From Ranch to Rodeo to Rig: How the Hair on “Yellowstone” & “Landman” Tells the Story
The season finale of Yellowstone, the modern-day Western saga that became a cultural touchstone, aired in December. Audiences didn’t have to wait long for creator Taylor Sheridan’s next project, Landman, the first season of which was released even before Yellowstone bowed on Paramount+. Billy Bob Thornton stars as Tommy Norris, a West Texas oil company operations manager (or landman), who, over the course of a single week,
How “One Royal Holiday” Was One Royal Savior for an Inn in Connecticut
The premise of Hallmark Channel’s One Royal Holiday is as cozy as a snowy Christmas morning—Anna (Laura Osnes) helps a mother and son who are stranded in a blizzard, only to discover the pair are actually royalty. Gabriella and James Galant (played by Victoria Clark and Aaron Tveit) are members of the Royal Family of Galwick, yet they’re (very fancy) ducks out of water in Anna’s hometown. It’s up to Anna to show the Galants what a Christmas in Connecticut is all about,
Death Stalks the Vacationers in “The White Lotus” Season 3 Trailer
“By the end of the week, you will be an entirely different person,” promises a staff member at the Thailand location of the White Lotus resort in the official trailer for season 3. Mike White’s killer comedy returns, and this meaty, nearly three-minute look spells out big trouble in Thailand for our vacationers and the assorted resort staff tasked with taking care of their impossible needs.
“What happens in Thailand stays in Thailand”
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” to Deploy New IMAX Technology & Film a Portion on Sicily’s “Goat Island”
Christopher Nolan is following his critical and commercial smash Oppenheimer with a look at another historical figure, and one who’s even more mythic than the man once dubbed the American Prometheus. Nolan’s adapting Homer’s The Odyssey for Universal Pictures, and he’s doing so with another of his stellar casts, his ace producing partner (and wife) Emma Thomas, and the use of new IMAX film technology. Also goats.
Nolan’s take on Homer’s epic tale of Odysseus’s long-delayed journey home will be partly shot on the Sicilian island Favignana,
New “Superman” Teaser Sets Up an Epic Showdown With a Confident Lex Luthor
Before the Philadelphia Eagles eventual romp over the Washington Commanders on Sunday, January 26, the Birds faithful roared as a bald eagle soared down from the rafters of Lincoln Financial Field. It’s how the Eagles kick off their home games before the actual games, giving their fans a look at the real-life manifestation of their majestic mascot. It was during the game, however, that another majestic beast soared through the air in a new look at David Corenswet as Superman.
“Nosferatu,” “Alien: Romulus,” “The Substance,” and More Give This Year’s Oscars a Jolt
The 97th Oscars arrive on March 2, and this year’s telecast will feature a more unsettling list of bloody, scary films than in recent history.
Writer/director Robbert Eggers’ chilling, gorgeously wrought Nosferatu has been nominated for four Oscars: Best Costume Design, Best Cinematography (Jarin Blaschke), Best Makeup & Hairstyling (David White, Traci Loader, and Suzanne Stokes-Munton, and Best Production Design (Craigh Lathrop,
Oscar Nominations Revealed
Your 97th Oscar nominees are here. The full list of the nominees is below, but let’s hit some of the high notes immediately—your ten Best Picture nominees are Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, and Wicked.
For Actress in a Leading Role, the nominees are Cynthia Erivo for Wicked, Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez,
The Vacation Continues: “The White Lotus” Renewed For Season 4
The trip continues.
The White Lotus Season 4 has been officially greenlit by HBO before the first episode of Season 3 has aired. Variety reports that Mike White’s razor-sharp satire will return, with production likely to begin in 2026. There’s no indication yet where the fourth season will take place and whether any cast members will return (Natasha Rothwell, an alumnus from Season 1, is returning for the third season).
“The Brutalist” Production Designer Judy Becker on Designing Fictional Mid-Century Modernist Masterpieces
A World War II refugee architect and a robber baron meet in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and modernist design history is made. The premise of The Brutalist, a 3.5-hour critical darling and Golden Globe winner from writer/director Brady Corbet, is as American as apple pie. But from the moment Holocaust survivor Làszló (Adrien Brody) pulls into New York Harbor, the film was shot in Europe. Working primarily in and around Budapest, production designer Judy Becker (Carol,
“Star Wars” Sensation: Ryan Gosling in Talks to Join Director Shawn Levy in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
If you want your Star Wars movie to go into production faster than the Millennium Falcon making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, casting Ryan Gosling would probably be the way to go.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gosling is very much in play for Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars film. While most firm details about upcoming Star Wars films are kept frozen in carbonite and locked deep within the lava mines of Mustafar,
Anthony Mackie & Harrison Ford Take us Behind the Scenes of “Captain America: Brave New World”
“I come to set every day with a smile on my face because we’re making Captain America,” Anthony Mackie says at the top of this brand-new glimpse behind the scenes of Captain America: Brave New World. Mackie goes on to say how much it meant to him to be handed the shield, which previously (not that you need a reminder) was wielded by Chris Evans during his long tenure as Steve Rogers.
