Robert De Niro and Sebastian Maniscalco Are a Great Comedy Duo in About My Father
Sebastian Maniscalco is soaring high these days. Sure, he’s the hottest comic in America right now, but after coming off another hit Netflix stand-up special (Is it Me?) this spring, he’s taking a bold leap to leading man status —…
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Jasmine Cephas Jones on ‘Blindspotting’ and Her Favorite Season 2 Episode
From co-creators Rafael Casal (who’s also the showrunner) and Daveed Diggs, Season 2 of the Starz series Blindspotting continues to follow Ashley (Jasmine Cephas Jones) on her journey through life while her partner of 12 years and the father of…
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Hailee Steinfeld & Shameik Moore Talk Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
In the follow-up to the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld reprise their roles as Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. On a project as massive as this one, the Spider-Verse saga…
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Guy Pearce and Julia Savage Reflect on The Clearing and a Parent’s Worst Nightmare
Based on the bestselling crime thriller In the Clearing by J.P. Pomare, The Clearing, now streaming on Hulu, is an eight-part psychological thriller inspired by real-life cults in Australia. Eerie and at times fear-provoking, episode by episode, it shines an…
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Owain Arthur & Sophia Nomvete’s Talk Onscreen Chemistry
Prime Video’s series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power isn’t just massive in cinematic scope and scale, but in creative ambition, as well. Set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Second Age of Middle-earth, showrunners Patrick McKay and John D.…
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The Wrath of Becky Stars and Filmmakers on Their Gory Sequel
The Wrath of Becky explodes into existence like a cross between Kick-Ass and Green Room, taking the structure of the first film, Becky, and duplicating it while continuing the overarching story. A teenage girl was left a mysterious key by…
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‘About My Father’ Director on Why Comedy Is Best Seen With An Audience
We already know that About My Father is a personal film for Sebastian Maniscalco, and it serves as a love letter to his father Salvo Maniscalco, who in the film is played by Robert de Niro, but what I also…
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“I Observe Human Behavior With Such Pleasure”: Nicole Holofcener on You Hurt My Feelings
Tobias Menzies and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in You Hurt My Feelings. It’s no surprise that Nicole Holofcener prides herself in thinking that she can always tell when people are lying to her about her work. After all, she’s as observant as…
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The Clearing Stars Discuss Cults and Characters in the New Hulu Series
“People can be cruel and kind at the same time. You will learn that.” The eerily poignant advice is a quote from Amy to Asha — from one kidnapped child to another — in The Clearing, an eight-part psychological thriller…
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Krysten Ritter and Tom Pelphrey on ‘Love & Death’ and This Real-Life Murder
[Editor's note: The following contains some spoilers for Love & Death.]Written by David E. Kelley, the Max Original limited series Love & Death tells the true story of Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen), a churchgoing housewife in smalltown Texas whose extramarital…
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About My Father Cast and Director Unpack the Film’s Unique Hilarity
If you appreciated the offbeat humor of a film like Meet the Parents and anything that stand-up superstar Sebastian Maniscalco has brought to his popular Netflix specials, best to make About My Father your next must-watch movie. The engaging new…
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“Sometimes the Present Erases the Past, and Sometimes the Past Erases the Present”: Steve McQueen on His Cannes-Premiering Occupied City
Occupied City, by Steve McQueen (courtesy A24) Tourists in Amsterdam typically stop at the Anne Frank House, but the ever-moving conga line of visitors tends to work against reflecting on the reality of its rooms. Steve McQueen’s Occupied City opens…
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