Netflix has partnered with the Roald Dahl Story Company to produce a new slate of animated shows based on some of the late author’s most beloved books such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. The agreement covers 16 titles, including The BFG, The Twits, Charlie and the Great …
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A review of The Romanoffs finale, “The One That Holds Everything,” coming up just as soon as I call you King Tut because you have a dead mummy… Between its title, its position as the last of these eight episodes and the early moment where English screenwriterJack walks past Greg …
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Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Shannon remember their first favorite albums, their most embarrassing moments on set and their first bad reviews in the latest installment of “The First Time.” Shannon and Skarsgård — who co-star on AMC’s new John le Carré adaptation, The Little Drummer Girl— both revealed the first …
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John Oliver ended Last Week Tonight’s fifth season laying out grim indications that global authoritarianism is on the rise.Authoritarian leaders gain power by perpetuating their own strength, creating popular enemies by demonizing marginalized groups and dismantling institutions. And, Oliver argues, these trends are growing in countries such as Russia, China, …
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In the third episode of Netflix’s charming new silver-haired comedy The Kominsky Method, Michael Douglas pees in the hedges outside the home of the woman he’s dating. This could merely be an easy joke at the expense of a senior citizen with less control over his bodily functions than he …
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It starts with a close-up of a candle and ends with flaming debris being flung at a castle wall by a catapult — in terms of kicking off a period-piece epic with a single unbroken shot, you could say that Outlaw King sets a high bar. This serpentine opening sequence …
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Here’s the perfect, computer-animated holiday fun for kids of all ages — preferably under five, when bright, swirling colors are all we need to distract us. Older children are apt to be skeptical. And anyone past voting age may need to be seriously stoned to swallow it. Don’t get me …
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For the third time this year, the Heathers TV series has been pulled from Paramount Network’s schedule due to a mass shooting. The series, a reboot of the 1988 cult black comedy, was originally scheduled to air in March, but the premiere was postponed due to the Parkland school shooting. …
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Every Friday, we’re recommending an older movie that’s available to stream or download and worth seeing again through the lens of our current moment. We’re calling the series “Revisiting Hours” — consider this Rolling Stone’s unofficial film club. This week, a.k.a. the Halloween edition: Noel Murray on one of the …
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Polarizing is too tame a word to describe reactions to Luca Guadagnino’s radical rethinking of Suspiria. Either you’ll dig in or bolt for the exit — no in between. For starters, Dario Argento’s 1977 landmark of horror didn’t need a remake. The original, about an exclusively female dance academy run …
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