...
“Reservation Dogs” showrunner Sterlin Harjo couldn’t understand why the characters looked so different all of a sudden. After FX picked up the series based on the strength of the pilot, the creative team returned to Oklahoma to film the rest of Season 1. And suddenly, Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Elora (Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor), and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) all looked like they had makeup on. What was going on?
The answer is the sun.
Harjo and the creative team wanted the main cast to look a little scrappy and a little...
- 5/13/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
We will update this article throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2024 Emmys race. The nomination round of voting takes place from June 13 to June 24, with the official Emmy nominations announced Wednesday, July 17. Afterwards, final voting commences on August 15 and ends the night of August 26. The 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are set to take place on Sunday, September 15, and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
The State of the Race
There’s an idea that a show can finally get in front of the right audience, and build enough momentum to gain Emmys attention in its later seasons, but those moments are few and far between, and often fueled specifically by a show hitting Netflix. That actually has happened for SyFy’s “Resident Alien,” so star Alan Tudyk...
The State of the Race
There’s an idea that a show can finally get in front of the right audience, and build enough momentum to gain Emmys attention in its later seasons, but those moments are few and far between, and often fueled specifically by a show hitting Netflix. That actually has happened for SyFy’s “Resident Alien,” so star Alan Tudyk...
- 4/24/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Alex Garland may have said that he’s not planning to direct again in the foreseeable future, but he is currently directing another film while his movie Civil War heads out into the world and he works on the scripts for the upcoming 28 Years Later trilogy (a follow-up to his Danny Boyle collaboration 28 Days Later). Garland’s new directorial effort is called Warfare, and he’s co-directing it with Ray Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Civil War. Garland and Mendoza also wrote the screenplay together. As Warfare moves forward, Deadline has just revealed the names of several cast members: Noah Centineo (The Recruit), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Taylor John Smith (Where the Crawdads Sing), Adain Bradley (Wrong Turn), Henrique Zaga (The Stand), and Evan Holtzman (Hidden Figures).
They join previously announced cast members Charles Melton (May December...
They join previously announced cast members Charles Melton (May December...
- 4/11/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The number of Gold Derby readers predicting the 2024 Primetime Emmy nominations in 16 major categories has risen above 2,000 even with the nominations announcement still three months away. Our predicted lineups have changed significantly within the last week alone, indicating increased support for some programs and greater apathy toward others.
Four new predicted acting nominees have emerged since April 1. The only one hailing from a continuing series is Theo James (“The Gentlemen”), who grabbed the fifth comedy lead actor spot from Kelsey Grammer (“Frasier”). The other three are TV movie star Tony Shalhoub (“Mr. Monk’s Last Case”) and limited series actresses Anna Sawai (lead; “Shōgun”) and Fiona Shaw (supporting; “True Detective: Night Country”) who displace Michael Douglas (“Franklin”), Naomi Watts (“Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”), and Andrea Riseborough (“The Regime”) respectively.
“Shōgun” had a great week in general, as it maintained its third place position in the Best Limited Series race and...
Four new predicted acting nominees have emerged since April 1. The only one hailing from a continuing series is Theo James (“The Gentlemen”), who grabbed the fifth comedy lead actor spot from Kelsey Grammer (“Frasier”). The other three are TV movie star Tony Shalhoub (“Mr. Monk’s Last Case”) and limited series actresses Anna Sawai (lead; “Shōgun”) and Fiona Shaw (supporting; “True Detective: Night Country”) who displace Michael Douglas (“Franklin”), Naomi Watts (“Feud: Capote vs. The Swans”), and Andrea Riseborough (“The Regime”) respectively.
“Shōgun” had a great week in general, as it maintained its third place position in the Best Limited Series race and...
- 4/9/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Kit Connor and Will Poulter are among the new additions for the upcoming war movie Warfare!
The Heartstopper and the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 actors have been cast in the film, which will be written and directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, who recently worked together on the upcoming movie Civil War.
Also just announced to join the cast are Shōgun‘s Cosmo Jarvis and True Detective: Night Country‘s Finn Bennett, according to Deadline.
Keep reading to find out more…
Details on the new movie are being kept under wraps, but it appears it will follow Ray Mendoza‘s time in the military.
Reservation Dogs‘ D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai has been cast to portray Ray Mendoza, Deadline reports.
Mendoza “joined the Navy in 1997 and served for over 16 years as a Member of Seal Team 5 and a Land Warfare Training Detachment and Bud/s instructor.” He was also the recipient of a Silver Star.
The Heartstopper and the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 actors have been cast in the film, which will be written and directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza, who recently worked together on the upcoming movie Civil War.
Also just announced to join the cast are Shōgun‘s Cosmo Jarvis and True Detective: Night Country‘s Finn Bennett, according to Deadline.
Keep reading to find out more…
Details on the new movie are being kept under wraps, but it appears it will follow Ray Mendoza‘s time in the military.
Reservation Dogs‘ D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai has been cast to portray Ray Mendoza, Deadline reports.
Mendoza “joined the Navy in 1997 and served for over 16 years as a Member of Seal Team 5 and a Land Warfare Training Detachment and Bud/s instructor.” He was also the recipient of a Silver Star.
- 4/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Exclusive: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s Warfare feature rounds out its lead cast with Kit Connor, Cosmo Jarvis (Shōgun), Will Poulter (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) and Finn Bennett (True Detective: Night Country). The film’s focus and the roles the newly added actors will play remain under wraps.
They join previously announced D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Charles Melton and Joseph Quinn.
Warfare is the second collaboration for Garland and Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Garland’s latest film Civil War set for release on April 12. The pair wrote and will co-direct the film. Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA and Peter Rice will produce. A24 will handle the global release of the film.
Connor most recently played Nick Nelson in the Netflix coming-of-age story Heartstopper alongside Joe Locke. Before that, he recurred in the HBO/BBC fantasy drama series His Dark Materials based...
They join previously announced D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Charles Melton and Joseph Quinn.
Warfare is the second collaboration for Garland and Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Garland’s latest film Civil War set for release on April 12. The pair wrote and will co-direct the film. Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA and Peter Rice will produce. A24 will handle the global release of the film.
Connor most recently played Nick Nelson in the Netflix coming-of-age story Heartstopper alongside Joe Locke. Before that, he recurred in the HBO/BBC fantasy drama series His Dark Materials based...
- 3/28/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (Reservation Dogs) has landed a leading role in the previously Untitled War Movie now known as Warfare from Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland for A24.
Woon-a-Tai will portray Ray Mendoza, sources close to production tell Deadline. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1997 and served for over 16 years as a Member of Seal Team 5 and a Land Warfare Training Detachment and Bud/s instructor. He was awarded a Silver Star “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Lead Communicator, Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Ramadi, in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 19, 2006,” according to Military Times. He co-founded War Office Producers alongside retired Army Ranger Jariko Denman.
Warfare is the second collaboration for Garland and Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Garland’s latest film Civil War set for release on April 12. The pair wrote and will co-direct the film.
Woon-a-Tai will portray Ray Mendoza, sources close to production tell Deadline. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1997 and served for over 16 years as a Member of Seal Team 5 and a Land Warfare Training Detachment and Bud/s instructor. He was awarded a Silver Star “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Lead Communicator, Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Ramadi, in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 19, 2006,” according to Military Times. He co-founded War Office Producers alongside retired Army Ranger Jariko Denman.
