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It's easy to forget that the Netflix original film department is still rather young. Five years ago, the streaming service didn't even really have one. But things move quickly in the competitive streaming world, especially when starting from scratch.
Now with a robust library of...
Actors are accustomed to change, always beginning and ending new projects in various locations with new people. But for Melissa Fumero, who starred in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" for eight seasons, taking on a new role in the Netflix series "Blockbuster" was anxiety-inducing.
"I told myself '...
When NBC canceled the sci-fi family drama "Manifest" last year after three seasons, fans were devastated: The central mystery about a commercial plane that disappeared for more than five years — only to land with crew and passengers that hadn't aged a day — was nowhere near solved.
The...
In 2016, Alejandro G. Iñárritu found himself walking up to the Oscars stage to pick up the best director award for the second time in two years. "I can't believe this is happening," he said.
With his consecutive wins for "Birdman" and "The Revenant" he had become one of only three...
Documentarian Margaret Brown has a rich filmmaking history. And appropriately enough, a bit of that history sparked Descendant, which brings history to life, carrying with it profound lessons that are relevant today.
In a filmmaking timeline, Descendant can in some...
The spooky, sublime stop-motion animation worlds of Henry Selick are feasts for the eye that can burrow into the imaginations of young minds. In films like "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "James and the Giant Peach" and "Coraline," the dark, handmade curiosities of Selick have tended to leave...
Zoe Saldana says filming her new Netflix series " From Scratch," stirred up emotions from her own life, ones she thought she had dealt with long ago. Her father died when she was 9-years-old, leaving her mother to care for her and her two sisters as a single mom.
"Grief is very deceiving...
For the first time, the major U.S. theater chains will play a Netflix release after exhibitors and the streaming service reached a deal for a nationwide sneak-peak run of Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."
Netflix announced Thursday that AMC, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark...
Marilyn Monroe's on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her. Think of the hot pink strapless gown she wore to sing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Or the white halter cocktail dress that billowed up over a subway grate in "The Seven Year Itch."
They have been recreated,...
Marilyn Monroe has been dead for 60 years, but there is still a kind of madness around her that remains. Just look at the frenzied discourse around "Blonde," an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' fictional portrait of the Hollywood star that has yet to be seen by the general public.
There...