9 Best Articles in 2021
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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…
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Police: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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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
The 101 Greatest Endings in Movies History
Vulture
Feb 22nd · Good finales offer catharsis. The best deny us closure altogether.
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.
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The Best Movies of 2021 (So Far)
The Ringer
7 min read · Jul 14th · Moviegoing is back, and the first six months of this year have offered plenty of films to discover
The New Yorker
The Haunting Afterlife of Anthony Bourdain
The New Yorker
8 min read · Jul 15th · Morgan Neville’s new documentary, “Roadrunner,” makes a devastating argument for Bourdain as both the hero and villain of his own story.
WIRED
Netflix Is Losing Its Cool
WIRED
2 min read · Jul 6th · Even as it dominates globally, the streaming giant no longer shines. HBO Max and Disney+, your move.
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Succession: Season 3
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Jul 6th · Are you part of this family or not?Succession returns this fall on HBO Max. #HBO #Succession Subscribe to HBO on YouTube: https://goo.gl/wtFYd7Stream on HBO ...
The Hollywood Reporter
The Tragic End of Polish Movie Star — and Nazi Resistance Fighter — Witold Zacharewicz
The Hollywood Reporter
~14 min read · Jul 1st · Over 1,100,000 people were murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. The vast majority of them were Jews, but 100,000 were not: Soviet prisoners of war, Romani nomads and Poles deemed a threat to the Thi…
Variety
'Black Panther' Sequel Casts Michaela Coel (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
1 min read · Jul 21st · Michaela Coel has joined the ensemble cast of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the sequel to the hit Marvel film “Black Panther.” Character details are locked up per usual,…
Fast Company
Why Netflix movies look so weird
Fast Company
4 min read · Jul 10th · Most made-for-Netflix productions don’t look like the cinema we’re used to. There’s a technical reason why.
Variety
Richard Donner, Director of 'Superman,' 'The Goonies' and 'Lethal Weapon,' Dies at 91
Variety
3 min read · Jul 5th · Director-producer Richard Donner, best known for helming the “Lethal Weapon” film series, “The Goonies” and the original “Superman” film, has died. He was 91. Donner’s production …
CNBC
The honeymoon is over for streaming services: Here's where the major players stand
CNBC
4 min read · Jul 5th · Media and technology companies have varying degrees of clarity around their streaming services -- an indication of who is winning and losing
Vulture
Tim Robinson Is Sorry for Yelling
Vulture
~11 min read · Jul 6th · On I Think You Should Leave, the comedian’s anxieties fuel a vast world of jerks, idiots, and outright assholes.