Warfare is the second collaboration for Garland and Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Garland’s latest film Civil War set for release on April 12. The pair wrote and will co-direct the film.
- 3/27/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Details have emerged regarding Garland’s next film, and it seems the filmmaker will be remaining in the ‘theatre of conflict’ with Warfare.
Early reviews are surfacing for Alex Garland’s Civil War, and according to the buzz, we could be in for something special. ‘Visceral’ is a word that seems to keep popping up, and that’s no surprise given that Garland is a filmmaker who excels at making audiences feel uncomfortable in their own skin. In Civil War, it’s armed conflict between fellow Americans that is set to have audiences squirming in their seats, and according to World of Reel, it’s armed conflict that Garland will be focusing on for his next project, too.
The outlet has revealed lots of details for Garland’s next film, including its title, setting and its leading man. While we learned last month that Garland’s next project with A...
Early reviews are surfacing for Alex Garland’s Civil War, and according to the buzz, we could be in for something special. ‘Visceral’ is a word that seems to keep popping up, and that’s no surprise given that Garland is a filmmaker who excels at making audiences feel uncomfortable in their own skin. In Civil War, it’s armed conflict between fellow Americans that is set to have audiences squirming in their seats, and according to World of Reel, it’s armed conflict that Garland will be focusing on for his next project, too.
The outlet has revealed lots of details for Garland’s next film, including its title, setting and its leading man. While we learned last month that Garland’s next project with A...
- 3/15/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Sacha Baron Cohen and Chris Rock had the good sense to arrive early at the Jean-Michel Basquiat Made on Market Street exhibition at the Larry Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills.
They surveyed the 30 or so Basquiat art works in relative peace ,before the throng arrived.
Cohen tells me he came straight from writing something “for TV” that might shoot in Los Angeles or in London, he wasn’t sure. Interesting.
There may also be a film. But before anything else he’ll be seen along with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville and Louis Partridge in Disclaimer, the TV drama thriller Alfonso Cuarón has written and directed for Apple TV+.
Jeffrey Wright at the Basquiat exhibition. Photo Bamigboye/Deadline.
Rock and Cohen had skedaddled with pal Guy Oseary to see Madonna by the time Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright presented himself at the gallery. It was wholly appropriate that the American Fiction star be there.
They surveyed the 30 or so Basquiat art works in relative peace ,before the throng arrived.
Cohen tells me he came straight from writing something “for TV” that might shoot in Los Angeles or in London, he wasn’t sure. Interesting.
There may also be a film. But before anything else he’ll be seen along with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville and Louis Partridge in Disclaimer, the TV drama thriller Alfonso Cuarón has written and directed for Apple TV+.
Jeffrey Wright at the Basquiat exhibition. Photo Bamigboye/Deadline.
Rock and Cohen had skedaddled with pal Guy Oseary to see Madonna by the time Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright presented himself at the gallery. It was wholly appropriate that the American Fiction star be there.
- 3/8/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
The Green Carpet Fashion Awards (Gcfa) returned to Los Angeles on March 6th, 2024.
Zendaya and Donatella Versace attend the 2024 Green Carpet Fashion Awards
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Green Carpet Fashion Awards
The annual awards show united the power of fashion and entertainment for positive transformation and champions interconnected cultural change and the most inspiring efforts that drive it. The selection of the yearly honorees is evaluated according to six cultural archetypes – The Visionary, The Messenger, The Rebel, The Healer, The Sage, and The Futurist. Embodying these roles in the sustainable landscape, the Gcfa recognizes those who offer a new lens on true intersectional transformation while bringing together the next generation of global leaders driving political, social, and environmental solutions for a brighter collective future.
Annie Lennox speaks onstage during the 2024 Green Carpet Fashion Awards
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Green Carpet Fashion Awards
Among those...
Zendaya and Donatella Versace attend the 2024 Green Carpet Fashion Awards
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Green Carpet Fashion Awards
The annual awards show united the power of fashion and entertainment for positive transformation and champions interconnected cultural change and the most inspiring efforts that drive it. The selection of the yearly honorees is evaluated according to six cultural archetypes – The Visionary, The Messenger, The Rebel, The Healer, The Sage, and The Futurist. Embodying these roles in the sustainable landscape, the Gcfa recognizes those who offer a new lens on true intersectional transformation while bringing together the next generation of global leaders driving political, social, and environmental solutions for a brighter collective future.
Annie Lennox speaks onstage during the 2024 Green Carpet Fashion Awards
Credit/Copyright: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Green Carpet Fashion Awards
Among those...
- 3/8/2024
- Look to the Stars
So many stars graced the red carpet outside Bar Marmont on Wednesday night (March 6) to attend Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood.
The celebrity packed guestlist featured the likes of Barry Keoghan, Hunter Schafer and Charles Melton. That’s barely scratching the surface, though.
We pulled together photos of more than 100 stars on the guestlist. That way you can easily see who was there and what they were wearing!
Head inside to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Keep scrolling to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Barry Keoghan
Fyi: Barry is wearing Amiri FW24 Rtw.
Hunter Schafer
Fyi: Hunter is wearing Prada SS13 Rtw.
Evan Ross Katz
Aria Mia Loberti
Reece Feldman
Derek Luh
Sammi Hanratty
Asa Germann
Dallas James Liu
Charles...
The celebrity packed guestlist featured the likes of Barry Keoghan, Hunter Schafer and Charles Melton. That’s barely scratching the surface, though.
We pulled together photos of more than 100 stars on the guestlist. That way you can easily see who was there and what they were wearing!
Head inside to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Keep scrolling to see all of the photos from Vanity Fair and Instagram Celebrate Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood…
Barry Keoghan
Fyi: Barry is wearing Amiri FW24 Rtw.
Hunter Schafer
Fyi: Hunter is wearing Prada SS13 Rtw.
Evan Ross Katz
Aria Mia Loberti
Reece Feldman
Derek Luh
Sammi Hanratty
Asa Germann
Dallas James Liu
Charles...
- 3/7/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Maddie Ziegler in Fitting InPhoto: Elevation Pictures
Adolescence is a tough time for just about everyone, and finding out that you’re different from your peers can only make that time worse. This is half of the wordplay inherent in the title of writer-director Molly McGlynn’s semi-autobiographical film Fitting In,...
Adolescence is a tough time for just about everyone, and finding out that you’re different from your peers can only make that time worse. This is half of the wordplay inherent in the title of writer-director Molly McGlynn’s semi-autobiographical film Fitting In,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Leigh Monson
- avclub.com
Television’s biggest night took place in West Hollywood, CA on Saturday, January 13th when Emmy Awards nominees and presenters, along with some of the most powerful entertainment industry influencers, joined together for MPTF's 17th annual “Evening Before” benefit.
Stars Attend MPTF's 17th annual "Evening Before" benefit
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for MPTF
Co-Chaired by Quinta Brunson and Bob Odenkirk, the annual event raised over $2.5 million.
“I’m excited to celebrate with MPTF. We’ve had quite a year, and this organization and its fundraiser has helped many weather the storm, " said co-chair Quinta Brunson.
Co-chair Bob Odenkirk added, “I’m thrilled to be a co-chair of MPTF’s The Evening Before benefit with Quinta. MPTF really stepped up during a very challenging year to support the entertainment community, and I’m proud to be a part of a fundraiser that will help to sustain that vital support.”
Funds raised...
