After a long hangover, “Drunk History” is back. The Emmy-winning comedy show is returning with three new short-form episodes, seven years after it last aired on Comedy Central. From Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner, “Drunk History” pairs inebriated storytellers with scrappy historical reenactments. (The facts and dates are true, but the dialogue definitely isn’t.) The
“La Bola Negra” has mucho heat. The generational queer drama swept the Cannes Film Festival off its feet in May, nabbing a $5 million sale to Netflix and earning helmers Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo the jury prize for best director. After lighting up last weekend’s Telluride Film Festival, the Penélope Cruz-starrer is on its
Consider, for a moment, the cupboard — maybe in the spirit of irreverence we should term it a closet — in which, for 30-odd years, lay undisturbed the footage that future star cinematographer Seamus McGarvey (“Atonement,” “Die, My Love”) shot behind the scenes of Derek Jarman‘s 1991 movie “Edward II”. Consider then, the opening of
As cumbersome and overlong as the 28-year wait between the 1998 original film and its sequel, “Practical Magic 2” serves as a next-generation reminder that sometimes the best way to let a beloved experience live on is by leaving it behind in one’s memory. Led by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, director Griffin Dunne’s adaptation
Altman2 Entertainment, Vital Signs Entertainment and Galaxie Productions have released the trailer for “The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World,” a new documentary about the history and cultural impact of the iconic sci-fi franchise. The film’s official logline reads, “Drawing on exclusive interviews, never-before-seen archival material and first-hand accounts from the
WestEnd Films has boarded world sales on James Erskine’s “Lauda,” a feature documentary about three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda. WestEnd will launch sales at the Toronto Film Festival, where it will unveil first footage to buyers. “Lauda,” which is in production, tells the story of his rise to the pinnacle of motorsport and
