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☆ Opinion: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ is giving us a new kind of monster
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The new “Lisa Frankenstein,” by Zelda Williams in her directorial debut, hits some of the same notes. Kathryn Newton stars as Lisa Swallows and Cole Sprouse as The Creature in LISA FRANKENSTEIN, a Focus Features release. This is where “Poor Things” and “Lisa Frankenstein” diverge. Bella Baxter in “Poor Things” starts out as a clumsy innocent, but she becomes more knowledgeable and self-confident over time. “Lisa Frankenstein” shows why that’s a loss for all of us — and Lisa is ready to cut up the patriarchy to prove it.

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☆ 40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Saul Austerlitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Four decades ago, the Super Bowl became the Super Bowl. It wasn’t because of anything that happened in the game itself: On Jan. 22, 1984, the Los Angeles Raiders defeated Washington 38-9 in Super Bowl XVIII, a contest that was mostly over before halftime. Conceived by the Chiat/Day ad agency and directed by Ridley Scott, then fresh off making the seminal science-fiction noir “Blade Runner,” the Apple commercial “1984,” which was intended to introduce the new Macintosh computer, would become one of the most acclaimed commercials ever made. It also helped to kick off — pun partially intended — the Super Bowl tradition of the big game serving as an annual showcase for gilt-edged ads from Fortune 500 companies. It all began with the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’s desire to take the battle with the company’s rivals to a splashy television broadcast he knew nothing about.

Persons: George Orwell, Ridley Scott, Steve Jobs’s, — Scott, John Sculley, Steve Hayden, Fred Goldberg, Anya Rajah, JOHN SCULLEY, we’re, “ Organizations: Super Bowl, Los Angeles Raiders, Washington, XVIII, CBS, Apple, Fortune, Chiat, Businessweek, IBM Locations: Steve

☆ ‘True Detective’ Season 4, Episode 5 Recap: Dots Finally Connect
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Scott Tobias | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This week’s recap is posting earlier than usual because the episode premiered Friday on Max. Season 4, Episode 5: Part 5She’s awake. After last week’s episode spend too much time fussing over underdeveloped subplots and supernatural occurrences, this week’s hour snaps to attention like a procrastinating student who had been putting off a term paper. Their only feasible guide is Otis, a cagey German heroin addict with scorched eyeballs who once mapped the caves. They manage to get to base of the cave, but it is on mine company property and the entrance has been blown to pieces.

Persons: Max, ”, Danvers, Navarro, Annie K, Jack Nicholson, Raymond Clark Locations: Ennis, Chinatown

☆ ‘True Detective’ Season 4, Episode 4 Recap: The Monster Under the Bed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Scott Tobias | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It is a realistic, down-to-earth police procedural that’s swarming with supernatural beings and lots of storytelling bric-a-brac. One of the great strengths of “Night Country” — and the three Nic Pizzolatto seasons of “True Detective” before it — is how beautifully it can conjure these modern noir images from distinct locales. And yet, so little narrative real estate was given over to Julia until this final episode that her death feels more like a device than an emotional payoff. In a pre-credits scene, we witness Danvers’s compassion in scooping her off the streets and bringing into the station, which brings her closer to Navarro. As for Navarro herself, the heaviness of this loss is a family curse that now threatens to swallow her, too.

Persons: ”, Issa López, there’s, Navarro’s, Julia, Aka, Nic Pizzolatto, scooping, Navarro Organizations: brac Locations: Navarro

☆ ‘True Detective’ Season 4, Episode 2 Recap: ‘Corpsicle’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Scott Tobias | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

One question we might have asked ourselves was whether “North Country” would become a genuine ghost story or a hybrid, blending the noir sleuthing of previous “True Detective” seasons with mere intimations of the supernatural. This second hour throws a little bit of ice-cold water on the weird stuff, at least insofar as it pertains to the deaths of these scientists and the unsolved murder of Annie, a young Inupiaq activist. When Navarro asks Rose about Travis, an ex-lover who turns up to her as a spirit, it is blithely accepted that such ghosts can appear in the darkness from time to time. As for the case itself, there’s a lot of strong, meat-and-potatoes procedural work in this episode that suggests it can be solved. The show no longer seems in danger of drifting into the inexplicable.

Persons: Liz, Hank mused, “, Rose, Annie, That’s, Navarro, Travis, ” Locations: Tsalal, Ennis, Danvers

☆ Why Princess Poppy was dressed as a green troll at the Emmy Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

There are looks, there are looks, and then there’s whatever Princess Poppy was serving at the 2024 Emmy Awards. RuPaul took the moment to advocate for LGBTQ rights in a speech so earnest one hardly noticed the green troll standing in the background. As for Princess Poppy, she’s had a mixed relationship with fame since being voted off Season 15 of the show last year. “I’m obsessed with Princess Poppy,” one X user said alongside a video of the drag queen dancing in full troll look during the event. “Princess Poppy you will always be famous,” one fan wrote.