Stars Attend MPTF's 17th annual "Evening Before" benefit
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for MPTF
Co-Chaired by Quinta Brunson and Bob Odenkirk, the annual event raised over $2.5 million.
“I’m excited to celebrate with MPTF. We’ve had quite a year, and this organization and its fundraiser has helped many weather the storm, " said co-chair Quinta Brunson.
Co-chair Bob Odenkirk added, “I’m thrilled to be a co-chair of MPTF’s The Evening Before benefit with Quinta. MPTF really stepped up during a very challenging year to support the entertainment community, and I’m proud to be a part of a fundraiser that will help to sustain that vital support.”
Funds raised...
- 1/17/2024
- Look to the Stars
As usual, our often brutally honest forum posters did not hold back when reacting to the results of the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. When it came to the 20 TV categories, there were moments when they joined together in celebration of both wins and losses, while arguments sprang from more divisive victories.
Below is just a taste of what went on in the forums during the live telecast, which was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Chelsea Handler. Take a look, then join in if you’re brave enough.
See Critics Choice Awards: Complete list of winners in all movie and TV races [Updating Live]
Best Drama Series
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“The Last of Us” (HBO)
“Loki” (Disney+)
“The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (Paramount+)
X – “Succession” (HBO)
“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” (HBO)
Spacecataz: Bow to “Succession”!
Best Drama Actor
X – Kieran Culkin...
Below is just a taste of what went on in the forums during the live telecast, which was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Chelsea Handler. Take a look, then join in if you’re brave enough.
See Critics Choice Awards: Complete list of winners in all movie and TV races [Updating Live]
Best Drama Series
“The Crown” (Netflix)
“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“The Last of Us” (HBO)
“Loki” (Disney+)
“The Morning Show” (Apple TV+)
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (Paramount+)
X – “Succession” (HBO)
“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” (HBO)
Spacecataz: Bow to “Succession”!
Best Drama Actor
X – Kieran Culkin...
- 1/15/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards pretty much stuck to the same script as last week’s Golden Globes, with Netflix’s Beef, Hulu’s The Bear and HBO’s Succession emerging as the big TV winners.
Both Beef and The Bear won four trophies apiece, including Best Limited Series and Best Comedy Series, respectively. Succession, meanwhile, snagged three awards, including Best Drama Series.
More from TVLineAriana DeBose Responds to Critics Choice Awards Diss: 'I Didn't Find It Funny'Critics Choice Awards Host Dings Ex-Boyfriend Jo Koy's Golden Globes Performance in Opening Monologue - WATCHThe Bear Star Jeremy Allen White Reveals...
Both Beef and The Bear won four trophies apiece, including Best Limited Series and Best Comedy Series, respectively. Succession, meanwhile, snagged three awards, including Best Drama Series.
More from TVLineAriana DeBose Responds to Critics Choice Awards Diss: 'I Didn't Find It Funny'Critics Choice Awards Host Dings Ex-Boyfriend Jo Koy's Golden Globes Performance in Opening Monologue - WATCHThe Bear Star Jeremy Allen White Reveals...
- 1/15/2024
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
There are so many celebs in attendance at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards and we have all the red carpet photos for you in one place!
The stars stepped out on Sunday (January 14) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
The show was supposed to be held at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel, but was moved because of the strikes happening at the venue.
The Critics Choice Awards show is being hosted by Chelsea Handler this year, marking her second year in a row as host. The ceremony airs on The CW starting at 4pm Pt/7pm Et and is airing live on both coasts. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations!
Make sure to check out the Best Dressed list for our 20 favorite looks.
Head inside to check out the full list of celebs on the red carpet…
Keep scrolling to see the full list of celebs on the red carpet…...
The stars stepped out on Sunday (January 14) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
The show was supposed to be held at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel, but was moved because of the strikes happening at the venue.
The Critics Choice Awards show is being hosted by Chelsea Handler this year, marking her second year in a row as host. The ceremony airs on The CW starting at 4pm Pt/7pm Et and is airing live on both coasts. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations!
Make sure to check out the Best Dressed list for our 20 favorite looks.
Head inside to check out the full list of celebs on the red carpet…
Keep scrolling to see the full list of celebs on the red carpet…...
- 1/15/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Maddie Ziegler, on the heels of her starring role in HBO Max’s teen drama The Fallout, stars opposite Reservation Dogs‘ D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai and Schitt’s Creek‘s Emily Hampshire in a new kind of coming-of-age tale, Fitting In.
In this trailer for the semi-autobiographical story based on Grown-ish and Grace and Frankie director Molly McGlynn’s own adolescence, Ziegler portrays Lindy, a 16-year-old who is just like any other teenage girl. She fantasizes about losing her virginity to her crush Adam (Woon-a-Tai) and wants to act on her sexual desires.
But when her mother Rita (Hampshire) takes her daughter to get birth control, a visit to the gynecologist leads to an unexpected discovery: Lindy has Mrkh syndrome, a rare congenital disorder resulting in an underdeveloped vagina with a small or absent uterus.
As Lindy learns to accept that her journey into womanhood looks different from her peers’, she attends an Lgbtqai+ support group,...
In this trailer for the semi-autobiographical story based on Grown-ish and Grace and Frankie director Molly McGlynn’s own adolescence, Ziegler portrays Lindy, a 16-year-old who is just like any other teenage girl. She fantasizes about losing her virginity to her crush Adam (Woon-a-Tai) and wants to act on her sexual desires.
But when her mother Rita (Hampshire) takes her daughter to get birth control, a visit to the gynecologist leads to an unexpected discovery: Lindy has Mrkh syndrome, a rare congenital disorder resulting in an underdeveloped vagina with a small or absent uterus.
As Lindy learns to accept that her journey into womanhood looks different from her peers’, she attends an Lgbtqai+ support group,...
- 12/22/2023
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"You're still you. Ad I think you're pretty perfect just the way you are." Blue Fox Ent. has revealed another official US trailer for an indie coming-of-age comedy titled Fitting In, made by Canadian filmmaker Molly McGlynn (view the Canadian trailer here). This first premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, and it also played at the TIFF, Calgary, and Vancouver Film Fests up in Canada this year. A teen girl is diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have a sex life, propelling her to explore unusual methods. Her relationships are also challenged with everyone in her life, but most importantly, herself. This is a semi-autobiographical feature that's also executive produced / presented by Janelle Monáe. McGlynn's Fitting In stars Maddie Ziegler as Lindy, with Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, and Ki Griffin. This is a toned down version of the other trailer, because they can't put...
- 12/22/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Actress and frequent Sia collaborator Maddie Ziegler is a teenage girl with an unexpected crisis in the trailer for Fitting In. The film, from writer and director Molly McGlynn, stars Ziegler as a 16 year old who has been diagnosed with Mrkh syndrome.
The movie co-stars Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, and Ki Griffin, and was notably produced by Janelle Monae, among others. It will open in theaters on Feb. 2.
The official synopsis notes, “A joyful, comedic drama, from writer/director Molly McGlynn, Fitting In is a coming-of-age story that...
The movie co-stars Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, and Ki Griffin, and was notably produced by Janelle Monae, among others. It will open in theaters on Feb. 2.
The official synopsis notes, “A joyful, comedic drama, from writer/director Molly McGlynn, Fitting In is a coming-of-age story that...
