The show’s past timeline enters the Second World War era this year. What’s the benefit of telling stories set amidst a big, flashbulb moment in history? We always said that this show needed to be the “epic intimate” — in the same breath. It feels like that’s how life is. I only think about…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnJ_HEM1CB4 Apple’s lavish French drama follows a family of haute couture power players who scramble to rebuild, fend off the vultures and seize power for themselves after their patriarch is laid low by scandal When the inaugural season of La Maison starts out with a legendary fashion designer “pulling a Galliano,” you know you’re in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so6XoqZgbVM Director Alfonso Cuarón and star Cate Blanchett come to TV for this uniquely mind-blowing thriller about an investigative journalist forced to confront her own secrets when she receives a mysterious novel that seems to be based on her life Whether consciously or not, fans of film and television are already familiar with the use…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo27sE2fdvs Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb faces a dangerous new nemesis when Hugo Weaving joins the cast as a rogue CIA agent with a score to settle Few TV dramas in recent memory have racked up the kind of critical acclaim as Slow Horses, the addictive espionage drama based on Mick Herron’s novels set in Slough…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RokJ4M2UjNc&t=24s Vince Vaughn shines as a wisecracking Florida detective in Bad Monkey, a new Apple TV+ series from the producer of Ted Lasso It may or may not come as a surprise that comedic genius Bill Lawrence, known for hit series such as Scrubs and Ted Lasso, has a particular affinity for the Sunshine State.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5oqpxi3U7M Director Doug Liman tells TV Week about working with MATT DAMON & CASEY AFFLECK in their new action-comedy heist flick Watching Matt Damon and Casey Affleck banter in The Instigators, as two down-on-their-luck Bostonians who end up chased by law enforcement, corrupt politicians and crime bosses after a heist goes terribly wrong, one would…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYNKNhuEHgM An epic saga continues with the second season of multigenerational drama Pachinko Pachinko is a game of chance. Commonly played in cacophonous, neon halls that hum with the farrago of machine clangour and player anticipation, pachinko is a popular Japanese pastime whose closest American counterpart is the slot machine. First created (in its recognized…
From controversial comic Matt Rife’s new crowdwork special to Vince Vaughn’s new crime caper Bad Monkey, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Cobra – Sunday, August 11, WTVS | Season Premiere Sky Studios Limited/PBSSeason three of this U.K. political drama turns up the heat. Prime Minister Sutherland can at…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwUaHDc1LL0 Celeb chef René Redzepi dishes on his new docuseries — which examines our relationship with food by honing in on the key ingredients that have shaped humanity across generations A documentary series about food and sustainability in the 21st century is more likely than not going to focus on what one shouldn’t eat. But…
From controversial podcaster Joe Rogan’s live-streamed comedy special to a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, we round up our top 10 shows to watch this week 1. Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats – Saturday, August 3, Netflix NetflixIt’s been a nothing-if-not-eclectic career for Mr. Joe Rogan — from network sitcom star on the beloved…