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☆ Emma Corrin Has a Mystery to Solve
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I have no idea what I like,” Emma Corrin said. This was on a recent Friday afternoon at the Mysterious Bookshop, a Manhattan emporium dedicated to thrillers, detective stories, spy stories and noir classics. Corrin appealed to the store’s manager, Tom Wickersham. They play Darby Hart, an amateur detective who becomes a true-crime author after solving a case involving unidentified women in the Midwest. Between setups, Corrin would read aloud from selected books, including a collection of erotica.

Persons: Emma Corrin, Paolo Pasolini, Corrin, Tom Wickersham, “, ” Corrin, Darby Hart, ” Locations: Manhattan, London

☆ Your Next 10 Steps After Watching the New ‘Napoleon’ Film
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Victor Mather | More About Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since you’re already in Paris to see that horse, stop by the Louvre for one of Jacques-Louis David’s masterworks: “Le Sacre de Napoléon” (1807). Far from a stock figure, he is a fully realized person in the novel, displaying egotism, anger and a liking for snuff. If that famously thick book is too much, there are several film versions. Herbert Lom plays Napoleon in a 1956 Hollywood film starring Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda. And Prokofiev wrote an opera that was last seen at the Met in 2008, but is readily available on streaming services.

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It’s been a wonderful year at the movies for cinephiles, but what do you get for the film lover who has seen everything already? There are inspiration boards, script pages with handwritten annotations, correspondence with collaborators, as well as personal introductions to each film. They even have a section where you can choose films based on running time: Only have 90 minutes or less? Another special feature looks at the development of black and white 65mm film stock they pioneered for the film. Because this license plate has serious movie cred.’” It’s easily google-able, but we won’t spoil it here.

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☆ ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Review: P.I. Meets A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( James Poniewozik | More About James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An eccentric tech billionaire invites a slew of notables to a private retreat, where a detective must solve a mysterious death. The murder mystery, in comparison, is among the most literal, plot-reliant of genres. Could Marling and Batmanglij really have made something that … ordinary? FX’s “Murder,” which begins Tuesday on Hulu, is neither as weird as you might hope or as conventional as you might fear. Think of it as “Glass OAnion.”The detective here is a relative newcomer.

Persons: Rian Johnson’s, Brit Marling, Agatha Christie, ”, Darby Hart, Emma Corrin, Bill Farrah, Harris Dickinson, Andy Ronson, Clive Owen, — Locations: Hulu, Iceland

We are actually going to be looking at this in the very early days of generative AI. casey newtonYeah, this feels like one of the big questions in AI right now. rebecca tushnetSo I see why you say that’s strange, but in fact, it’s exactly how you would make a general-purpose tool. But now, finally, along come these new technologies to take them down a peg, and they’re actually going to have to work for a living. So maybe they’re slapping, like, AI sort of things around the stories that they’re aggregating.

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casey newtonAnd this caused a big sort of emotional reaction that said, wow, that feels like really, really icky. It’s just really, really awful. How do I get really, really good at this? But we have that explosion at the beginning, which is really, really exciting. I’m still interested in smartphones because I think they’re really, really advanced pieces of tech.

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LONDON (AP) — Mike Skinner is doing it all himself — even if it takes years. Skinner says this is a good thing because it’s had “time to breathe,” as his focus was on the film. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesThe movie has been screened in several venues round the U.K. and Europe, with Skinner taking part in question-and-answer sessions afterward. He likens the film tour to “DJing, but not in the middle of the night, which is great.”“A film is almost designed as the perfect amount of time to have dinner. Skinner says he’s looking forward to the tour — especially after the “nightmare” of finishing his movie.

Persons: Mike Skinner, —, ”, Skinner, it’s, everyone’s, you’ve, It’s Locations: London, Europe

☆ Halloween in New York: Things to Do in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Erik Piepenburg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A Halloween without horror movies is like a Christmas without Hallmark movies about big-city women falling for small-town bookstore owners. New scary films in theaters now are the Agatha Christie-inspired “A Haunting in Venice”; the twisted sister tale “The Nun II”; and “Saw X,” the tenth film in the franchise. For a sneak peek at what horror fans will be drooling over next, check out the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Oct. 12-19), at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Stine’s horror books for teenagers (Disney+, Oct. 13). Back to scare again are new seasons of the killer doll show “Chucky” (Peacock, Oct. 4) and the anthology series “Creepshow” (Shudder, Oct. 13).

