9 Best Articles in 2021
medium.com
How Netflix works: the (hugely simplified) complex stuff that happens every time you hit Play
medium.com
~12 min read · From 2017 · Not long ago, House of Cards came back for the fifth season, finally ending a long wait for binge watchers across the world who are…
youtube.com
Police: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
youtube.com
2020-06-08 · As nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are met with police brutality, John Oliver discusses how the histories of policing ...
Vulture
Is Anyone Watching Quibi?
Vulture
20+ min read · 2020-07-06 · The streaming platform raised $1.75 billion and secured a roster of A-list talent, but it can’t get audiences to notice.
Vulture
The 100 Most Influential Sequences in Animation History
Vulture
2020-10-05 · From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, retracing 128 years of an art form that continues to draw us all in.
The New York Times
The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far.
The New York Times
20+ min read · From 2017 · A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis rank the best films made since 2000.
The Atlantic
30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
The Atlantic
~16 min read · 2020-05-23 · These films, each unforgettable in its own way, are essential viewing.
Vulture
Cops Are Always the Main Characters
Vulture
5 min read · 2020-06-01 · TV perfected the cop show, metastasized it, and then franchised it into ubiquity. How does that affect the way audiences think about police?
British GQ
John Boyega: 'I’m the only cast member whose experience of Star Wars was based on their race'
British GQ
~18 min read · 2020-09-02 · In his first interview since finishing Star Wars and that unguarded address from a Hyde Park stage, he explains how both platforms inspired him to make a stand, but for very different reasons.
Vulture
The 101 Greatest Endings in Movies History
Vulture
Feb 22nd · Good finales offer catharsis. The best deny us closure altogether.
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How Netflix is creating a common European culture
The Economist
4 min read · Apr 2nd · Streaming subtitled box sets is the new Eurovision
The Guardian
Anthony Hopkins’ 20 best film performances
The Guardian
7 min read · Apr 8th · Anthony Hopkins has been nominated for a Bafta and an Oscar for his role in The Father. But how does it compare with his performances as Hannibal Lecter, CS Lewis, Odin and an ageing Zorro?
Variety
Netflix Buys 'Knives Out' Sequels for $450 Million
Variety
2 min read · Mar 31st · Netflix is plunking down an astounding $450 million for the rights to “Knives Out 2” and “Knives Out 3,” the next two follow-ups to the 2019 murder mystery. The films will r…
The Verge
Zola’s first trailer is as over-the-top as the Twitter thread it’s based on
The Verge
1 min read · Mar 31st · It’s being released this summer.
The Hollywood Reporter
Netflix Nabs Streaming Rights to Sony's Feature Films Beginning In 2022
The Hollywood Reporter
2 min read · Apr 8th · Unlike Disney, NBCUniversal and ViacomCBS, Sony notably has not launched a direct-to-consumer streaming service to compete with Netflix. Instead, the studio is cementing its future in a major deal…
The New Yorker
A New Hemingway Documentary Peeks Behind the Myth
The New Yorker
6 min read · Apr 6th · Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s film examines the burden of the author’s performance of himself.
Los Angeles Times
Who is Q? Maker of HBO docuseries 'Q: Into the Storm' believes he has the answer
Los Angeles Times
7 min read · Mar 29th · An HBO docuseries tries to unlock an urgent mystery.
The Guardian
‘Sometimes, it’s shocking’: Raoul Peck on his bold new colonialism series
The Guardian
5 min read · Apr 7th · The Oscar-nominated film-maker behind I Am Not Your Negro returns with Exterminate All the Brutes, a dense HBO docuseries about a horrifying history
Los Angeles Times
The true story behind Netflix's newest crime drama was too bizarre for TV
Los Angeles Times
8 min read · Apr 2nd
The Hollywood Reporter
George R.R. Martin Signs Massive Five-Year Overall Deal with HBO (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter
4 min read · Mar 26th · The 'Game of Thrones' author strikes a long-term deal with HBO worth mid-eight figures.
