A Real Look at Mapplethorpe in Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Beyond Robert Mapplethorpe’s good looks and talent, his extreme subject matter and roster of now-iconic friends, what stands out in Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, a meticulous new documentary airing tonight on HBO on the artist, is the film’s tight focus on its titular subject. Mapplethorpe is famous for being the first photographer to make shocking male nudes as sensitively gorgeous as they were appalling (to the more staid quarters of 1970s America,

Schwinter is Coming in Inside Amy Schumer Teaser

Oh Amy, if there's anyone who we'd want to deliver a major spoiler for season 6 of Game of Thrones, then yes, it would be you! Okay, perhaps Amy Schumer's just joking in this GoT inspired teaser for the fourth season of Inside Amy Schumer, which returns in a few weeks (April 21), but I think we can all agree that Kit Harington would make an excellent guest performer on her hilarious show. In the teaser,

Robin Wright in Talks to Join Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford in Blade Runner Sequel

This seems like nothing but good news. Robin Wright, who has been scorching television (and gadget) screens for four seasons as the indomitable Claire Underwood on Netflix's House of Cards, is getting close to inking a deal to join Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in the Blade Runner sequel. For fans of the original (pretty much anybody who loves sci-fi at its' very best, Harrison Ford,

Is it a Game of Thrones Sword or the name of an 80s Metal Band?

The gang at Game of Thrones may be mostly blood thirsty lunatics when in character, but off camera they're actually quite lovely. That's the sense you get as the GoT team is raising money for The International Rescue Committee, the only international relief agency that's responding on all fronts to the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East. This means that IRC is working inside war-torn Syria, as well as in neighboring host countries, in Greece and Serbia where refugees enter Europe,

Death’s Everywhere in Game of Thrones Season 6 March Madness Promo

In the last few weeks Game of Thrones has released a bevy of exciting material, from this awesome behind-the-scenes footage of the prosthetics department making a White Walker to the trailer that had everyone parsing (including us) every second. 

Now they've released this promo during March Madness, and as before, it's an ominous, if brief, bit of business. Jaqen H'ghar (Tom Wlaschiha), the leader (right?) of the Faceless Men promises Arya: "One way or another,

Film & TV: The Great American Export & the Growing Streaming Platform

In the United States, you can now legally stream films and television shows on 120 different platforms, with the number growing seemingly every day. Globally, there are 480 unique legitimate online services that serve the growing appetite of movie and TV lovers across the world. You can consider film and television one of America's natural resources, and these services and platforms are like a series of growing (and carbon-neutral) pipelines getting this resource to people all over the globe.

SXSW Alumni: Ed Helms’ Start in Austin

Ed Helms is yet another actor who can credibly claim his career started at SXSW. The star of The Office and The Hangover movies made his acting debut in Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, which was released at the 2004 South by Southwest Film Festival and won the Audience Award. The film is an improvisational comedy set in the world of paintball.

SXSW 2016: The Duplass Brothers, A Journey that Began in Austin

The Duplass Brothers (Mark and Jay) were back at SXSW on Saturday to discuss their successful careers and provide some words of wisdom to filmmakers who are just starting off. Austin is where is all started for the New Orleans natives; they filmed their first feature film, The Puffy Chair, in Austin.

Their talk had the generous feel of a commencement address—here were two successful alums, grateful and humble, ready to share their hard-earned wisdom.

SXSW 2016: Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson Talk Hillary Clinton, Broad City & More

YAS QUEEN! Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson of Comedy Central’s Broad City brought their special brand of irreverence and humor to SXSW on Saturday. Featured on a panel hosted by Maria Clare’s editor-in-chief, Anne Fulenwider, the friends chatted about their hilarious comedy and so much more.