- 12/22/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
In a year defined by the dual strikes, talent was muzzled, unable to promote projects many had worked on for years. For major stars like Seth Rogen or Bradley Cooper this was merely a missed opportunity to talk about a passion project. But for breakout stars like The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, One Piece‘s Iñaki Godoy, Reservation Dogs’ Devery Jacobs, Blue Beetle’s Xolo Maridueña and The Machine screenwriter Kevin Biegel it meant experiencing a major career milestone from the sidelines. They share what they did to mark the occasion away from the spotlight.
Contents ’Twas ‘The Summer of Ayo!’ (minus Ayo) My Missed Moment: Seth Rogen Why Skipping My Premiere Was One of the Best Nights of My Life My Missed Moment: Iñaki Godoy ‘It Almost Feels Like the Final Season Didn’t Happen’ My Missed Moment: Bradley Cooper Xolo Maridueña Missed His Breakout. How Crushed Was He?...
Contents ’Twas ‘The Summer of Ayo!’ (minus Ayo) My Missed Moment: Seth Rogen Why Skipping My Premiere Was One of the Best Nights of My Life My Missed Moment: Iñaki Godoy ‘It Almost Feels Like the Final Season Didn’t Happen’ My Missed Moment: Bradley Cooper Xolo Maridueña Missed His Breakout. How Crushed Was He?...
- 12/20/2023
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Daniel Fienberg’s Top 10
When we look back on television in 2023, it’s almost certain to stand out as a year of transition.
The cyclical conclusion of what we’ve come to know as Peak TV intersected with an unprecedented, production-halting strike by two key industry guilds wanting proper compensation and protections against whatever is coming next.
None of this meant there was a lack of new programming, mind you, but it led to unusually staggered release windows and more high-profile unscripted and international offerings than ever before. Plus, there was a run of series finales for some of the more acclaimed shows of the past decade, climaxing in that wild week in which Succession, Barry and Ted Lasso all ended.
It’s too soon to necessarily know what TV will look like in 2024 or 2025, but I’m confident the basic answer will be “different,” and not just because so...
When we look back on television in 2023, it’s almost certain to stand out as a year of transition.
The cyclical conclusion of what we’ve come to know as Peak TV intersected with an unprecedented, production-halting strike by two key industry guilds wanting proper compensation and protections against whatever is coming next.
None of this meant there was a lack of new programming, mind you, but it led to unusually staggered release windows and more high-profile unscripted and international offerings than ever before. Plus, there was a run of series finales for some of the more acclaimed shows of the past decade, climaxing in that wild week in which Succession, Barry and Ted Lasso all ended.
It’s too soon to necessarily know what TV will look like in 2024 or 2025, but I’m confident the basic answer will be “different,” and not just because so...
- 12/14/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg and Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The best TV shows of 2023 have something odd in common: before they happened, most of them felt impossible. On paper, the idea of a complex and satirical retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest hits sounds strange, as does a real-life "Truman Show" style reality experiment built around one of America's most tedious pastimes. Before this year, we had no reason to think that our favorite cable drama would blow up its entire premise three episodes into its final season, or that the TV adaptation of a near-perfect video game would in some ways prove better than the original.
TV can and should elicit all sorts of responses from viewers, but by virtue of its continuous format, it's especially well-equipped to leave us surprised. With seasons' worth of watercooler conversations under our belts, viewers become confident prognosticators sure we know exactly where our favorite shows are headed, but some of...
TV can and should elicit all sorts of responses from viewers, but by virtue of its continuous format, it's especially well-equipped to leave us surprised. With seasons' worth of watercooler conversations under our belts, viewers become confident prognosticators sure we know exactly where our favorite shows are headed, but some of...
- 12/11/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The 2024 Critics Choice TV Awards nominations were revealed on Tuesday, December 5 with Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” leading the pack with six mentions, including its first for Best Drama Series. Following closely behind with five bids is HBO’s “Succession,” which is now eligible for a third and final victory in the top drama category after winning in 2020 and 2022. See the full breakdown of this year’s nominations below.
This marks the first time in the three-season history of “The Morning Show” that it has received any Cca notices outside of the Best Drama Supporting Actor category. Indeed, its group of five currently nominated cast members is larger than that of any other show, with “Succession” boasting four acting bids for Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, Sarah Snook, and Jeremy Strong.
This year, seven series racked up nomination totals of four apiece. Two of them – comedies “The Bear” and “Reservation Dogs” – hail from FX,...
This marks the first time in the three-season history of “The Morning Show” that it has received any Cca notices outside of the Best Drama Supporting Actor category. Indeed, its group of five currently nominated cast members is larger than that of any other show, with “Succession” boasting four acting bids for Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, Sarah Snook, and Jeremy Strong.
This year, seven series racked up nomination totals of four apiece. Two of them – comedies “The Bear” and “Reservation Dogs” – hail from FX,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Nominations for the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards were revealed Tuesday morning, and there were some surprises.
The Morning Show Season 3 towers above the competition with the most nominations, netting six total.
It is closely followed by Succession, which managed five.
Abbott Elementary (ABC), The Bear (FX), Beef (Netflix), Lessons In Chemistry (Apple TV+), Loki (Disney+), Reservation Dogs (FX), and A Small Light (National Geographic) scored four nods apiece.
All told, take a look at the complete list of nominations below.
Best Drama Series
The Crown (Netflix)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Last of Us (HBO | Max)
Loki (Disney+)
The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
Succession (HBO | Max)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO | Max)
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO | Max)
Tom Hiddleston – Loki (Disney+)
Timothy Olyphant – Justified: City Primeval (FX)
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us (HBO...
The Morning Show Season 3 towers above the competition with the most nominations, netting six total.
It is closely followed by Succession, which managed five.
Abbott Elementary (ABC), The Bear (FX), Beef (Netflix), Lessons In Chemistry (Apple TV+), Loki (Disney+), Reservation Dogs (FX), and A Small Light (National Geographic) scored four nods apiece.
All told, take a look at the complete list of nominations below.
Best Drama Series
The Crown (Netflix)
The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Last of Us (HBO | Max)
Loki (Disney+)
The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
Succession (HBO | Max)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO | Max)
Best Actor In A Drama Series
Kieran Culkin – Succession (HBO | Max)
Tom Hiddleston – Loki (Disney+)
Timothy Olyphant – Justified: City Primeval (FX)
Pedro Pascal – The Last of Us (HBO...
- 12/5/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The Critics Choice Association announced the TV nominees for the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards on Tuesday — and Season 3 of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show leads the pack with a whopping six nominations.
The haul includes a nod for Best Drama Series and individual recognition for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and Season 3 newcomer Nicole Beharie.
More from TVLine<em>The Last of Us</em>, <em>I’m a Virgo</em> and <em>Beef</em> Lead Spirit Awards TV Nominations — <em>Jury Duty</em> Wins for Best New EnsembleThe Oscars Telecast Is (Pretty Much) Guaranteed to End Before Bedtime This Year — Here’s WhyOscars...
The haul includes a nod for Best Drama Series and individual recognition for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman and Season 3 newcomer Nicole Beharie.
More from TVLine<em>The Last of Us</em>, <em>I’m a Virgo</em> and <em>Beef</em> Lead Spirit Awards TV Nominations — <em>Jury Duty</em> Wins for Best New EnsembleThe Oscars Telecast Is (Pretty Much) Guaranteed to End Before Bedtime This Year — Here’s WhyOscars...
