Pain and GloryIs the Most Emotionally Naked Movie Pedro Almodóvar Has Ever Made

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Pain and Gloryis at once the gentlest and most emotionally naked movie Pedro Almodovar has ever made. Its being billed as an autobiographical work, though thats more a matter of approach than of actual content. Salvador, at times, seems to be a man built entirely out of memories. This is the pain, presumably. These are the glories....

October 5, 2019 · 1 min · 164 words · Juan Martin

Prince Harry Is Suing British Tabloids for Alleged Phone-Hacking

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Prince Harryhas filed claims against the owners of two major U.K. tabloid newspapers for allegedly hacking his phone. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson confirmedtoTheGuardianthat suits were filed against theSunand theDaily Mirrorregarding the illegal interception of voicemail messages. Likewise, Harry has his own history with the tabloids, and resents their treatment of his late mother. I lost my mother, and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces....

October 5, 2019 · 1 min · 87 words · Alex Edwards

The Power of Diahann Carroll

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I do not recall the exact circumstance in which I first saw Diahann Carroll. A trailer for Claudine. In John Berrys film, Carroll played a working-class mother with six kids trying to make ends meet. Like my mother, she took no guff and was quick with a snappy retort. Carrolls performance singed the character of Claudine into my brain....

October 5, 2019 · 2 min · 261 words · Morgan Wilson MD

The Revolutionary War Is A-Coming in the NewOutlanderTrailer

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Also, judging by past seasons, probablysexual assault. Whatever this may mean, all signs point to more smoldering in period-specific clothing, methinks. Related Tags:

October 5, 2019 · 1 min · 38 words · Destiny Arnold

The Walking DeadRevived for Season 11, Lauren Cohan Returns As Series Regular

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Rejoice, fans ofThe Walking Dead, for the past is not dead, it isnt even past.

October 5, 2019 · 1 min · 30 words · Thomas Taylor

10 Essential Conversation Podcasts That Shaped the Genre

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Perhaps chief among them: the unmistakable electricity of a really good conversation. Naturally, magnetic personalities are the key to this genre, though they come in many varieties. (And for those of you already wondering: Marc Maron is ona different list.) A few are comedians, others are writers and journalists. Some have decades of experiences, others mere years....

October 4, 2019 · 1 min · 198 words · Kelly Hayes

10 Essential Pop-Culture Podcasts

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This is my white whale.) Culture podcasts are no longer just traditional film reviews or unedited conversations between friends. Because they also know high art or not, these conversations are worth having. Its a99% Invisibletakeon songwriting, giving every single aspect of a song the same amount of respect. Lyrics arent treated with more love than a mic used for one specific vocal texture....

October 4, 2019 · 2 min · 256 words · Courtney Sanford

[Raises 3 Fingers] TheHunger GamesPrequel Title and Cover Have Been Revealed

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It was formally unveiled onGood Morning AmericaFriday. The passage of time is chilling.

October 4, 2019 · 1 min · 28 words · Daisy Martinez

BatwomanIs a Lifeless Adaptation in Search of a Hero

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Williams III and colors by Dave Stewart). Shes just another street-level vigilante with no personality or style of her own to set her apart. Gotham is too clean, not lived-in enough to sell its storied history. The visual palette is all muddled grays or treacly, warmly lit flashbacks. Theres also a missing spark of chemistry among the cast....

October 4, 2019 · 1 min · 90 words · Tracey Williams

Disney Has Activated Their Nefarious Plan for Another Live-ActionInspector GadgetFilm

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Not every remake or reboot has to be a gritty origin movie. (Speaking of, where is our Gritty origin movie? Is he an alien or something? Whats with his bellybutton?) Oh, thats right. Were saying they should go fullJokerwith the inspector this time. How about some chainsaw arms instead? Sources Tags:

October 4, 2019 · 1 min · 66 words · Jennifer Edwards

Dolemite Is My NameGives Eddie Murphy the Material for a Comeback

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. The old-style vaudeville houses have closed and are decaying along with the cities surrounding them. What turns people on now are outlaws. Heroes arent just hustlers butresplendenthustlers, colorfully flouting the old, accommodationist ways. If the system is crooked, theyll be crookeder joyously, filthily, libidinously so. So, Dolemite is commercial dynamite. If Dolemite was Moores restart button, Moore is Murphys....

October 4, 2019 · 1 min · 196 words · Linda Burgess

Ed Sheeran, A.K.A. Teddy Fingers, Spies With Camila Cabello, Cardi B in ‘South of the Border’ Video

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. His new video for South of the Border, theNo. You know Im crazy! she tells Sheeran over the walkie. I dont know why you thought it was a good idea to kidnap me. Related Tags:

October 4, 2019 · 1 min · 50 words · Meghan Robinson

Hustler’s Greatest Trick Is Its Take on the Female Gaze

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its widespread, the default, the point of view of implicit power and heterosexual lust. Both evoke that truth with camerawork that echoes the perspectives of its main characters. Its an effect that anoints her, and eventually Destiny, with a sense of ownership. The dressing room is a whole other space, physically and mentally. Portrait of a Lady on Firehasnt reached U....

October 4, 2019 · 1 min · 91 words · John Garcia