She broke out in a very modern way: through viral dance challenges. And now the Taiwan-born, Japan-raised comedian is taking center stage as part of “Hularious” with her distinctly playful stage presence and culturally universal observations. She’s also known for her personal stories about growing up undocumented and being raised by her grandmother, which makes
Dakota Johnson stars as a professional New York matchmaker who finds herself torn between a wealthy suitor (Pedro Pascal) and her struggling actor ex (Chris Evans) in this conversation-driving sociological drama that takes aim at the transactional approach to modern love. Written and directed by breakout filmmaker Celine Song, who was nominated for two Oscars
In a small town in Wisconsin, everyone who died in the previous two weeks mysteriously comes back to life, and with all of their memories and personalities in tact. They’re not interested in brains or ghoulishness, they just want their lives back, which raises all new ethical dilemmas. The new Syfy original blends dark humor
You’ll find a lot of Deep Cover titles on Amazon, but make sure you land on this one: a star-powered new action comedy about an improv teacher in London and her two students, who are hired by a cop to infiltrate the London mob and end up in the inner circle of the kingpin. The
A brave group of young citizen journalists get swept up in a dangerous international investigation that takes them from Budapest to London to St. Petersburg, where they expose the nefarious activities of rogue governments and learn the steep human costs facing journalists everywhere today in this timely riveting political thriller from Fauda‘s Assaf Bernstein and
A pitch-dark comedic thriller that was named “Best Film of 2024” by the French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, Misericordia blends a small-town homecoming with an absurdist murder mystery — all while dropping us into the gorgeously-rendered world of the director’s hometown of director’s native Occitanie, a popular French tourist attraction. From The Irish Times‘
Eight years ago, she was in college playing Division I soccer. Today, Alex Cooper sits atop an unlikely media empire. In this two-part docuseries, she reveals some of the dark sides — including the sexual harassment she encountered at the hands of her soccer coach — as well as the evolution that led to her
Stephen Moyer (True Detective) plays an art detective with London’s Metropolitan Police in this new British drama series about the theft, forgery, and murders tied to everything from Old Master paintings to Banksy street art to Titanic artifacts. Fans of history, collecting, mysteries, cultural heritage, art, and romance will be intrigued by the six-episode TV-14
An absurdly funny indie adventure comedy starring Chloe Sevigny as an on-camera personality, Magic Farm follow an “edgy” Brooklyn-based documentary crew that travels to Argentina for a story about a local musician, only to end up in the wrong country attempting to “trend spot” as they exploit the locals. It’s a sly satire from Amalia
In the wake of the surprisingly well-received 2022 film Prey, co-director Dan Trachtenberg took on this animated anthology version of the franchise, with each chapter following a powerful warrior during a different point in time—a Viking, a ninja, and a WWII pilot—as they fall prey to the monstrous beasts. It’s far from an indie, of course,