- 12/5/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
"To own who you are is up to you. No one should make you feel ashamed of that..." Elevation Pictures in Canada has debuted the official trailer for an indie coming-of-age comedy titled Fitting In, from filmmaker Molly McGlynn. This first premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, and also played at the TIFF, Calgary, and Vancouver Film Fests up in Canada this year. A teen girl is diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have a sex life, propelling her to explore unusual methods. Her relationships are also challenged with everyone in her life, but most importantly, herself. A semi-autobiographical feature written and directed by Molly McGlynn (Mary Goes Round), Fitting In stars Maddie Ziegler as Lindy, with Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, D'Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, and Ki Griffin. This looks fun and authentic, a slightly different sex comedy story about a young woman trying to figure herself out.
- 11/17/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“I think that I’m just attracted to that kind of storytelling,” declares Sterlin Harjo about telling stories that are both funny and serious on his recently concluded “Reservation Dogs.” For our recent webchat he adds, “If I have to stay with one genre, for lack of a better word, it would be comedies that are dramatic and dramas that are comedic.” We talked with Harjo as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023/2024 awards contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See ‘Reservation Dogs’ goes out on a high note: Third and final season is ‘satisfying on every level’
In “Reservation Dogs,” a gang of four indigenous teenagers from a small reservation community in Oklahoma try to make sense of life after the death of a friend. The coming of age comedy was created by Harjo and Oscar winner Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”), and stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai,...
See ‘Reservation Dogs’ goes out on a high note: Third and final season is ‘satisfying on every level’
In “Reservation Dogs,” a gang of four indigenous teenagers from a small reservation community in Oklahoma try to make sense of life after the death of a friend. The coming of age comedy was created by Harjo and Oscar winner Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”), and stars D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
When writer and director Sterlin Harjo was 5 years old, his mother lost a baby. “He was only alive for a few hours,” Harjo recalls. “I think at 5, when you know you lost a sibling, it’s very confusing. You don’t know how to process that.”
The loss of his brother is something that’s never left him.
“I remember, through the grief and everything, going to school and a Ta asked me how I was doing. It was really the first time I’d been asked that, because I didn’t know the kid,” Harjo tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was just heavy loss that I felt. I didn’t know then; I’d never experienced that. I know that’s permeated and has been a part of my art and storytelling since.”
This would be just one among a series of personal brushes with life and death for...
The loss of his brother is something that’s never left him.
“I remember, through the grief and everything, going to school and a Ta asked me how I was doing. It was really the first time I’d been asked that, because I didn’t know the kid,” Harjo tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was just heavy loss that I felt. I didn’t know then; I’d never experienced that. I know that’s permeated and has been a part of my art and storytelling since.”
This would be just one among a series of personal brushes with life and death for...
- 10/3/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai wants to see more Indigenous art on our screens.
The “Reservation Dogs” star recently sat down with Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante as part of our “Indigenous Artists and Icons: Inspiring Change” special in honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada.
Read More: Indigenous NHL Star Ethan Bear Opens Up About How The League Should Fight Racism Moving Forward: ‘It’s Everyone’s Job To Support Each Other’
With a growing movement of Indigenous artists making a mark in Hollywood and beyond, the 22-year-old Canadian, who is of part Oji-Cree descent, shared what it’s like to be bringing the stories of Indigenous people to audiences in such a big way.
“It’s really a weird feeling,” he admitted. “I’m very proud that I got to be a part of something, in my opinion, that’s so historical. Being a part of history is crazy to me.
The “Reservation Dogs” star recently sat down with Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante as part of our “Indigenous Artists and Icons: Inspiring Change” special in honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada.
Read More: Indigenous NHL Star Ethan Bear Opens Up About How The League Should Fight Racism Moving Forward: ‘It’s Everyone’s Job To Support Each Other’
With a growing movement of Indigenous artists making a mark in Hollywood and beyond, the 22-year-old Canadian, who is of part Oji-Cree descent, shared what it’s like to be bringing the stories of Indigenous people to audiences in such a big way.
“It’s really a weird feeling,” he admitted. “I’m very proud that I got to be a part of something, in my opinion, that’s so historical. Being a part of history is crazy to me.
- 9/29/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
This article contains spoilers for Reservation Dogs season 3 episode 10.
With the premiere of its final episode, FX’s Reservation Dogs has officially been sent off that good way. The season 3 finale, titled “Dig,” is filled with indelible moments that neatly wrap up three superb seasons and prepare the titular Rez Dogs for a glorious future to come.
Amid all that excitement, however, is one little in-joke that the less attentive viewer may have missed. As the town of Okern, Oklahoma gathers in the local church to pay their respects to departed Old Man Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman), several well-wishers assemble around the medicine man’s casket. One of those mourners is local constable/lighthorseman Big (Zahn McClarnon).
“Thank you for changing my life, brother,” a tearful Big says to Fixico before placing a hardcover book in his coffin.
Upon a closer inspection, the book is titled Man Moon. It also...
With the premiere of its final episode, FX’s Reservation Dogs has officially been sent off that good way. The season 3 finale, titled “Dig,” is filled with indelible moments that neatly wrap up three superb seasons and prepare the titular Rez Dogs for a glorious future to come.
Amid all that excitement, however, is one little in-joke that the less attentive viewer may have missed. As the town of Okern, Oklahoma gathers in the local church to pay their respects to departed Old Man Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman), several well-wishers assemble around the medicine man’s casket. One of those mourners is local constable/lighthorseman Big (Zahn McClarnon).
“Thank you for changing my life, brother,” a tearful Big says to Fixico before placing a hardcover book in his coffin.
Upon a closer inspection, the book is titled Man Moon. It also...
- 9/28/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This article contains spoilers for Reservation Dogs season 3 episode 10.
Many television shows try to be about community. Hell, one series tried so hard that it violated Seo best practices to just go ahead and name itself Community. I would wager, however, that no TV program ever has better understood the concept of community, nor articulated what it means more effectively than FX’s Reservation Dogs.
The series, which just finished its three-season run on Hulu, began as a simple comedy following four Indigenous teens in their small reservation town of Okern, Oklahoma. Just as those teens – Elora (Devery Jacobs), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Cheese (Lane Factor), and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) – grew to realize that their world was much bigger than pilfered potato chips and petty rivalries, so too did Reservation Dogs grow.
Throughout its richly-realized third season, Reservation Dogs has carefully and empathetically communicated how little the youth sometimes realize that they need their elders.
Many television shows try to be about community. Hell, one series tried so hard that it violated Seo best practices to just go ahead and name itself Community. I would wager, however, that no TV program ever has better understood the concept of community, nor articulated what it means more effectively than FX’s Reservation Dogs.
The series, which just finished its three-season run on Hulu, began as a simple comedy following four Indigenous teens in their small reservation town of Okern, Oklahoma. Just as those teens – Elora (Devery Jacobs), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Cheese (Lane Factor), and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis) – grew to realize that their world was much bigger than pilfered potato chips and petty rivalries, so too did Reservation Dogs grow.
Throughout its richly-realized third season, Reservation Dogs has carefully and empathetically communicated how little the youth sometimes realize that they need their elders.
- 9/28/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Spoiler Alert: This column contains spoilers from “Dig,” the series finale of FX’s “Reservation Dogs,” now streaming on Hulu.
