11 posts tagged ‘benny safdie’
Monsieur Spade shows its hand, The Curse delivers an unforgettable finale, and more from the week in TV
AV Club,
It kind of goes without saying, but here we go anyway: Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of Dashiell Hammett’s genre-defining private detective character Sam Spade in the 1941 noir classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the all-time great movie performances. Bogie’s brooding gumshoe is vulnerable and cynical at the same time,… Read more...
6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend
Welcome to the weekend edition of What’s On. Here are the big things happening on TV from Friday, January 12 to Sunday, January 14. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly edition of What’s On publishes on Sundays.] Read more...
The Curse season 1 finale: Oh. My. God.
Let me get this out of the way first: OMG! Read more...
The Curse recap: How far to go in the name of "art?"
The absurdist humor of The Curse can sometimes feel like it exists in a completely different world than ours. And then, sometimes, as you watch privileged kids openly shoplift endless pairs of jeans while chatting up the shop’s employee—they know Whitney (Emma Stone) will pay for whatever goes “missing”—drives home… Read more...
The biggest snubs and surprises from the 2024 Golden Globe nominations
The Golden Globes are back, and while it’s too soon to say whether they’re better, the slate of nominations that Cedric The Entertainer and Wilmer Valderrama announced Monday morning were genuinely promising. On a macro level, the Globes did a generally good job of highlighting both non-American, non-English-language… Read more...
December's most anticipated films: Ferrari, The Color Purple, Wonka, and more
December has always been one of the most important moviegoing months of the year; you’ve got all the prestige pics competing for Oscar nominations, plus plenty of family-friendly crowd-pleasers for the holiday season. This year, Ferrari and The Color Purple are the big awards-season blockbusters to watch out for,… Read more...
Forget The Bear—The Curse just gave us the tensest episode of TV this year
In the least shocking news, The Curse will make you squirm in your seat. What else did you expect from the unhinged creative brainchild of Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) and Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems)? But even by their standards, the new Paramount+/Showtime series is an irrevocable level of cringe. Led by Fielder,… Read more...
What's on TV this week—The Curse, A Murder At The End Of The World, The Crown
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, November 12 to Thursday, November 16. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] Read more...