#Grappling with the Show’s Legacy – /Film

#Grappling with the Show’s Legacy – /Film

“#Grappling with the Show’s Legacy – /Film” Attempting to define legacy – whether of an individual, an institution, or a piece of art – can be a fraught proposition. By our very nature, human beings generally tend to crave oversimplified narratives to help make sense of a messy and chaotic world. After all, depending on…

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#Fabien Frankel Joins GOT Prequel – /Film

#Fabien Frankel Joins GOT Prequel – /Film

“#Fabien Frankel Joins GOT Prequel – /Film” Westeros has just cast another resident. In the latest piece of House of the Dragon casting for HBO’s first Game of Thrones prequel, up-and-coming actor Fabien Frankel has been enlisted to play Ser Criston Cole, a member of the Kingsguard for the Targaryen family. He previously appeared in Last Christmas…

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#HBO Doc Tackles Opioid Crisis – /Film

#HBO Doc Tackles Opioid Crisis – /Film

“#HBO Doc Tackles Opioid Crisis – /Film” How did opioids become the center of one of the worst public health crises in U.S. history? That’s what the new HBO documentary The Crime of the Century aims to find out. Directed by Alex Gibney — who won three Emmys in 2015 for his thorough Scientology doc Going Clear and an Oscar for…

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#Kate Winslet Does Career-Best Work – /Film

#Kate Winslet Does Career-Best Work – /Film

“#Kate Winslet Does Career-Best Work – /Film” Everybody knows everybody in Easttown. The small Pennsylvania setting of the new HBO limited series Mare of Easttown is downright incestuous – everyone is a cousin of a cousin; everyone is on a first-name basis. The people who live there live there for life – there is seemingly no…

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