Death has always loomed over “Reservation Dogs,” the coming-of-age comedy that concludes its run on FX this week. When the show began, its teenage protagonists were still actively mourning their friend Daniel (Dalton Cramer), who died by suicide a year prior. Over three seasons, the show emphasized its namesake foursome were not alone in their grief. Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs) doesn’t remember much about her late mother, but her mother’s friends do; when Elora’s grandmother Mabel (Geraldine Keams) passes away, her final hours bring the entire small, Native town of Okern, Oklahoma into their home. Some of the series’ most memorable characters, like warrior William Knifeman (Dallas Goldtooth), are themselves no longer living — they’re spirits who return to counsel those left behind.
So of all the...
Death has always loomed over “Reservation Dogs,” the coming-of-age comedy that concludes its run on FX this week. When the show began, its teenage protagonists were still actively mourning their friend Daniel (Dalton Cramer), who died by suicide a year prior. Over three seasons, the show emphasized its namesake foursome were not alone in their grief. Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs) doesn’t remember much about her late mother, but her mother’s friends do; when Elora’s grandmother Mabel (Geraldine Keams) passes away, her final hours bring the entire small, Native town of Okern, Oklahoma into their home. Some of the series’ most memorable characters, like warrior William Knifeman (Dallas Goldtooth), are themselves no longer living — they’re spirits who return to counsel those left behind.
So of all the...
- 9/27/2023
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
‘Reservation Dogs’ Series Finale: Sterlin Harjo On Saying Goodbye With Love, Legacy & “Fekke Hvmken”
Spoiler Alert: This article contains detains of the Reservation Dogs series finale “Dig,” which dropped late last night on Hulu.
“I’m leaving,” Elora (Devery Jacobs) tells Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai) in the Reservation Dogs series finale as they sit before the coffin of Old Man Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman). “It’s awesome … I’m proud of you,” Bear replies after a pause, giving his best friend his support. “I mean, of course, I’m going to miss you,” he adds, as the duo tell each other with tears how much they truly love each other after all they have been through over the show’s three seasons.
“You’re reminded we’re a community, and we take care of each other, and that is something that I’ve always wanted to show in this show,” co-creator Sterlin Harjo says of the finale, the funeral and the series itself. As he...
“I’m leaving,” Elora (Devery Jacobs) tells Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai) in the Reservation Dogs series finale as they sit before the coffin of Old Man Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman). “It’s awesome … I’m proud of you,” Bear replies after a pause, giving his best friend his support. “I mean, of course, I’m going to miss you,” he adds, as the duo tell each other with tears how much they truly love each other after all they have been through over the show’s three seasons.
“You’re reminded we’re a community, and we take care of each other, and that is something that I’ve always wanted to show in this show,” co-creator Sterlin Harjo says of the finale, the funeral and the series itself. As he...
- 9/27/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Reservation Dogs Season 3, Episode 10, “Dig.”] Reservation Dogs may only feature 28 episodes, but its impact will far exceed its runtime. This is especially true after delivering a delightfully satisfying conclusion to a flawless three-season run with the moving finale installment, “Dig.” The episode co-written and directed by series creator Sterlin Harjo follows the Reservation Dogs, Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Elora (Devery Jacobs), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), and Cheese (Lane Factor) as they join their community to bid Old Man Fixico (Richard Way Whitman) farewell. The celebration of life pulls together the aunties, elders, and fan favorites on the fringes (like Kirk Fox’s Kenny Boy) of Okern for a fantastic ensemble episode that places each of the core four characters on their destined paths. Willie Jack kicks off the episode with a visit to her aunt Hokti (Lily Gladstone) who viewers will remember from Season 2’s powerful entry, “Offerings.” Telling Hokti about...
- 9/27/2023
- TV Insider
My favorite scene in “Dig,” the series finale of FX’s Hulu series Reservation Dogs, finds Devery Jacobs’ Elora joining D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai’s Bear sitting by Old Man Fixico’s casket.
Bear is meditating on nothing less than the impermanence of life, which is also what Elora wants to discuss. Specifically, she has to tell Bear that she’s exiting their hometown, departing Okern and going to college. She knows, though, that Bear’s mother (Sarah Podemski’s Rita) has recently told him she’s taking a job in Oklahoma City. Everybody is leaving Bear, and Elora worries about how her friend will take the news.
The emotion is bursting out of Elora. She wants to explain, to apologize, to justify. Bear asks her to pause. She looks at him with concern. He looks down. Pondering. She’s wondering if Bear’s about to break down. We’re wondering if...
Bear is meditating on nothing less than the impermanence of life, which is also what Elora wants to discuss. Specifically, she has to tell Bear that she’s exiting their hometown, departing Okern and going to college. She knows, though, that Bear’s mother (Sarah Podemski’s Rita) has recently told him she’s taking a job in Oklahoma City. Everybody is leaving Bear, and Elora worries about how her friend will take the news.
The emotion is bursting out of Elora. She wants to explain, to apologize, to justify. Bear asks her to pause. She looks at him with concern. He looks down. Pondering. She’s wondering if Bear’s about to break down. We’re wondering if...
- 9/27/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Reservation Dogs” ended its three-season run on Wednesday with a funeral — but also with a lot of joy. In bringing almost all of the show’s characters into one place for one final gathering, co-creator Sterlin Harjo said his goal was to show how “Reservation Dogs” was much bigger than just the kids at its heart.
“It’s not just for kids on the rez,” Harjo told Variety. “It is their whole community. And we see that by going back into the past with some of the elders. We see that by learning more about the other characters. I wanted to illustrate that in the finale, which is all of them coming together for a goodbye to one of their own.”
As the episode draws to a close, the town celebrates as they pay tribute to the passing of Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman).
“I thought that it would be the...
“It’s not just for kids on the rez,” Harjo told Variety. “It is their whole community. And we see that by going back into the past with some of the elders. We see that by learning more about the other characters. I wanted to illustrate that in the finale, which is all of them coming together for a goodbye to one of their own.”
As the episode draws to a close, the town celebrates as they pay tribute to the passing of Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman).
“I thought that it would be the...
- 9/27/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for the Reservation Dogs series finale, which is now streaming on Hulu.
Two weeks ago, Reservation Dogs dropped an episode that could have easily functioned as a series finale. It featured callbacks galore, a full-circle moment where Bear invites Jackie’s crew to join the Rez Dogs, and a speech by Kenny Boy about Indigenous communities that seemed to function as a closing statement for the show itself.
But Sterlin Harjo had more to say, as he discussed with Rolling Stone in an interview about the...
Two weeks ago, Reservation Dogs dropped an episode that could have easily functioned as a series finale. It featured callbacks galore, a full-circle moment where Bear invites Jackie’s crew to join the Rez Dogs, and a speech by Kenny Boy about Indigenous communities that seemed to function as a closing statement for the show itself.
But Sterlin Harjo had more to say, as he discussed with Rolling Stone in an interview about the...
- 9/27/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
At 24 years-old, Jason Hochberg (Fred Hechinger) is officially too old to be into summer camp. But he passes up a law internship anyway to come to Camp Pineway and be a counselor one last time. Once Jason arrives, he’s not only the oldest counselor there; he’s immediately ostracized for his childlike eagerness toward camp activities. The rest of the counselors mainly have flirting and partying in mind.
Bobby (Billy Bryk) wants girls to like him, but he tries too hard and turns them off. Chris (Finn Wolfhard) already has a thing with Shannon (Krista Nazaire), but they’re hiding it from Bobby. Mike (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai) and Demi (Pardis Saremi) are a stereotypically gorgeous couple. The rest of the teens fit easily into high-school comedy archetypes — Ezra (Matthew Finlan) is queer and loves theater, Ari (Daniel Gravelle) is the self-serious film buff, Miley (Julia Doyle) is the self-righteous vegan...
