FX to Release ‘Adults’ Prequel Episode

FX to Release ‘Adults’ Prequel Episode

FX‘s Adults is getting a prequel. The FX comedy will release, later this summer but prior to the August drop of season two, a standalone episode, titled “Marathon Day,” that will introduce the friend group and provide the origin story for Jack Innanen‘s Paul Baker. The full episode, written by series creators Ben Kronengold and…

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‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: An Engrossing if Incohesive Dive Into William Friedkin’s Gay S&M Thriller and Its Surrounding Controversy

‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: An Engrossing if Incohesive Dive Into William Friedkin’s Gay S&M Thriller and Its Surrounding Controversy

Arguably no major gay-themed film has ever been as polarizing within the queer community as 1980’s Cruising, the gritty William Friedkin crime thriller set against the backdrop of New York’s leather-bar scene. Documentarian Jeffrey Schwarz takes a three-pronged approach to the subject in Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, examining the real-life homicide that inspired the story, the development…

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Victoria Pedretti Went Deep, Dark and “Dangerous” for Her Biggest Film Role to Date

Victoria Pedretti Went Deep, Dark and “Dangerous” for Her Biggest Film Role to Date

The Last Day reimagines Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece Mrs Dalloway in a few ways. The directorial debut of decorated visual artist Rachel Rose, the stark drama (which premieres Saturday night at Tribeca Festival) is set in modern-day New York and reimagines the protagonist, Clarissa, as Julia (Alicia Vikander), a writer feeling drained of creativity and purpose…

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Madonna Brings ‘Confessions II’ to Tribeca Festival: Short Film Features Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia Garner and “Lasers Coming Out of Every Orifice”

Madonna Brings ‘Confessions II’ to Tribeca Festival: Short Film Features Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia Garner and “Lasers Coming Out of Every Orifice”

Fans might have to wait a little longer to see if Julia Garner ends up playing Madonna in a biopic, but they don’t have to wait to see Garner and Madonna collaborate on film. The Ozark and Americans alum has a quick cameo in a club scene in Madonna’s star-studded Confessions II visual album, which…

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Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program Celebrates 10 Years of Supporting Female and Nonbinary Artists

Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program Celebrates 10 Years of Supporting Female and Nonbinary Artists

On a Thursday evening in the penthouse of New York’s Greenwich Hotel, Jane Rosenthal stood in front of a small audience — a mix of emerging filmmakers, program alumni, jury members and mentors — for this year’s Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program.  With the room packed in almost shoulder-to-shoulder, and on…

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Christopher Guest Reveals the “Brutal” Backstage Dog Show Moment That He Couldn’t Include in ‘Best in Show’: “It’s Too Much”

Christopher Guest Reveals the “Brutal” Backstage Dog Show Moment That He Couldn’t Include in ‘Best in Show’: “It’s Too Much”

Despite all of the idiosyncratic behavior displayed by the dog owners in Christopher Guest‘s 2000 satire Best in Show, there was one moment Guest heard of as he was researching the cutthroat world of professional dog shows that he thought was too extreme to include in his film. Specifically, Guest heard that backstage “a person…

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