The Silence &amp; The Fury

Twisted Path to Justice

Two cops square off over an old murder case that may have ended with a false conviction, in this tense, timely crime thriller Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi love being in conflict with one another. “It’s great!” exclaims the Scottish Doctor Who actor. “As any actor will tell you, those are the most fun things,…

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The Last Word

Rosamund Pike: Saltburn

This movie is, on some level, a genre-bender. Could we perhaps best describe it as a satire? I would definitely entertain the word “satire.” It’s a satirical thriller. But there’s nothing in the film that isn’t real. This is how these people exist. So, in a way, you could call it documentary [laughs]. The…

The Best TV of 2023

TV Week looks back at 10 of the top shows from the past year When it comes to shows worth devouring, 2023 was the gift that kept on giving. Some cultural moments were unmissable, like the final season of Ted Lasso. You had to live under a rock to avoid spoilers about the shocking twists…

The Last Word

Anders Holm: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Do you think that TV is actually the best place to tell a Godzilla story, given that you’ve got 10 hours to play with? Because in the films, so often the human characters get overshadowed . . . Watching the big blockbuster movies, I do think, yes, it’s hard for the human stories to…

Brawl in the Family

A new crime thriller from the co-creator of American Horror Story finds two estranged brothers and their force-of-nature mother trying to fend off an assassin while they reckon with their domestic drama Brotherhood is a powerful force. Under the best circumstances, it breeds a close, lifelong friendship and a protective bond to rival all others.…

Leaving Lasso

After three seasons as soccer star Jamie Tartt, Phil Dunster looks back on the extraordinary, life-changing experience of being part of Ted Lasso This year we said goodbye to Ted Lasso, the heartwarming comedy that arrived when all of us needed to feel good about humanity the most. With each season, viewers fell harder for…

Havin’ a Ball

Ring — and sing — in the New Year with Ryan Seacrest and an array of music superstars Stop rockin’ around the Christmas tree, because it’s time to head to New York City (via your living room) for television’s most prestigious New Year’s Eve party. Ryan Seacrest, who will undoubtedly be toasting his upcoming gig…

November 29, 20230Comments

Paradise Lost

A luxurious vacation gives way to a mysterious apocalypse in new thriller Leave the World Behind Based on Rumaan Alam’s bestselling 2020 novel of the same name, Leave the World Behind stars Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke as married couple Amanda and Clay Sandford, whose family getaway to Long Island is steered far from the…

November 29, 20230Comments

Chef’s Kiss

Legendary PBS star Julia Child’s adventures in television continue with a second helping of Julia When Julia Child (played by Happy Valley’s Sarah Lancashire) announced, in the season finale of the scripted series about her rise to fame, that she would only do a second season of her public television cooking show if she could…