HowBeale StreetGot Those Eye-popping Colors

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In the hands of Alfonso Cuaron,Romas black-and-whitefeels anything but desaturated. Robbie Ryans work on Yorgos LanthimossThe Favouriteintroduced a whole new generation to the wonders of wide-angle lenses. And Sean Bobbitt and Steve McQueen gavetheChicago ofWidowsa look as cold as Viola Daviss withering put-downs. (SeeDonnie BrascoorAmerican Gangster.) Another filmmaker might have adapted James Baldwins novel with such kitchen-sink realism, but thats not Jenkinss style....

January 3, 2019 · 2 min · 389 words · Bruce Flores

Ingrid Michaelson Directly Targeting Your Tear Ducts With aNotebookMusical

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This is Michaelsons first time writing a musical, though shedid a stint inThe Great Cometin 2017. Kevin McCollum and Kurt Deutsch are producing in association with Sparks. Find a scenic designer who can give us some convincing stage rain!

January 3, 2019 · 1 min · 54 words · Lisa Beltran

Judge to Ed Sheeran: Let’s Get It (This Plagiarism Trial) On

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Ed Sheerans been really trying, baby. Trying to hold back this lawsuit for so long. But if you feel like the judge feels, then come on. Oh, come on (to serve on this jury). He was not swayed by Sheerans lawyers almost prudish argument that the two songs vary substantially in content. Sources Related Tags:

January 3, 2019 · 1 min · 70 words · Ronald Lester

Neil deGrasse Tyson’sStar TalkPut on Hiatus Amid Sexual-Misconduct Investigation

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We expect that to happen in the next few weeks at which time well make a final decision. Musician Tchiya Amet has alsoaccusedTyson of raping her when they were both grad students in the 1980s. Tyson has denied the allegations of sexual misconduct. Sources Related Tags:

January 3, 2019 · 1 min · 61 words · Ethan Mosley

Publishers WeeklyHas Purchased the Millions

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (LitHub.comis doing well, but is essentially run by book publishers.) PWxyz has promoted longtimePublishers Weeklyeditor Adam Boretz as the Millions new editor. Sources Related Tags:

January 3, 2019 · 1 min · 40 words · Lisa Rivera

Revisiting Ringo Lam’s 5 Most Essential Films

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. has permeated the pop-culture atmosphere that just about everything feels classic. The climactic Mexican standoff hits like the chorus to a song you never realized youve only heard covered. But the English-language bits felt stilted and unnatural, and his once-healthy box-office returns had started to slip. For better and occasionally for worse, it is a pure, unadulterated JCVD performance....

January 3, 2019 · 1 min · 133 words · Judy Jackson

The Five Essential Jane Austen-Premised Novels

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Another year may be over, but Jane Austen isnt going away. None of those novels are on the list below. Instead thinking you might need a break from the adaptations Vulture has ranked our favorite Austen-related stories. Shes a graphic designer working to hide her chronic Darcy obsession. Class struggles naturally arise. And since its the Regency, so does sexual tension....

January 3, 2019 · 2 min · 245 words · Stephanie Carter

The Trouble With Rock Songs About Rock

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It immediately stirred up feelings of ambivalence. Prior to deep-diving into this decades-old trend, lets establish parameters. (This most certainly will happen.) First up is the patronizing disrespect it thrusts upon its audience. Do you live in one of these towns? Guess what: Now youre better than people who dont live in one of these towns....

January 3, 2019 · 2 min · 217 words · Jenny Garrett

Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Bob Einstein Is Dead at 76

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He had recently been diagnosed with cancer. Einsteins brother Albert Brooks shared a brief tribute to him on Twitter, writing R.I.P. My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny man. You will be missed forever. My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny man....

January 2, 2019 · 1 min · 79 words · Rose Knapp

Does the Surprise Album Release Still Work?

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I dont think it really mattered if they were number one or not, saysBillboardcharts manager Keith Caulfield. And thats their prerogative. Nicki Minajs meltdown about landingQueenat No. 1 vaguely recalled her delaying 2014sThe Pinkprintto allegedly achieve a similar effect. Rainbow-haired rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was almost robbed a No. 1 debut due to aprocessing discrepancyafterDummy Boywas initially postponed due to his incarceration....

January 2, 2019 · 1 min · 191 words · Katherine Whitehead

Every Disney+ TV Show in Development Right Now

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (Pascal will be that gunfighter.) Premiere date:November 12. Kravitz will also be executive producing. Will there be some romance woven in, too? Premiere date:TBD. It has a ten-episode season order. Premise:Okay, heres where it gets a bit meta. Bassett will play a junior named Ricky who auditions for the lead a.k.a. Troy Bolton, a.k.a. the role originated by Zac Efron to win back his ex-girlfriend....

January 2, 2019 · 2 min · 410 words · Donna Frost

Now We Know WhatCipkaMeans

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Its January, folks. Welcome to the 2019 party, right? But also, let yourself be real. Pedigree aside, it only recently earned the auspicious honor of Vimeo Staff Pick. Now, were bringing this sans-dialogue story of a womans disembodied vagina to you. At least our heros vagina deems it so. Sorry for calling it a hoo-ha....

January 2, 2019 · 1 min · 87 words · David Turner

Richard Nixon, Betty Boop, and Tampons: Revisiting Joe Dante’s InfamousMovie Orgy

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. A hand-drawnfaux-MPAA card appends a rating of Z for UNSUITABLE to what were about to see. We didnt pay, we got in on a pass, for nothing, and this oughta be good. Yeah, it oughta be good for nothing. Let nobody mistake Joe Dante for having taken this all seriously. 00:21 Why does everyone cutting a rug to Walk Like a Man onAmerican Bandstandlook so serious?...

January 2, 2019 · 2 min · 391 words · Joshua Pruitt