Ted Lasso Season 2 Trailer Jason Sudeikis Award Winner Returns

The new trailer arrives on the heels of the announcement that “Ted Lasso” recently won a Peabody Award in entertainment, alongside “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” The award recognizes “the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2020.” As IndieWire’s Ben Travers wrote in his “B+” review of the pilot: “Ted wins you over just like he does everyone else; you can believe his team wants to play better for him because you would, too....

March 6, 2023 · 2 min · 300 words · Brian Simmons

Test Pattern Trailer Shatara Michelle Ford S Complex Metoo Drama

Per the film’s official synopsis, “Part psychological horror, part realist drama, this exhilarating debut feature from Shatara Michelle Ford is set against the backdrop of national discussions around inequitable health care and policing, the #MeToo movement, and race in America. ‘Test Pattern’ follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit....

March 6, 2023 · 2 min · 297 words · Dylan Morris

The 10 Most Anticipated Netflix Premieres Of 2023

Whether it’s prestige drama, water cooler fodder, or the latest weekend binge, the new year is no longer complete without a heaping helping of TV on the horizon. IndieWire already picked 11 shows to look out for in 2023, but that’s hardly enough for the voracious viewer. Here are 10 new and old shows coming only to Netflix in 2023 — all of which we intend to devour. 1. “The Witcher” Season 3 “The Witcher” has always been popular, but Season 3 carries the added weight of being the last with Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, before Liam Hemsworth takes over the role....

March 6, 2023 · 5 min · 985 words · James Harris

The 23 Best Breakthrough Performances Of 2020

This year has been no exception, kitted out with an array of breakthrough performances from a wide variety of talents. There are the first-timers owning their big starring role, the reliable performers tearing into something new, and a generation of rising stars making their mark in parts seemingly made for them. Ahead, IndieWire has combed through an often quite strange 12 months at the movies and on television to single out 23 stars on the rise, all the better to know (and love) them now....

March 6, 2023 · 18 min · 3648 words · Robert English

The 50 Best Science Fiction Films Of The 21St Century

Yes, science fiction is rooted in profound origins, examining humanity’s deep-seated fear of itself and the intimidating possibility of worlds unknown. But the last two decades have seen a metaphoric rush on sci-fi storytelling that’s left the once niche subgenre a supersaturated movie market. On the one hand, that’s produced an onslaught of sci-fi(ish) titles that aren’t always up to snuff. But on the other, it’s prompted some of the best sci-fi films ever made....

March 6, 2023 · 10 min · 2064 words · James Maxwell

The Andy Warhol Diaries Trailer Netflix Doc Series Debuts March 9

While Warhol was seemingly scrupulous about keeping his private life private — often flippantly telling journalists he was “asexual” — there’s plenty beneath the surface of his groundbreaking 20th-century art to suggest otherwise. That’s one of the achievements of “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” which melds talking-head testimonies from those who knew him (Julian Schnabel, John Waters, Fab Five Freddy, Jerry Hall, Debbie Harry, and many, many more) with impressionistic montages of his work and archival snippets from his New York scene at the Factory....

March 6, 2023 · 2 min · 356 words · Jessica Meyers

The Babysitters Club Showrunner And Cast Kindness Is Essential

Rachel Shukert’s adaptation of “The Baby-Sitters Club” — the beloved youth book series by Ann M. Martin about, well, a club of babysitters — saw its second season drop on Monday, offering a welcome shelter from the storm for any viewers feeling overwhelmed and overworked by the never-ending slog that is 2021. The series focuses on the titular club made up of seven adolescent girls (Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Jessi, and Mallory) who struggle with the typical trials of maintaining friends and family, in addition to facing more momentous challenges, including death, divorce, and, yes, even dating....

March 6, 2023 · 9 min · 1763 words · Charles Larsen
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