#‘American Nightmare’ Directors on the Trial by Media Suffered by the Misnamed “Real-Life Gone Girl”

#‘American Nightmare’ Directors on the Trial by Media Suffered by the Misnamed “Real-Life Gone Girl”

American Nightmare follows the story of Denise Huskins and partner Aaron Quinn, the victims of a home invasion in 2015 in Vallejo, California, that resulted in Huskins’ kidnapping. However, the couple was quickly accused of staging it all, with Huskins being labeled “the real Gone Girl.” Directors Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris (The Tinder Swindler)…

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#How to Bring Back a Mammoth

#How to Bring Back a Mammoth

For Netflix’s Life on Our Planet, cinematographer Jamie McPherson had to capture action that simply wasn’t there. In the pilot episode, “The Rules of Life,” McPherson framed this shot of cave lions facing off against woolly mammoths — two species that went extinct millions of years ago. “They’re essentially elephants and lions, so we have…

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#How ‘Shōgun’ Is Shaking Up the Emmy Race

#How ‘Shōgun’ Is Shaking Up the Emmy Race

When the Emmy nominations are announced July 17, something will happen that hasn’t happened in 50 years: The nominees for best drama series will include only one previously nominated show, Netflix’s The Crown. I would love to be able to say that’s because there are so many great dramas out there and that TV Academy members…

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