A hypnotic art house film that earned a Best Director prize at last years Cannes, Grand Tour is split into two halves. The first follows a British colonial officer as he flees a yet unseen fiancée in Myanmar, and roams through Singapore, Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, and Osaka in a kind of existential crisis. The second
Aiming squarely for Yellowstone fans while appealing more to the romance lovers and Texans among them, Ransom Canyon delivers a visually stunning escapist soap about three contemporary ranching families facing corporate takeovers, environmental crises, love triangles, and family betrayals. Josh Duhamel, James Brolin and Minka Kelly co-star in the adaptation from the Jodi Thomas’ romance
Set in the wake of 9/11, a patriotic New Jersey Muslim family suddenly become pariahs in this darkly funny animated comedy from Ramy Youseff (creator of Ramy and Mo), who drew from his own childhood. Co-starring Alia Shawkat, Mandy Moore, and Chris Redd, the sometimes surreal social satire has a distinctive animation style that draws
A adapted from the bestselling novel Playdate, The Stolen Girl is a parents-nightmare thriller stock full of twists and shocks, all of which come together in a revealing finale. As a limited series with just five episodes (at roughly 45 minutes each), it’s a propulsive binge watch full of cliffhangers delivered with convincing leads in
A gripping war drama about a young Frenchman who believes he’s spotted his presumed-dead sister in a news clip, and sets off on a dangerous journey through Syria – leading him to join Kurdish female fighters battling ISIS amidst the Syrian Civil War. Themes of grief, identity, the search for belonging, and the harsh realities
Kicking off at an opulent party at a seaside estate featuring a tennis star, his wife, and his ex-wife (said to be inspired by David and Victoria Beckham), the BBC’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation, set in 1936, focuses more on events leading up to a murder, with complex motives and overlaps to unravel. It also
A surreal comedy set in 1969 California, Government Cheese follows eternal optimist and recently released inmate Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo) as he tries to reconnect with his wife and kids and launch his invention, the Bit Magician. Balancing the heartfelt with the absurd, it’s a slow burn with unexpected twists that ultimately pays off. Fans
Harrison Ford has just been elected president of the U.S. (as Thaddeus Ross), and he wants to control superheroes…until he turns into the Red Hulk. And the newly-minted Captain America (Anthony Mackie) uncovers an international conspiracy to destabilize the world in this follow-up to Captain America: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier that explores authoritarianism,
A behind-the-scenes look at the production of the Stranger Things prequel play, “The First Shadow,” which ran on the West End in London and told the origin story of two of the hit show’s characters, Henry Creel and the Upside Down. The challenges of adapting a special effects-laden world for the stage and the pressure
An urgent and revealing two-part documentary about the role and impact of untraceable donors to political campaigns — also known as dark money. Divided into two films, the first investigates the death of a powerful political lobbyist and its overlap with Ohio’s largest public corruption case, exposing a secret $61 million slush fund. Oscar-winning filmmaker