Persons: Agatha Christie, Hitchcock’s Marlene Dietrich, ”, moviemaking Adams, “ Michelle, Usher, ” Mike Flanagan’s, Edgar Allan Poe, Chucky ”, John, Ed Gein, “ Organizations: Hallmark, Brooklyn Horror Film, MGM Locations: Venice, Nitehawk, Williamsburg, Prospect, California, Texas

☆ Everything you need to know about London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Leah Dolan | Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

London CNN —London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday in the glow of a sweltering UK heatwave, and concluded on Tuesday after biblical showers and thunderstorms. More famous faces piled into the London fashion scene over the course of the week. Dave Benett/Courtesy BurberryHowever, some controversial collections and marketing choices brought London Fashion Week outside of the industry bubble and into the wider cultural conversation. Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesErdem's collection was partly inspired by the protected stately home, Chatsworth House, in the North of England. Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesAshish returned to the London Fashion Week runway after 4 years with a show that was suitably high-octane and glamorous.

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☆ In Stephen King’s Latest, Beware the Kindly Old Professors
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Flynn Berry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

HOLLY, by Stephen KingA friend of mine has become a scaredy-cat since having a baby. She has been forcing herself to watch horror movies through parted fingers, hoping they will steel her nerves for the frights of everyday life. I thought of my friend’s experiment while reading “Holly,” the new mystery from Stephen King: Here is a thriller scary enough to test its readers’ mettle — and toughen them up. Holly Gibney, a private investigator, is attending her mother’s funeral when a woman calls asking for help finding her missing daughter. Mercedes’ and she just kind of stole the book and stole my heart.” Her presence balances the new novel’s darkness.

Persons: HOLLY, Stephen King, Holly, mettle, Holly Gibney, Kate Atkinson, Jackson Brodie, King, ”, she’s, “ Mr, Mercedes, Bill Hodges, ” King, Holly “, Mr, Mercedes ’

☆ ‘One Piece’ Review: Netflix Tries to Translate the Anime Magic (Again)
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Mike Hale | More About Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With “One Piece,” Netflix repeats history, and there isn’t much evidence that it paid attention to what happened the first time around. “Cowboy Bebop” was a cult-favorite Japanese animated series that fetishized cool American jazz and film noir and Hollywood westerns, and in 2021 Netflix returned the cultural homage by making an American live-action adaptation. It wasn’t a disaster, but it quickly fell from sight. The original “Cowboy Bebop” and “One Piece” are very different creatures, but they have something important in common: They are propelled by style. Texture, composition, sound and movement engage us and trigger our emotions; the moody revenge plot of “Bebop” and the rousingly affirmative coming-of-age story of “One Piece” are just serviceable scaffoldings.

Persons: ”, Buster Keaton, Blood ” Organizations: Netflix Locations: American, Hollywood

☆ What we can expect from season 3 of 'Euphoria'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In early February 2022, amid a bonkers and wildly memed second season, HBO announced that "Euphoria" was renewed for a third season. AdvertisementBarbie Ferreira won't be returning as Kat HernandezBarbie Ferreira as Kat on season two of "Euphoria." "But I really think that the fans are really passionate and I do appreciate that because 'Euphoria' has really impacted so many people," she continued. Levinson envisions season 3 as 'film noir'Zendaya as Rue on season two, episode one of "Euphoria." 'Euphoria' may not return until 2025Zendaya as Rue on season two of "Euphoria."

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☆ A Languid, Atmospheric Thriller Steeped in Postwar Melancholy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Leah Greenblatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Fate convenes our two friendless protagonists one morning in the walled gardens there, where Henri has been sent to collect a £5,000 packet of cash for delivery. While he looks on unseen from a balcony, Louise simply scoops up the money and walks away. Henri can’t quite conjure a reason; his cousins aren’t the forgiving kind, and there is no question there will be consequences. There are endless glasses of cognac and solitary meals in cafes; even a scattering of faceless lovers who melt away in the morning, unmissed. The result is a collection of lovely, haunted images that never fully coalesces into compelling narrative.

Persons: Henri, Louise, Henri can’t, Mangan, Agatha, “, Christie, She’ll Locations: Granada, Paris, Belgrade, Oran, French

☆ Book Review: Middle Grade Mysteries Featuring Girl Detectives
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Robin Stevens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Childhood is a constant state of trying to unravel the mysteries of the world, while being thwarted at every turn. Beth Lincoln’s THE SWIFTS: A Dictionary of Scoundrels (Dutton, 352 pp., $17.99, ages 8 to 12), illustrated by Claire Powell, is deliciously, quirkily Gothic, like “Gormenghast” for children. Martha Brockenbrough’s TO CATCH A THIEF (Scholastic, 256 pp., $17.99, ages 8 to 12) is a slice of small-town coziness. And Johan Rundberg’s THE NIGHT RAVEN: The Moonwind Mysteries, Book 1 (Amazon Crossing Kids, 192 pp., $17.99, ages 10 and up), translated by A.A. Prime, is chilly Nordic noir. But they all share the same worldview: that children can and should act out, that what they care about matters.

