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Whimsy and pathos Searchlight Pictures Edward Norton spent his time honing his craft and performing in off-Broadway productions until he was discovered in 1995. It was then he was cast for the film “Primal Fear,” based on the novel of the same name. His performance as an altar boy accused of murdering a Catholic archbishop received critical acclaim and set him on a rocket ship to stardom. He would go on to star in such films as “Fight Club,” “American History X,” and “The Incredible Hulk” (which he actually wrote the screenplay for), all before finally linking up with Wes Anderson for “Moonrise Kingdom....

The Daily Stream: The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs Offers Six Coen Brother Stories About One Thing Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 18, 2022 6:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: In addition to being the final Coen Brothers film (for now, at least), “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” is the most charming anthology Western about death you’re ever likely to see....

Why it’s essential viewing MGM “Essential viewing” might be a bit much, but “The Beastmaster” is a fascinating entry into the sword and sorcery subgenre. It was developed at the same time as a little movie called “Conan the Barbarian,” which would go on to spawn a franchise and make a star out of its Austrian bodybuilder lead. “The Beastmaster” was always going to be the underdog in this fight. Its budget was much more limited than the epic John Milius movie and poor Marc Singer is no match for the charisma machine that is Arnold Schwarzenegger, but in many ways that’s the movie’s strength....

The Strangers: Everything We Know So Far About The Reboot Trilogy Universal Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 2, 2022 1:25 pm EST Part of the reason why “The Strangers” has endured as an effective horror movie is that we’ve all had that feeling of being home alone at night, yet it still feels like there’s something else watching us from the shadows. After 85 minutes of homebound terror, the words “because you were home” make all of the preceding violence sound so hauntingly meaningless....

A Cowboy-Costumed Audition Tape Landed Eddie Redmayne His Role In Les Misérables Universal Pictures By Steven Ward/Nov. 25, 2022 4:00 pm EST The story of Eddie Redmayne’s rise to prominence as an actor pretty much begins with his casting in “Les Misérables” as smitten revolutionary Marius Pontmercy. In less than half a decade after the 2012 film was released, he had earned an Oscar for Best Actor for “The Theory of Everything” and a nomination for “The Danish Girl....

A Guide To Every Version Of Dawn Of The Dead Laurel Group By Jeremy Smith/July 5, 2022 5:02 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whenever a film exists in a variety of versions, it’s a good bet there’s a juicy behind-the-scenes story of an uncompromising director battling with a cabal of bottom-line-obsessed producers hellbent on transforming the surly artist’s work into a product with broad commercial appeal....

Alfred Hitchcock Knew When To Give Cary Grant Room To Work Paramount Pictures By Demetra Nikolakakis/Sept. 28, 2022 1:35 pm EST There’s just something about Old Hollywood’s leading men. Equal parts suave and brooding, it’s easy to feel as though they could charm their way into anything (a feat no doubt influenced by film noir’s popularity in ’40s and ’50s — and the genre’s moody coolness). But while it may be tempting to brush off the allure as Hollywood glamour, Cary Grant nevertheless charmed his way into one of the most difficult places to reach: Alfred Hitchcock’s heart....

Alice In Borderland Season 2 Teaser: Welcome Back, Players Netflix By Erin Brady/Sept. 24, 2022 3:05 pm EST The twisted competition at the center of “Alice in Borderland” is back, and it looks like the games aren’t done just yet. A “super teaser trailer” for season 2 of the popular show, which is based on the manga series of the same name by Haro Aso, was revealed during Netflix’s Tudum fan event, and it looks like we’re in for another wild ride....

Armageddon Ending Explained: We Don’t Want To Miss A Thing Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By Lee Adams/Nov. 6, 2022 7:00 pm EST A few weeks ago, NASA made history by slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid seven million miles away from Earth to see if it could successfully change its course. The lump of rock posed no threat to our planet, merrily minding its own business on its way toward the sun, but the mission was a success....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Producer Explains How That Surprise Relationship Came About [Exclusive] Marvel Studios By Vanessa Armstrong/Nov. 21, 2022 7:00 am EST Warning: this interview contains spoilers for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” There are a lot of surprises in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and one of them is finding out that Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina de Fontaine is not only the head of the CIA but also the ex-wife of Agent Everett Ross (Martin Freeman)....

