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But for all of its elusiveness, “In Between Dying” is a film that wants to be found. It’s opaque, to be sure — it opens with a poem written by a six-year-old about a teacher looking for a lost class of students in a hallway with 1,000 doors, and Baydarov never so much as knocks on any of them — but not in a way that feels impenetrable or forbidding. Prologue aside, this thing is more accessible than any of the Andrei Tarkovsky masterpieces that inspired Baydarov’s transcendental vision, and a hell of a lot shorter than the Nuri Bilge Ceylan movies evoked by the slow path it wends through its gray landscapes....

If you’re a TV Academy or guild member, apply to attend here. Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, “Yellowjackets” premiered last November to instant acclaim for its strong performances (including from Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, and Juliette Lewis) and addictive storytelling. The series centers on an all-girls high school soccer team who become stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash in 1996. Meanwhile, their present-day selves must reckon with their dark past....

Panahi, who has been banned from filming and leaving Iran, secretly recorded the message in support of a conversation about Sotoudeh that will be co-hosted by Amnesty International USA, The Global Justice Center, and The Feminist Majority Foundation on Monday evening. The event coincides with Sotoudeh’s 100th day in prison and the international VOD release of Jeff Kaufman’s “Nasrin” documentary. Panahi lauded Sotoudeh’s activism and outlook in his video message. “I remember one day when Nasrin was in prison, I went to her house to visit her husband and children and in a way to comfort them,” Panahi said in the video message....

“Opinions differ on how acceptable it is for straight actors to play gay roles, but few straight actors could get away with a gay character like this, a role that would feel stereotypical in an ’80s sitcom and here feels offensive,” writes Newsweek critic Samuel Spencer, who notes Corden is “offensively miscast” in the role. “After all, it is not like we have a shortage of actual gay actors who could give the role more pathos,” Spencer adds....

FX announced on Wednesday that Janicza Bravo, who recently directed the heralded 2020 film “Zola,” will direct the FX show’s pilot episode. “Kindred” will be executive produced by Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (showrunners on “The Americans”), as well as Darren Aronofsky, the director of “Black Swan” and “Mother!” Additional executive producers include Bravo, series writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (“Watchmen”), Courtney Lee-Mitchell, Ari Handel, Ernestine Walker, and Merrilee Heifetz. The series’ cast includes Micah Stock, Ryan Kwanten, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and David Alexander Kaplan, who will join the previously announced Mallori Johnson as regulars on “Kindred....

“I think I’m an underdog,” Jennifer Lopez revealed to Rolling Stone. “I always feel like I’m scraping from the bottom.” While Lopez may seem like the definition of Hollywood A-list — performing at the Super Bowl, dating former flame (and Oscar winner) Ben Affleck — the “Marry Me” actress admitted there are certain stereotypes she just can’t shake. “I always felt like I wasn’t the one that was supposed to be in the room....

Now, Seinfeld is getting back into the director’s chair to direct his very first narrative feature, and it’s about the history of how, of all things, one of America’s favorite sugary breakfast snacks came to be. “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story” is directed by Seinfeld, who also co-wrote the film with Spike Feresten, Andy Robin, and Barry Marder. It’s set in Michigan 1963, when Kellogg’s and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever....