Fraser and Villeneuve had the whole of an IMAX canvas and a lot of the country of Jordan at their disposal and deliberately tried to find simple compositions that nonetheless got to the emotional heart of the scene. “You don’t want your audience spending too long looking at the corner of your frame,” Fraser said as part of his conversation on the Fillmmaker’s Toolkit podcast. “We tried to simplify the frames as much as we could, or I did particularly also with my lighting as well, to try and simplify frames as much as I could....

That stat comes from Nielsen’s latest report on the most-viewed streaming shows, which stated that “Clickbait” was viewed for 1,108 million minutes from September 6 to September 12, narrowly beating out “Lucifer,” the always-popular Netflix drama that premiered its sixth and final season on the streaming service September 10. “Lucifer” has long been a ratings hit and a mainstay on many of Nielsen’s latest streaming reports and will likely endure on Nielsen’s weekly rankings as fans bid farewell to the fantasy series, which originally premiered on Fox in 2016....

There’s some progress: On the horizon are Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” a “Ms. Marvel” Disney+ series starring Marvel’s first Muslim character to headline her own comic book, and the Chloé Zhao-directed “Eternals.” On the DC side, Angel Manuel Soto (“Charm City Kings”) will direct “Blue Beetle,” the studio’s first Latinx superhero movie, but there’s room for much more. Each sequel, prequel, and spin-off provides an opportunity for the introduction of new, original characters of color that could shake up the superhero landscape....

“Yeah, it always hurt my feelings,” Cox said. “When every single cast member was nominated but me, it definitely hurt my feelings. I was happy for everybody, and then when it was finally like, ‘Oh, I’m the only one?’ It hurt.” Lisa Kudrow was the most nominated actor on “Friends,” collecting six Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and winning the prize in 1998. Aniston earned five nominations and won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2002....

“There’s nothing I can say about it that will make it OK,” Becker said about the lack of Black directors in the Criterion Collection. “The fact that things are missing, and specifically that Black voices are missing, is harmful, and that’s clear. We have to fix that.” “You always wanted as a filmmaker to be part of the Criterion Collection, you’re always hoping for that call,” director Gina Prince-Bythewood told The Times....

Along with nods in the Best Drama Series category, each series secured several nominations in the acting races. Jason Bateman and Josh O’Connor are up for Best Actor in a Drama Series, while Olivia Colman, “Crown” breakout Emma Corrin, and Laura Linney all secured spots for Best Actress in a Drama Series. Other Netflix series recognized with multiple nominations include breakout hit “The Queen’s Gambit” and the early 2020 favorite “Unorthodox....

The high audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, which currently stands at 97 percent, and the stellar CinemaScore for the feature might have swayed things. “Cruella” was initially slated for a theatrical release before the pandemic caused it to play both theaters and on Disney+. It’ll be interesting to see if a sequel is exclusive to one or the other. “Cruella” is just one in a litany of live-action remakes of Disney’s original animated features and the latest in a continued push to show the backstories of its famous villains....