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 Since the first time Carrie Preston stepped into the shoes of quirky attorney Elsbeth Tascioni in The Good Wife and its spin-off The Good Fight — a role she won an Emmy for in 2016 — she has brought a smile to viewers' faces with her character's unusual approach to problem-solving. With Preston finally…

At the heart of Sean Baker's film Anora is Mikey Madison. Having seen her work in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Scream, Baker cast her as Ani, a young woman working as a dancer in a New York strip joint and living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood. When Ani impulsively marries a rich but…

While the issue of refugees and economic migrants continues to dominate world headlines, Denmark's Thomas Vinterberg has found an ingenious way to turn the situation on its head. With his seven-part series Families Like Ours, Vinterberg posits an imagined but not too far-fetched scenario in which his…

Alexandra O. Philippe's Chain Reactions is an extraordinary documentary about an extraordinary film. With contributions from comedian Patton Oswalt, writers Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Stephen King, plus filmmakers Takashi Miike and Karyn Kusama, it examines the legacy of Tobe Hooper's 1974 shocker The T…

With an Emmy nomination for her guest spot as a marriage counselor on Mr. & Mrs. Smith in hand, Sarah Paulson has hit a milestone all of her own. The nomination is Paulson's ninth, all for playing different characters. She's the first actor to accomplish that feat and it says reams about the versatility…

What is it like to have an all-consuming romance over the course of 30 years? Screenwriter-director Ron Nyswaner has written movies for over four decades, earning an Oscar nomination for Philadelphia, and has worked on critically acclaimed shows like Ray Donovan and Homeland. And now, with Showtime's…

From swift kicks to the alluring tinny ring of a deadly sword swing, soundscapes are one of the most important building blocks of great television, namely that of Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai. The adult animated series follows Mizu (Mayra Erskine), a young mixed-race warrior driven by revenge as she lives…

On FX's hit comedy-drama series The Bear, Lionel Boyce plays Marcus Brooks, a humble pastry chef trying to balance the hardships within his life with the hectic environment of the restaurant. While Season 2 maintains the fast-paced, high-adrenaline storylines that the series is known for, the first few…

“Who is that actor?” It’s probably everyone’s reaction to their first experience of Britain’s Matt Berry. With his booming delivery, and an uncanny ability to draw out every last vowel and consonant from even the dullest of words, Berry has been a cult comic actor in the U.K. for 20 years now. He broke…

Janelle James, who plays the self-involved yet surprisingly dedicated principal Ava Coleman in Quinta Brunson's Abbott Elementary, knows that the show faces a distinct challenge as a network sitcom that consistently sheds light on the concerns plaguing low-income schools. It has to be funny, of course…

Before FX gave us The Bear, it first introduced us to Bear Smallhill, the unofficial leader of a quartet of Native misfits at the heart of FX's Reservation Dogs. Exuding equal parts warmth and extreme mischievousness, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai is the only actor from the comedy's three-year run to earn an Emmy…

From dubious social algorithms to killer surveillance systems, the dystopian anthology series Black Mirror is not afraid to shine a black light on the complex relationship between humans and technology. The decade-old series, created by Charlie Brooker, straddles the line between bleak and…