Bobby (Billy Bryk) wants girls to like him, but he tries too hard and turns them off. Chris (Finn Wolfhard) already has a thing with Shannon (Krista Nazaire), but they’re hiding it from Bobby. Mike (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai) and Demi (Pardis Saremi) are a stereotypically gorgeous couple. The rest of the teens fit easily into high-school comedy archetypes — Ezra (Matthew Finlan) is queer and loves theater, Ari (Daniel Gravelle) is the self-serious film buff, Miley (Julia Doyle) is the self-righteous vegan...
- 9/18/2023
- by Jourdain Searles
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival is underway. While this is one of the festivals where a lot of awards season contenders start getting buzz as we head into the fall and winter months, it's also a place where hidden horror gems can sneak up on you as we head into Halloween. Like many film festivals, TIFF has its own genre programming block called Midnight Madness where horror, thrillers, and the wilder side of filmmaking can be experienced. This year, a handful of titles have been getting some decent buzz, ranging from "Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard making his directorial debut with the slasher comedy "Hell of a Summer" to "Dream Scenario" putting Nicolas Cage into everyone's dreams and plenty in between.
Let's take a closer look at some of the horror titles drumming up noise at TIFF 2023.
Read more: The 95 Best Horror Movies Ever
Hell Of A Summer
Director: Finn...
Let's take a closer look at some of the horror titles drumming up noise at TIFF 2023.
Read more: The 95 Best Horror Movies Ever
Hell Of A Summer
Director: Finn...
- 9/13/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Reservation Dogs, “Send It,” which is now streaming on Hulu.
If you’re a Reservation Dogs fan who didn’t know that there are still two episodes to go, it would be hard to blame you for assuming that “Send It” was the series finale. In both its plot and its specific mix of tones, it feels like a summation of everything that Sterlin Harjo and company have been doing for the past three seasons. If those remaining episodes didn’t exist,...
If you’re a Reservation Dogs fan who didn’t know that there are still two episodes to go, it would be hard to blame you for assuming that “Send It” was the series finale. In both its plot and its specific mix of tones, it feels like a summation of everything that Sterlin Harjo and company have been doing for the past three seasons. If those remaining episodes didn’t exist,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Plot: A group of summer camp counsellors are picked off one by one during an orientation weekend.
Review: Hell of a Summer marks the directorial debut of actors Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. You can tell both guys, who also wrote and co-star, have a genuine affection for horror staples like Sleepaway Camp (which we just featured on 80s Horror Memories) and Friday the 13th and summer camp comedies like Wet Hot American Summer. It’s a mostly painless 88-minute romp that doesn’t do anything to reinvent the genre or even function as a particularly good horror movie or comedy. Still, it goes down easily enough to play well to Wolfhard’s (many) fans.
It’s commendable that the two guys, Wolfhard and Bryk, don’t make themselves the movie’s focus, with them just two young ensemble members. Instead, the leads are Fred Hechinger and Knock at the Cabin’s Abby Quinn,...
Review: Hell of a Summer marks the directorial debut of actors Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. You can tell both guys, who also wrote and co-star, have a genuine affection for horror staples like Sleepaway Camp (which we just featured on 80s Horror Memories) and Friday the 13th and summer camp comedies like Wet Hot American Summer. It’s a mostly painless 88-minute romp that doesn’t do anything to reinvent the genre or even function as a particularly good horror movie or comedy. Still, it goes down easily enough to play well to Wolfhard’s (many) fans.
It’s commendable that the two guys, Wolfhard and Bryk, don’t make themselves the movie’s focus, with them just two young ensemble members. Instead, the leads are Fred Hechinger and Knock at the Cabin’s Abby Quinn,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Making a grand entrance into the world of directing, Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard present their feature debut, Hell of a Summer. With the vibes reminiscent of Friday the 13th and Sleep Away Camp, this film delivers nostalgia that captures the essence of the golden age of horror slasher cinema. Each character checks off the 1980s horror trope boxes, ensuring that every campy moment feels both authentic and delightfully over the top. Bryk and Wolfhard also star.
Starts with John and Cathy, owners of Pineway Summer Camp sitting around a campfire drinking beer and playing guitar. When one of them leaves to grab more alcohol, things end very badly for the two of them. Cut to Jason (Fred Hechinger) in the passenger seat while his mom drives him to work as a camp counselor at Pineway for $115 a week. The arrival of the other counselors presents a colorful array of...
Starts with John and Cathy, owners of Pineway Summer Camp sitting around a campfire drinking beer and playing guitar. When one of them leaves to grab more alcohol, things end very badly for the two of them. Cut to Jason (Fred Hechinger) in the passenger seat while his mom drives him to work as a camp counselor at Pineway for $115 a week. The arrival of the other counselors presents a colorful array of...
- 9/11/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for Reservation Dogs season 3 episode 6.
“We’re just men, you know. We don’t know everything. We make mistakes. We don’t know shit.”
Slowly but surely, television is moving back to its original state and what the streaming era should have always embraced: weekly releases. As streaming series like Ahsoka, Only Murders in the Building, and others have proven, the weekly release model is usually the way to go when it comes to maximizing the potential of episodic storytelling.
And yet, some TV experiences can benefit from a binge – or at least a back-to-back screening. The most recent and brilliant example is Reservation Dogs‘ profoundly perfect double feature of “House Made of Bongs” and “Frankfurter Sandwich.”
Those watching Reservation Dogs season 3 episode 5 “House Made of Bongs” on Aug. 23, 2023 had no reason to believe that it would merely the first part of a whole. This flashback...
“We’re just men, you know. We don’t know everything. We make mistakes. We don’t know shit.”
Slowly but surely, television is moving back to its original state and what the streaming era should have always embraced: weekly releases. As streaming series like Ahsoka, Only Murders in the Building, and others have proven, the weekly release model is usually the way to go when it comes to maximizing the potential of episodic storytelling.
And yet, some TV experiences can benefit from a binge – or at least a back-to-back screening. The most recent and brilliant example is Reservation Dogs‘ profoundly perfect double feature of “House Made of Bongs” and “Frankfurter Sandwich.”
Those watching Reservation Dogs season 3 episode 5 “House Made of Bongs” on Aug. 23, 2023 had no reason to believe that it would merely the first part of a whole. This flashback...
- 8/31/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Reservation Dogs Season 3, Episode 6, “Frankfurter Sandwich.”] Reservation Dogs‘ final season continues to impart some sage wisdom in the latest episode, “Frankfurter Sandwich,” as Cheese (Lane Factor) is whisked away by elders Big (Zahn McClarnon), Bucky (Wes Studi), and Uncle Brownie (Gary Farmer) for an educational fishing trip. As with past seasons, this Cheese-centric episode focuses on the youngest member of the titular friend group as he approaches a new challenge in his early life. The installment begins with Cheese fighting off zombies, which turns out to be a video game fantasy from his virtual reality headset. Denying visits from Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), and Elora (Devery Jacobs), Cheese’s “grandmother” Irene (Casey Camp-Horinek) calls on Big, Bucky, and Uncle Brownie to help get the teen out of the house. During their fishing trip, the men show Cheese ways to pass the time in nature and try to...