Cardboard Cinema: Judge Dredd Returns, Star Wars Goes Pandemic, And Horror Rules The Day Rebellion Unplugged By Matthew Monagle/Oct. 5, 2022 12:00 pm EST With all due respect to December, this is the most wonderful time of the year. With the weather turning, pumpkin beer available in stores, and the shelves stocked with discounted candy, there is no better time to be alive than in October. And while October might be an excellent time for new horror games, the last few weeks have also teased a few high-profile board game releases right around the corner....

Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: Station Eleven, Landscapers, Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind, And More HBO Max On the January 4, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to in the virtual water cooler. Opening Banter: At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: What we’ve been Reading: Chris read Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill and Dan Piepenbring....

Emily In Paris Season 3 Trailer: She’s Back And She’s Still In Paris Netflix By Shania Russell/Nov. 30, 2022 10:16 am EST The sun will always rise in the east, baguettes will always be a tasty treat, and Emily will always be in Paris. When all else fails, we can at least rely on those three constants. Believe it or not, Netflix’s fashion-forward rom-com is already back for more. Having premiered back in 2020, “Emily in Paris” is churning out a new season every year, telling the tale of (you guessed it) Emily (played by Lily Collins), an American who scores a dream job in Paris....

Evan Rachel Wood Quickly Discovered The Key To Playing Madonna In Weird: The Al Yankovic Story [Exclusive] The Roku Channel By Jeremy Smith/Oct. 31, 2022 10:02 pm EST Did we really need another ZAZ-style spoof of Oscar-chasing music biopics after Jake Kasdan’s glorious “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story?” Probably not, but Eric Appel’s “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” at least comes at the shopworn formula from a semi-novel angle: this is the life of one of the nicest, most genuine people in show business amplified beyond recognition....

Evan Rachel Wood Wants To Play A Live-Action Disney Villain [Exclusive] Roku By Jenna Busch/Nov. 4, 2022 2:30 pm EST “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” premieres on Roku today, and it’s a wild ride. Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, stars as the titular song parody master in the story about his life … kind of. Like how Yankovic’s “Eat It” is a parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” it’s a parody of his rise to fame....

Billy Swan Disney+ Billy Swan is the servant at the Bloodstone estate — presumably a long-serving one, given his age and crooked demeanor. Played by Al Hamacher, he seems to be (justifiably) terrified of his employer, Verussa, barely daring to inform her of the unexpected appearance of her stepdaughter, Elsa, amongst the throng of arriving monster hunters. He’s given the important (and, apparently, exhausting) task of reanimating his old boss, Ulysses, with a clockwork key, but features little in Verussa’s machinations....

Frank Capra’s Vision For It’s A Wonderful Life Called For A New Kind Of On-Screen Snow Paramount By William Bibbiani/Nov. 23, 2022 4:09 pm EST There are lots of things that people take for granted, and one of them is snow. Because snow is a miracle. Maybe not the old-fashioned cold stuff that floats down every year when it gets too chilly. A great many of us have had to shovel a frozen walkway and chip away at the ice on our windshields, so we could be forgiven for not being sentimental about that....

How Director Francis Lawrence Brought Dreams To The Screen In Slumberland [Exclusive Interview] Netflix By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Nov. 19, 2022 9:00 am EST For all the many modern advances in neurology, science still doesn’t have a clear answer for why people dream — or why those dreams so often involve having to take an exam that you haven’t studied for. But for Nemo (Marlow Barkley), the young protagonist of Netflix’s fantasy adventure “Slumberland,” her dreams do have a purpose: they’re a way of escaping the realities of her waking life, and getting back to the whimsical life she’s lost....

How One Of Pam And Jim’s Pivotal Scenes In The Office Became A Logistical Hassle NBC By Travis Yates/Aug. 9, 2022 3:32 pm EST The “will-they-won’t-they?” narrative between Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) dominated the first several seasons of the hit NBC series “The Office.” It took two seasons for a single kiss, and another full season before the two would even go on a formal date....

Jason Momoa Relishes Finally Getting To Play A Villain In Fast X Apple TV+ By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 24, 2022 11:07 am EST Nobody excels at playing chill dude-bros who can also kill you with their pinkie quite like Jason Momoa. It’s an archetype the former “Baywatch” actor has steadily refined so as to better fit his talents over the course of his career, starting with his breakout role on “Stargate: Atlantis” and going on to his time playing Arthur Curry in the DC Extended Universe....