The Newsroom is set in a sprawling simulacrum of the nerve center for a fictional 24-hour cable news network, with only a few segues into the boardrooms, bars, and apartments. The prime-time anchor is Will McAvoy, a vaguely Republican veteran reporter whose crisis of faith in the media and dedication to the fundamentals of journalism […]
Frances
Born in Seattle, Washington, Frances Farmer (Jessica Lange) was a rebel from a young age, winning a high school award by writing an essay called “God Dies” in 1931. Later that decade, she became controversial again when she won an all-expenses-paid trip to the USSR in 1935. Determined to become an actress, Frances was equally […]
Shine
Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the traumatic early years through adulthood. Telling the story in flashback we see David as a child prodigy (Alex Rafalowicz) and as he grows up (Noah Taylor) while his patriarchal father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his […]
True Detective: The Series
HBO premieres a new drama series, True Detective, this season focusing on Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and “Rust” Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), two detectives and former partners who worked in Louisiana’s Criminal Investigation Division in the mid-1990s.In 2012, for reasons not immediately revealed, the two are interviewed separately by investigators about their most notorious case: the […]
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