- 8/30/2023
- TV Insider
This article contains spoilers for Reservation Dogs season 3 episode 5.
“How beautiful to never search for who you are. Everything you need is here. In the millenniums of certainty.”
There’s an old African proverb I’m fond of that says “the child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” I’m so fond of it, in fact, that this is the second article within the past seven months that I’ve chosen to open with it.
I like the phrase because it immediately glides over the vague platitudes of “it takes a village to raise a child” with the grim possibility of what might happen to that village if it doesn’t. It also inevitably raises other questions. What if the child was embraced by the village but he burned it down anyway? Or what if the child decided to burn himself down instead.
“How beautiful to never search for who you are. Everything you need is here. In the millenniums of certainty.”
There’s an old African proverb I’m fond of that says “the child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.” I’m so fond of it, in fact, that this is the second article within the past seven months that I’ve chosen to open with it.
I like the phrase because it immediately glides over the vague platitudes of “it takes a village to raise a child” with the grim possibility of what might happen to that village if it doesn’t. It also inevitably raises other questions. What if the child was embraced by the village but he burned it down anyway? Or what if the child decided to burn himself down instead.
- 8/23/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
[This story contains spoilers to Reservation Dogs season three, episode three, “Deer Lady.”]
In the first season of Reservation Dogs, actress Kaniehtiio Horn made her debut as the mysterious Deer Lady in episode five, “Come and Get Your Love.” Now in its third and final season, Reservation Dogs reveals the dark origins of its hooved hitchhiker and, in the process, offers a look at the violent past of residential boarding schools in the U.S.
A first step in acknowledging their history, impact and legacy on a national level came in May 2022 when the U.S. Department of the Interior released the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. The 100-page study found that the government funded over 400 reservation schools across 37 states, at times paying missionary organizations “on a per capita basis” for the children they enrolled. Between 1819 and 1969, Native children from across the U.S., Hawaii and Alaska were targeted, enduring “rampant physical, sexual, and emotional abuse,...
In the first season of Reservation Dogs, actress Kaniehtiio Horn made her debut as the mysterious Deer Lady in episode five, “Come and Get Your Love.” Now in its third and final season, Reservation Dogs reveals the dark origins of its hooved hitchhiker and, in the process, offers a look at the violent past of residential boarding schools in the U.S.
A first step in acknowledging their history, impact and legacy on a national level came in May 2022 when the U.S. Department of the Interior released the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. The 100-page study found that the government funded over 400 reservation schools across 37 states, at times paying missionary organizations “on a per capita basis” for the children they enrolled. Between 1819 and 1969, Native children from across the U.S., Hawaii and Alaska were targeted, enduring “rampant physical, sexual, and emotional abuse,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In what may be one of the most powerful and stirring episodes of the entire run of FX’s “Reservation Dogs,” the series this week took on the horror of assimilation “Indian boarding schools” — and attempt by the government in the 19th and 20th centuries to erase Native culture from the country.
It’s another dark chapter that is well known by most people with Indigenous heritage, but something that most non-Natives have either never heard about, or only have a passing knowledge of it. For “Reservation Dogs” co-creator Sterlin Harjo, there was a responsibility to tell the story right.
“We have an opportunity to tell some truths, and that’s what the show has been about — telling the truth about who we are,” Harjo says. “I just wanted to make something that represented that experience, to show people what the reality was. To show people how it must have felt,...
It’s another dark chapter that is well known by most people with Indigenous heritage, but something that most non-Natives have either never heard about, or only have a passing knowledge of it. For “Reservation Dogs” co-creator Sterlin Harjo, there was a responsibility to tell the story right.
“We have an opportunity to tell some truths, and that’s what the show has been about — telling the truth about who we are,” Harjo says. “I just wanted to make something that represented that experience, to show people what the reality was. To show people how it must have felt,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Reservation Dogs Season 3 Episode 3 “Deer Lady.”] Reservation Dogs takes a dark turn in the latest installment, “Deer Lady,” which sees the origin story of the titular mythological figure, portrayed in the series by Kaniehtiio Horn. Punishing men who do wrong, she runs into Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai), who had been stranded after missing his bus in the premiere. Alarmed upon learning whom he’s crossed paths with, Deer Lady assures him that she’s not out to harm him and offers the young man a ride back to the reservation (after a few servings of diner pie), with a pit stop along the way. Her journey has a dark history, which unfolds in a series of flashbacks upon her arrival at one of the boarding schools responsible for stripping Indigenous youth of their language. In this case, it’s also considered a house of horrors as she and her fellow students...
- 8/9/2023
- TV Insider
On August 2, 2023, FX premiered the third and final season of “Reservation Dogs,” scoring a perfect 100% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The critics consensus reads, “Bowing out while still having plenty of creativity to spare, ‘Reservation Dogs” final season sidesteps feeling premature by satisfying on every level.” The series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi centers on four Native American teenagers growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma. The ensemble cast is led by D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Devery Jacobs, Lane Factor and Paulina Alexis.
The critically acclaimed comedy has been continuously snubbed by the Emmys, earning just a single bid for sound editing this year. Other awards groups have been more favorable, including the Critics Choice Awards, which nominated Woon-a-Tai for Best Comedy Actor, Jacobs for Best Comedy Actress and Alexis for Best Comedy Supporting Actress in addition to the show’s 2023 nomination for Best Comedy Series. AFI called it...
The critically acclaimed comedy has been continuously snubbed by the Emmys, earning just a single bid for sound editing this year. Other awards groups have been more favorable, including the Critics Choice Awards, which nominated Woon-a-Tai for Best Comedy Actor, Jacobs for Best Comedy Actress and Alexis for Best Comedy Supporting Actress in addition to the show’s 2023 nomination for Best Comedy Series. AFI called it...
- 8/8/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Not everyone chooses what to watch based on their emotions, but Netflix’s “Heartstopper,” a rare, feel-good queer love story from creator and writer Alice Oseman, deserves plenty of attention.
The romantic coming-of-age series, which is based on Oseman’s webcomic-turned-graphic novel, stars Joe Locke as Charlie, a young gay teen who falls for Nick (Kit Connor), a popular, rugby-playing classmate. The first season, which debuted on the streaming service in spring 2022, followed the teens’ meet cute and burgeoning relationship as they grew closer and Nick slowly discovered his bisexuality. The highly anticipated 10-episode second season, which is now streaming, is an excellent follow-up that continues Nick’s personal journey of coming out, while also exploring the lives of the couple’s equally endearing friends. A well-crafted, heartfelt show that almost single-handedly does more for LGBTQ+ representation than 10 other shows combined, “Heartstopper” is the awards contender to watch this weekend.
The romantic coming-of-age series, which is based on Oseman’s webcomic-turned-graphic novel, stars Joe Locke as Charlie, a young gay teen who falls for Nick (Kit Connor), a popular, rugby-playing classmate. The first season, which debuted on the streaming service in spring 2022, followed the teens’ meet cute and burgeoning relationship as they grew closer and Nick slowly discovered his bisexuality. The highly anticipated 10-episode second season, which is now streaming, is an excellent follow-up that continues Nick’s personal journey of coming out, while also exploring the lives of the couple’s equally endearing friends. A well-crafted, heartfelt show that almost single-handedly does more for LGBTQ+ representation than 10 other shows combined, “Heartstopper” is the awards contender to watch this weekend.
- 8/5/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.