“Anora” Cinematographer Drew Daniels on an Old School Approach to Modern, Misguided Love
Shot over 37 days in New York, one of this year’s awards darlings is Sean Baker’s compulsively riveting Anora, a lap-dancing underworld version of Cinderella. Mikey Madison plays the titular stripper, Anora/”Ani,” who thinks she has hit the jackpot when playboy and heir to a Russian oligarch, Ivan “Vanya” (Mark Eydelshteyn), falls in love with her. In an instant, she is plunged into a world of immense wealth, but will she be able to hang on to the rags-to-riches fantasy when forces outside of their budding romance are pressed into service to tear them apart?
Creating Count Orlock With “Nosferatu” Director Robert Eggers & Special FX Makeup Designer David White
Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) is a putrid feast for the eyes. In writer/director Robert Eggers’ brilliant Nosferatu remake, the iconic creature of the night is a decaying figure – nightmarish precisely because his living death was wrought with such chilling reality. Whether the Count is deep in the shadows or full view, his monstrosity remains mortifyingly intoxicating. It makes you feel even more empathy for Lily-Rose Depp’s Ellen Hutter as she becomes enraptured by the Count’s deathless spell.
Studios Pledge Millions in Wildfire Relief & Support
The fires in southern California are ongoing. A bit of bright news, however, is that as of this past Wednesday evening, January 15, the red-flag warnings had expired in much of Southern California. The desert winds are expected to shift and offer the region some reprieve after a nightmare stretch. Yet forecasters have warned that daunting conditions could resume early next week and are predicting the Santa Ana winds might change direction on Thursday. The situation remains fluid.
The Tribute to David Lynch That Captures his Joyful Approach to the Dark
The great David Lynch passed away at 78 yesterday, leaving behind masterworks that dared to leave questions unanswered. Those films, from his breakout Eraserhead (1977), which baffled and even offended critics (Variety wrote at the time that it was a “sickening bad-taste exercise”) that thrilled audiences, to the era-defining Blue Velvet (1986), that forever seared the image of a severed ear covered in ants into the psyche of mid-80s America,
“Better Man” Director Michael Gracey on Monkeying With Robbie Williams in Bold Bio-Pic
Australian director Michael Gracey skyrocketed to success after releasing his debut feature, the 2017 Hugh Jackman-led musical The Greatest Showman. For his second narrative feature, Better Man, which is also a musical, he has tackled the life story of English pop singer Robbie Williams. There’s a twist, though. For the entirety of the film, Williams is portrayed as a CGI-animated chimpanzee. Gracey co-wrote the film and has a producing credit,
“Daredevil: Born Again” Trailer Brings Charlie Cox Back to a Chaotic Hell’s Kitchen
The official trailer for Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again has dropped, reinstating Charlie Cox’s sight-impaired superhero, Matt Murdock, into his own series after a few tantalizing cameos in other Marvel films and series.
Daredevil: Born Again reunites Cox’s superhero and Vincent D’Onofrio’s brutal criminal super-boss Kingpin for the first time since they clashed back when Daredevil was a Netflix series from 2015 to 2018. Matt Murdock had a brief,
How “Anora”‘s DP & Production Designer Brought a Deconstructed Cinderella to New York
Halfway through Sean Baker’s Anora, there’s a scene where exotic dancer turned newlywed Ani (Mickey Madison) is tied up and gagged with a red scarf. The dilemma is a response to her breaking the nose and slap-boxing two men questioning her marriage to a silver-spooned Russian rich boy named Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn). The scarf (and its color) can easily be overlooked during the unfolding chaos that plays out as a real-time home invasion lasting for roughly 25 minutes and sees Ivan run away from his bride.
“Conclave” Ascends to BAFTA’s Peak With 12 Nominations, “Emilia Perez” Right Behind With 11
The British Academy has officially blessed Edward Berger‘s delightfully claustrophobic Vatican thriller Conclave with 12 BAFTA film nominations, which leads all other films.
We had a chance to chat with Berger and one of the film’s stars, Isabella Rossellini, who plays Sister Agnes in the adaptation of Robert Harris’s novel. Drawing on her own experience of going to a school run by nuns, Rossellini told us,
“Nosferatu” Production Designer Craig Lathrop on Creating Count Orlock’s Gothic World
Writer/director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu continues his streak of delivering singular, stunning cinematic spectacles that have ranged in scale from the terrifyingly intimate (The Witch) to psychotically intimate (The Lighthouse) to the rousingly epic (The Northman). With Nosferatu, Eggers has found perhaps the perfect material for his sensibilities—rich in detail, steeped in myth,