Starting as a web series, Broad City made its television premiere in January 2014. The third season, which began on February 17, 2016,

SXSW Alumni: Lena Dunham’s Start in Austin

Girls creator Lena Dunham can credibly say that her career officially began at the SXSW Film Festival. It started with the rejection of her short film Creative Nonfiction. Instead of giving up on it, Dunham kept working on it and re-submitted the film. The determination paid off— Creative Nonfiction was accepted. When she came to Austin with the film, she not only had what she called "the best week of her life"

SXSW Alumni: Trey Parker & Matt Stone’s Start in Austin

As we settle into Austin and prepare for SXSW 2016, we're also looking back at some of the great careers that were launched here. We begin with longtime creative partners Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who brought their animated short, The Spirit of X-Mas and its' cadre of soon-to-be-infamous characters—Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny—to South by Southwest in 1997. Yet their road to SXSW began years earlier, in 1992,  when Parker and Stone, then students at the University of Colorado,

Game of Thrones Drops Epic Season 6 Trailer

We've got just a bit more than a month left before Game of Thrones season 6, finally begins on April 24. The big question, of course, is the fate of Jon Snow. In this new, ripping trailer for the season, GOT wastes exactly zero seconds putting the loveliest crow of them all right in center frame. There he is, just as we left him, bled out in the courtyard of Castle Black.

After 6 Glorious Seasons, Downton Abbey Says Goodbye

After six mostly glorious seasons on air, Downton Abbey had its series finale on Sunday night. Show creator Julian Fellowes managed to create a hugely appealing, compelling series centered on Lord Grantham, his extended family and the servants whose lives intersected with their employers. What’s so amazing, as Vulture’s Jen Chaney points out, is Fellowes hit show didn’t require a central character who was difficult and dark,

Showrunner Kahane Cooperman on Amazon’s The New Yorker Presents

The New Yorker Presents, a 10-episode half-hour series that debuted February 16 on Amazon Prime, brings the venerable magazine, The New Yorker, to life through a cinematic smorgasbord of short documentaries, narrative films, poetry readings, animated spots and more based on the publication’s content. Produced by award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Condé Nast Entertainment, The New Yorker Presents boasts a distinguished crew and cast,

All Hail the Camera Operator in new Game of Thrones Season 6 Featurette

Game of Thrones stars Sean Savage, Ben Wilson, David Morgan, and David Worley are prominent figures in this new featurette HBO has just released. No, you've never heard of them, but these camera operators are crucial members of the GOT production team. You can think of the camera operator as a translator between what the director sees in his head and what you and I see on our screens.

Girlfriends’ Guide Divorce‘s Costume Designer – Part 2

In Part 1 of our discussion with award winning costume designer Cynthia Summers, we discussed how Summers made her way from Vancouver, British Columbia to defining the style for such iconic shows as The L Word and Bones.

Here we will focus on Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, the hit series on Bravo.  Our conversation with Cynthia Summers is slightly edited for length.

Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce‘s Costume Designer Cynthia Ann Summers

Much of our image of contemporary fashion and style and its link to a specific geography has been shaped by film and television. For New York, the iconic television series Sex and the City created a look that sustains to this day. For L.A., it has been Showtime’s breakthrough series, The L Word, and now the Bravo television hit, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.

Judd Apatow Brings the Love to Netflix

The warts and all view of relationships we know and love from Judd Apatow’s comedies is set to become bingeable with today’s premiere of his Netflix series Love. Love follows dorky nice guy Gus (Paul Rust) and freewheeling tough girl Mickey (Gillian Jacobs) as they embark on a relationship. The half hour comedy series was created, written and executive produced by Apatow, Rust and Lesley Arfin. It was originally conceived as a film by husband and wife team Rust and Arfin (who was a writer on the Apatow-produced Girls) and Apatow helped them develop it into a TV rom-com about a slow-burning romance.

Game of Thrones Season 6 Teaser Toys With Fate of Jon Snow (Again)

It's the first and last question every Game of Thrones fan has had since season five ended with Jon Snow being knifed by his very own Night's Watch brothers—is the bastard of Winterfell really dead? As we've written before, HBO has masterfully teased out the "Is he or isn't he" question since last season ended, and with season 6 premiering on April 24, we'll finally have our answer soon.

Watch the First Four Minutes of The Walking Dead Mid-Season Premiere

If you just can’t wait until this Sunday, AMC has released the first four minutes of The Walking Dead’s mid-season premiere. Titled “No Way Out” (couldn’t this be the title for 90% of the episodes?), the premiere will focus on Rick and co.’s attempts to march out of Alexandria disguised as walkers when a “sudden noise draws walkers towards them with what could be fatal consequences.” 

The cast has already hinted at a major character’s death in these final eight episodes of season 6.