That’s a lot to take in, but it could get worse: Consider “The Flash.” The trials and tribulations of “The Flash,” and its star Ezra Miller, are widely reported. Yesterday brought the most recent update, published the same day that WBD reported its Q2 earnings after the close of market: A 6,300-word Insider expose of Miller included now-familiar allegations of grooming and abuse along with claims of escalating paranoia, weapons, body armor, and even leading a cult in Iceland....

But, as Shaw is quick to correct IndieWire via a telephone interview amid filming the new season of “Baptiste” in England, these women aren’t quite “mothers from hell.” “Carolyn is maybe not the best mother,” she said of her “Killing Eve” character, a powerhouse of charged stealth. “It’s very hard to be an actress over 40 and not play mothers.” In comparison, she said. “Medea was a very nice woman. She was a victim of circumstance, and the scary aspect of the play is not about a woman who wants to kill her children....

This year’s selection has no obligatory entry from the official Cannes competition, which reflects the decision to remove festival head Thierry Fremaux from his influential spot on the committee after more than a decade of wielding influence there. Additionally, the one possible entry from a veteran French auteur was snubbed as Claire Denis’ romantic drama “Both Sides of the Blade,” which won Best Director at the Berlinale, did not make the cut....

Sony, the only top studio to lack a streaming outlet, is having a great last quarter that will be capped by the hotly anticipated “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — a good bet to be the top-grossing release of 2021. Unlike its Disney MCU competitors, “Carnage” and “Afterlife” are veritable bargains; they cost less than $100 million each. With these franchise installments, Sony seems to have found a sweet spot. “Afterlife” rebounded from the perceived failure of its 2016 female-reworking predecessor (it was the highest grossing comedy of its year, with a slightly better opening than “Afterlife....

Overseeing the for-profit HFPA is Eldridge Industries, a global firm with investments in insurance, asset management, technology, sports, media, real estate, and the consumer sector. Its founder and chairman is Todd L. Boehly, who currently serves as the HFPA’s interim chief executive officer. The HFPA membership voted on the proposal to approve the deal. Eldridge will oversee the creation of a new private company that will acquire all Golden Globes intellectual property rights and will “be empowered to oversee the professionalization and modernization of the Golden Globe Awards....

This isn’t your average family road trip. “Hit the Road” proves to be a quietly existential voyage, fueled by a husband and wife — played by Hassan Madjooni and Pantea Panahiha — as they smuggle their eldest child (Amin Simiar) out of Iran. Rayan Sarlak stars as their younger son. Director Panahi himself is the son of the great filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who is still banned from making movies and from leaving the country....

Summer is nearly over, which means you have another month or so before the back-to-school sales disappear. But you don’t have to be a student to redeem some of the red hot deals floating around the web, like Verizon’s current promotion that gets you a free Samsung Chromebook 4 when you sign up for the Fios Gigabit Connection internet plan between now and September 9. The Samsung Chromebook 4 is equipped with 32GB of eMMC storage and 4GB of RAM (Chromebook 4 is available in 64GB as well but it’s not apart of the Verizon Fios promo)....