Rodrigo Perez, Author at The Playlist

‘Pachinko’ Trailer: Kogonada & Justin Chon Direct An Apple TV+ Series Coming In March

February 23, 2022 4:34 pm

One of the most highly anticipated series of 2022 is “Pachinko.” What’s that and why you ask? Well, it’s a new series about generational trauma from writer and executive producer Soo Hugh (“The Terror,” “The K...

‘Flux Gourmet’ Exclusive Poster: Peter Strickland’s Wild New Film Gets Some Beautiful Art To Accompany Its Berlin Debut

Rodrigo Perez

February 11, 2022 11:29 am

News

Outré horror maestro Peter Strickland is back. The filmmaker behind such Eurotica, vintage, throwback classics such as “Berberian Sound Studio” (2012), “The Duke of Burgundy” (2014), and “In Fabric” (2018), re...

Director Mike Mills Talks ‘C’mon C’mon’ & Joaquin Phoenix Trying To Politely Turn Down The Role [Interview]

Rodrigo Perez

December 29, 2021 12:19 pm

Features, Interviews, News

At the risk of being a little gauche and starting a piece quoting your own review, to paraphrase myself regardless, with A24’s lovely black and white comedic drama “C’mon C’mon,” filmmaker Mike Mills “solidifi...

Kevin Feige Says ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Makes Audiences “Wipe Away Tears” & “Deserves” Oscar Recognition

Rodrigo Perez

December 27, 2021 11:32 am

Awards, News

Welcome back from your slumber and food coma. As you start to raise from your holiday fog (hope you had a merry one), you'll start to receive bits of information that penetrate your haze. Number one, you've pr...

‘Nuclear Family’: Ry Russo-Young Revisits Painful Family Traumas To Reckon With Her Past [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 28, 2021 2:04 pm

News, Reviews, Television

Given the many personalities in all our families and the way we often all perceive past traumatic events differently, making a probing documentary about your own family sh*t could end up either highly damaging...

Fall 2021 Movie Preview: 60+ Must-See Films

Nicholas Laskin and Rodrigo Perez

August 30, 2021 1:30 pm

Features, News

Trust us when we say we hope there’s a day when the words pandemic and COVID-19 are never written on the pages of this website again, specifically in any intros to any features. However, the reality is that th...

Marvel Confirms ‘Loki’ For A Season 2

Rodrigo Perez

July 14, 2021 8:48 am

News, Television

*Spoilers for the finale of "Loki."* Well, Marvel's Disney+ series "Loki" has come to an end, and spoiler, we're getting a season two. While the entire cast and creators played coy about whether we'd see "L...

‘Loki’: Marvel’s Mischief-Maker Reckons With His Glorious Purpose In The TVA Afterlife [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

June 8, 2021 12:00 pm

Features, News, Reviews, Television

If, “How does it feel? Like it's someone else's,” was the starting point for the character exploration in “The Falcon & The Winter Soldier”— Steve Rodgers passing the shield to Sam Wilson, but the Falcon h...

‘Spider-Man’ Spin-Off Morbius’ With Jared Leto Delays Release Date Until October 2021

Rodrigo Perez

January 11, 2021 6:06 pm

News

Well, it’s all happening and not particularly surprising given some of the news from this afternoon: most studios are expecting to delay all their spring and summer films due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic a...

‘The Assistant’: Julia Garner Shines In A Harvey Weinstein-Inspired Procedural About Workplace Toxicity [Telluride Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 2, 2019 12:22 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

You don’t need to know a thing about Hollywood scandals, the groundswell of #MeToo, and the enough-is-enough outrage over sexual abuse to identify and empathize with the characters in “The Assistant.” After all...