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Emmy Nominations 2026: The Pitt and Hacks Dominate
Season 1 Episode 482
"The Pitt" leads with 25 nods, "Hacks" sets a comedy record with 24, and "Widow's Bay" surprises with 19. We break down the biggest snubs (Stranger T…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Midyear Report: The Best TV of 2026 (So Far)
Season 1 Episode 481
Twenty shows, two critics' lists, one impossible ranking argument. From the Soviet space race thriller Star City to the return to Gilead in The Testa…
2 months ago
Midyear Report: The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)
Season 1 Episode 480
We're halfway through the year, and the multiplex actually has a pulse. From Baz Luhrmann's electrifying Elvis concert doc to the criminally under-se…
2 months ago
The Green Cologne Bottle
Season 1 Episode 479
Moshe Rosenthal's Tell Me Everything is one of the best Israeli films we have seen in years. A boy witnesses the edges of his father's secret in a po…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
We Are Not Alone
Season 1 Episode 478
Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day is a whistleblower alien chase thriller that is really about a 79-year-old filmmaker fighting back against cynicism…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Next Room
Season 1 Episode 477
Kane Parsons is twenty years old, came from YouTube, and has made the best horror film of the year. Backrooms takes the liminal space internet meme a…
3 months, 1 week ago
Emmy Watch: End of May — The Race Takes Shape
Season 1 Episode 476
Eligibility ends May 31st, nominations voting opens June 11th, and the Emmy picture is finally coming into focus. This week's update: "Pluribus" is t…
3 months, 1 week ago
Cannes 2026 - We Went Home Quieter Than We Arrived
Season 1 Episode 475
Fifty-two films in ten days. We break down everything that mattered at this year's festival, from Cristian Mungiu's devastating Palme d'Or winner Fjo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Cannes Day Eleven: The Party No One Should Have Attended
Film fifty-two of the festival and Léa Mysius' The Birthday Party is the competition disappointment of the final days. A home invasion thriller with …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Cannes Day Eleven: She Has No Fear
Season 1 Episode 473
Film fifty-one of the festival and Grisebach's The Dreamed Adventure returns to the slow Eastern European Western with a woman at its centre and a ge…
3 months, 2 weeks ago