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While deeply familiar as a documentary filmmaker with this particular protagonist and related subject matter, Greg Barker entered new territory when again visiting the life of United Nations diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello--this time resulting in the director’s first narrative feature, ...
Netflix picked up nearly 16 million global subscribers during the first three months of the year, helping cement its status as one of the world's most essential services in times of isolation or crisis.
The quarter spanned the beginning of stay-at-home orders in the U.S. and around the...
The United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello has been described as a cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy, which sounds like a compelling enough pitch for a film on its own.
The Brazilian-born de Mello spent 34 years at the U.N. during which he was involved in clearing land...
Jason Hehir was a kid in the stands in Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, the day that Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 points.
It was a Christmas gift from his father, who stuck a note promising "Two tickets to the Air Jordan Show" in his stocking that holiday season. It's a gift...
Oh, to be the other "Tiger" on Netflix.
Alan Yang's "Tigertail" is either blessed to arrive in the stormy wake of "Tiger King," or doomed to be the other "Tiger" title Netflix users accidentally select when they're looking for the tabloid story of a zoo owner, not a patient and personal...
Four years ago, when "Master of None" co-creator Alan Yang started writing a film loosely based on his Taiwanese father, Hollywood wasn't exactly clamoring for Asian American stories. "Crazy Rich Asians" had not made over $200 million, "The Farewell" was only a "This American Life" episode and "...
After five years on TV, it seemed like "Schitt's Creek" was just starting to hit its stride.
The critically acclaimed comedy — about a shallow, filthy rich family who lose their fortune and are forced to live in a small town they bought as a joke — debuted in Canada in 2015, and soon...
The wine movie is not exactly known for a bouquet of tasting notes. From "Wine Country" to "Bottle Shock," they are usually light, amiable movies that amble through sunny fields of vines. "Sideways," of course, is the choice vintage, but most come and go about as quickly and breezily as a bottle...
In an early scene in Prentice Penny's debut feature, "Uncorked," his main character Elijah is trying to help a customer who doesn't know much about wine find the right bottle.
"Do you like hip hop?" he says. She does. And so he starts describing wines with their hip hop counterparts....
Madam C.J. Walker may be one of America's most successful "pull yourself up by your own bootstrap" stories, but many have never heard of her. However, that's changing, thanks to the recent release of a Netflix limited series starring Octavia Spencer.
"Self Made: Inspired by the Life of...