Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has prompted a wealth of urgent nonfiction filmmaking documenting the harsh realities of life under siege, but comparatively little dramatic storytelling — a space that the new German-Ukrainian production “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming” occupies with bold formal imagination and a commitment to illuminating lives neglected in wider views of
One of the unofficial rules of prestige television is that the penultimate episode is for the mess and the finale is for the cleanup. This is particularly true for limited series — or any series with ambiguous renewals. And “Task,” creator Brad Ingelsby’s Emmy-nominated HBO drama about the murky gray waters between avenging and forgiveness,
There is a plethora of recent YA television series across streamers and networks, including “The Summer I Turned Pretty, “Off Campus,” “Cruel Intentions,” and “Every Year After” (which all happen to be Prime Video series). However, these shows tend to zero in on romance, focusing almost solely on those initial feelings of love and sexual
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has boarded “Blanco,” a high-profile feature directed by Félix Viscarret (“Patria,” “Under the Stars”) about the 1997 kidnapping and murder of Basque politician Miguel Ángel Blanco by terrorist organization ETA. RTVE joins Netflix and Universal Pictures International Spain on the project, with Universal set to handle its theatrical distribution. The film
Reel Citrus has acquired North American rights to the Vietnamese period drama “Mesdames Thanh Sắc,” which will be released as “Madame in Saigon,” through a partnership with Ho Chi Minh City-based rights and production partner Live On. Directed by Thắng Vũ, “Madame in Saigon” is set in Saigon in the 1960s and follows dancer Cầm
Hulu’s crime drama “Furious” may be (loosely) inspired by the 1987 thriller “Black Widow,” but the series has several other, and frankly stronger, influences at play. After all, by swapping out a wealthy male serial killer whom she marries for money in favor of a child trafficking victim who attacks her former abusers, creator Elizabeth
