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‘Barry’ Season 3 Trailer: Bill Hader Can’t Bury A Violent Dark Past Which Returns April 24

April 5, 2022 1:20 pm

Hitmans with a conscience, trying to distance themselves from their moral wrongdoings are something you’ll see us get into a little bit deeper this week. Still, if we’re going to discuss the most morally-confl...

‘To Leslie’ Review: Andrea Riseborough Chalks Up Another Stunning Performance In A Harrowing Addiction Drama [SXSW]

Jason Bailey

March 13, 2022 1:30 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

The opening credit sequence of Michael Morris’ “To Leslie” is a real roller coaster ride, and thus appropriate preparation for the emotional turmoil to follow. We meet the title character (Andre...

‘Barry’: Bill Hader Jokes “More Bad Things Happen” In Season 3 [TCA]

Gregory Ellwood

February 18, 2022 9:32 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News, Television

It's been almost three years since the second season of the Emmy-winning "Barry" graced our screens. Following pandemic shooting delays, the third go-around is finally in sight. If you were hoping that the ser...

‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’: Denzel Washington & Frances McDormand Are Fearless In Joel Coen’s Bleak, But Thrilling Adaptation [NYFF Review]

Robert Daniels

September 24, 2021 3:11 pm

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

The plot for “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” adapted from William Shakespeare’s classic play, is almost too familiar to waste space for explanation. Even so, the basic premise sees Lord Macbeth (Denzel Washington), ...

‘Empty Man’: 20th Century Studios Releases First Trailer For New Horror That Comes Out In A Week

Edward Davis

October 16, 2020 9:55 am

News, Trailers

Two strange things are going on in the theatrical industrial complex. One: the largest global theater group, the executive committee of the Global Cinema Federation, have been begging New York state governor A...

HBO’s ‘Perry Mason’ Is A Darkly Dazzling, Top-To-Bottom Revamp [Review]

Jessica Kiang

June 19, 2020 10:11 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television, Trailers

There are several reasons why HBO's gorgeously well-made, expansively imagined and deeply immersive new "Perry Mason" has critics casting around for synonyms of "timely." Its twisted tale of gruesome and occas...

‘Four Good Days’ Is Well-Intentioned & Acted, But A Formulaic Addiction Drama [Sundance Review]

Jason Bailey

January 26, 2020 9:15 pm

News, Reviews

The most memorable scene in Glenn Gordon Caron’s “Clean and Sober” – now over 30 years old, but still, for my money, the last word in addiction drama — is a phone call. The addict at the story’s center (Michae...

‘Barry’ Season 2 Trailer: Bill Hader’s Hitman, Wannabe Actor Returns

Rodrigo Perez

January 27, 2019 9:36 pm

News, Television, Trailers

I’ll admit, I was definitely not convinced of or by HBO’s “Barry” at all at first. Another comedy about a hitman his moral conundrum or his emotional point of view ala “Gross Pointe Blank,” “Analyze This” and m...