Persons: you’re, Daisy Wells, Hazel Wong, sleuths, Beth Lincoln’s, Dutton, Claire Powell, ”, Martha Brockenbrough’s, Johan Rundberg’s, A.A Organizations: Scoundrels

☆ A Beach Town Where Broken People Go to Disappear
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Adam Sternbergh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It comes in the form of Dwyer Murphy’s second novel, “The Stolen Coast,” which offers all the abundant pleasures of those films, and more. It’s a twisty, enthralling heist yarn, sure, but what strikes you most is the confidence. The two hand shakers at the center of this story are Jack and Elena. Jack is a lawyer for the family business started by his father, an ex-spy. The business: hiding people, typically for shady reasons, by shuffling them around Onset, Mass., a small tourist town that’s just down the coast from Cape Cod.

Persons: Dwyer Murphy, ”, Dwyer Murphy’s, “, CrimeReads, Murphy, Jack, Elena Locations: Cape Cod

☆ Tubi Is Rewriting the Rules of Black Indie Movies (for Free)
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Nicolas Rapold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the past few years, Tubi has quietly amassed a thriving collection of Black-led independent movies. “Cinnamon” is the first Tubi premiere under the banner Black Noir Cinema, an initiative led by Village Roadshow Pictures. It’s a nifty standard-bearer: a gas station attendant and aspiring singer, Jodi (Hailey Kilgore), and a pickpocket, Eddie (David Iacono), team up for an inside job. The robbery becomes a self-own when someone from a local crime family — led by Pam Grier — gets killed in the process. They lean hard on the gas station owner, Wally (Damon Wayans), and then zero in on Jodi and Eddie.

Persons: Tubi, Jodi, Hailey Kilgore, Eddie, David Iacono, —, Pam Grier —, Damon Wayans, Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr, doesn’t, there’s, huckster, Wally Organizations: Village Roadshow Pictures

☆ Thierry Le Gouès’s intimate photos are a ‘love letter’ to ’90s supermodel era
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Marianna Cerinni | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“It’s a love letter to that time — a collection of some of the pictures I am most fond of,” Le Gouès said in a phone interview from Paris, where he is based. Thierry Le Gouès/Courtesy powerHouse BooksMost of the photos appeared in magazine spreads or fashion campaigns, which were Le Gouès’ main outlets at the time. Thierry Le Gouès/Courtesy powerHouse BooksIndeed, Le Gouès’ images are strikingly dramatic. “The ‘90s was a decade of experimentation, and that’s what I did when it came to my photos,” Le Gouès said. The other was Kate Moss, whose gold-painted portrait eventually ended up gracing the front of “90’s.” Le Gouès shot the image for British Esquire.

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☆ Only 1% of US wineries are Black-owned. These entrepreneurs want to change that
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Jeremy Harlan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s a problem that the guests at the Black on Black dinner, and many others, hope to change. “What we’re trying to do is change what leadership looks like and bring more people into the wine industry. Ikimi Dubose-Woodson leads The Roots Fund, a non-profit working to create opportunities for minorities to have successful careers in the wine industry. “The amount of money and wealth that’s generated in the wine and spirits industry is never talked about,” said Burston. Connection and communicationA lack of communication between the predominantly White-owned wine industry and minority communities has also slowed diversity efforts, several dinner guests agreed.

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☆ Stream These Five Cormac McCarthy Film Adaptations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Chris Vognar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Coen brothers return to the Texas noir roots of their first feature, “Blood Simple,” for the most successful McCarthy adaptation to date. It won Oscars for best picture, directing and screenwriting, as well as Javier Bardem’s supporting turn as one of McCarthy’s nihilistic villains, an implacable killing machine who speaks in riddles and engages his prey in fatal rhetorical jousts. But the heart of the movie, about a briefcase full of money and the in-over-his-head opportunist (Josh Brolin) who pilfers it, is Tommy Lee Jones as a small-town sheriff who wants out of the game, which seems to get more sinister and incomprehensible by the minute. He is the old man of the title and the author’s surrogate, a poetic soul just trying to wait it out until it’s all over. ‘The Road’ (2009)Stream it on Tubi, Vudu and Freevee.

Persons: Coen, McCarthy, Javier Bardem’s, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones Locations: Texas

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