As Game of Thrones drilled into us, House Lannister always pays its debts. But who knew that watching one of Westeros’ vaunted families incur one of those obligations — in social capital if not actual coin — would be so entertaining?
House of the Dragon‘s third episode on Sunday gave us a good look at Lord Jason and Ser Tyland Lannister, twins who are the ancestors of Thrones‘ Tywin, Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister. And, in Jason’s case at least, the hour made a good case for the genetic origins of arrogance, smarminess and the inability to shut one’s trap.
House of the Dragon‘s third episode on Sunday gave us a good look at Lord Jason and Ser Tyland Lannister, twins who are the ancestors of Thrones‘ Tywin, Cersei, Jaime and Tyrion Lannister. And, in Jason’s case at least, the hour made a good case for the genetic origins of arrogance, smarminess and the inability to shut one’s trap.
- 9/5/2022
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
On the eve of March 24th, when Disney+ is expected to expand across the United Kingdom and various parts of Europe, we have compiled the definitive list of new content headed to the streaming platform and its three key competitors – namely Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu.
Yes, the so-called ‘streaming wars’ is now being fought on four fronts, and it’s fair to say that, despite being the fresh-faced newcomer, Disney+ is packing serious firepower. Thanks to its carefully calculated acquisitions over the years, the newly-released streaming service is packed to the rafters with top-tier content, including some excellent original series like The Mandalorian.
It’ll also get updated in a few days’ time (as is tradition), what with April 2020 just around the corner. Plus, with countries all over the globe enforcing measures to combat Coronavirus – self-isolation, social distancing… you name it – the Internet’s biggest streaming services will no...
Yes, the so-called ‘streaming wars’ is now being fought on four fronts, and it’s fair to say that, despite being the fresh-faced newcomer, Disney+ is packing serious firepower. Thanks to its carefully calculated acquisitions over the years, the newly-released streaming service is packed to the rafters with top-tier content, including some excellent original series like The Mandalorian.
It’ll also get updated in a few days’ time (as is tradition), what with April 2020 just around the corner. Plus, with countries all over the globe enforcing measures to combat Coronavirus – self-isolation, social distancing… you name it – the Internet’s biggest streaming services will no...
- 3/24/2020
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Netflix is out with its list of what’s new in April and what is getting the boot.
Highlights include new comedy specials from Chris D’Elia out April 14, and on April 21, we get a three-parter from Middleditch & Schwartz, which is a comedy duo comprised of “Parks & Rec” star Ben Schwartz (A.K.A. Jean Ralphio) and “Silicon Valley” star Tom Middleditch.
On April 20, marijuana enthusiasts can learn a thing or two from a cooking special called “Cooked with Cannabis.”
Also Read: Tulsi Gabbard Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Joe Biden
Mindy Kaling’s “Never Have I Ever” coming-of-age series about a young Indian-American girl who desperately wants to lose her virginity is out April 27.
Other highlights are all four “Lethal Weapon” movies, “Minority Report,” “The Social Network,” “The Hangover,” and “The Matrix” trilogy.
Tragic losses that will sadly leave the streamer throughout the month are “Big Fat Liar,” “National Treasure,...
Highlights include new comedy specials from Chris D’Elia out April 14, and on April 21, we get a three-parter from Middleditch & Schwartz, which is a comedy duo comprised of “Parks & Rec” star Ben Schwartz (A.K.A. Jean Ralphio) and “Silicon Valley” star Tom Middleditch.
On April 20, marijuana enthusiasts can learn a thing or two from a cooking special called “Cooked with Cannabis.”
Also Read: Tulsi Gabbard Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Joe Biden
Mindy Kaling’s “Never Have I Ever” coming-of-age series about a young Indian-American girl who desperately wants to lose her virginity is out April 27.
Other highlights are all four “Lethal Weapon” movies, “Minority Report,” “The Social Network,” “The Hangover,” and “The Matrix” trilogy.
Tragic losses that will sadly leave the streamer throughout the month are “Big Fat Liar,” “National Treasure,...
- 3/19/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Chicago – In the Summer of 1995, there was extreme heat in the City of Chicago for seven days, with temperatures soaring over 100 degrees with high humidity. It hit the area like a tsunami, and left power outages and and an exposure of inadequate emergency responses in its wake. The death toll from the heat, when all the analysis was done, soared to 739 people. Director Judith Helfand chronicles that event, and events like it, in her new film, “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code.”
Judith Helfand (left) Gets a Preparedness Lesson in ‘Cooked: Survival by Zip Code’
Photo credit: Kartemquin Films
The film is based on Eric Klinenberg’s 2002 book, “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago,” and both the book and the film “Cooked” points toward the inordinate amount of deaths associated with the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Director Helfand takes its further, to show how America spends so much money on preparing for disaster,...
Judith Helfand (left) Gets a Preparedness Lesson in ‘Cooked: Survival by Zip Code’
Photo credit: Kartemquin Films
The film is based on Eric Klinenberg’s 2002 book, “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago,” and both the book and the film “Cooked” points toward the inordinate amount of deaths associated with the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Director Helfand takes its further, to show how America spends so much money on preparing for disaster,...
- 7/15/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
At the big Time 100 gala, “Salt Fat Acid Heat” host and chef Samin Nosrat wasn’t wowed by the celebrities, but instead by the other Most Influential People honorees that aren’t household names.
“There were these two amazing female lawyers from India who were the ones who had overturned the anti-gay legislation there,” Nosrat said in an interview with IndieWire. “And there were these women from Ireland who had really spearheaded the abortion referendum. Those people were by far, by and large, the most inspirational, the most amazing for me to get to interact with.”
It’s this genuine enthusiasm and curiosity about other people that serves Nosrat so well in Netflix’s series “Salt Fat Acid Heat,” which puts a spin on the usual food show. Mixing travel and instruction, the four-part series is unlike any cooking show on TV. This is in large part due to Nosrat’s warmth and spirit,...
“There were these two amazing female lawyers from India who were the ones who had overturned the anti-gay legislation there,” Nosrat said in an interview with IndieWire. “And there were these women from Ireland who had really spearheaded the abortion referendum. Those people were by far, by and large, the most inspirational, the most amazing for me to get to interact with.”
It’s this genuine enthusiasm and curiosity about other people that serves Nosrat so well in Netflix’s series “Salt Fat Acid Heat,” which puts a spin on the usual food show. Mixing travel and instruction, the four-part series is unlike any cooking show on TV. This is in large part due to Nosrat’s warmth and spirit,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Samin Nosrat grew up in San Diego in an Iranian family before cooking at Berkeley’s famed Chez Panisse, the birthplace of the local food movement. All of those elements, combined with her natural ability for teaching cooking, influenced her award-winning book “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking,” which has become a four-part Netflix series that premieres Thursday.
It’s Nosrat’s first show, although she previously appeared on “Cooked,” from food activist Michael Pollan, and both series were directed by Caroline Suh for Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions.
“Salt Fat Acid Heat” is neither an instructional cooking show or a travel show, but a sort of organic ratatouille of the two. Nosrat travels to Italy, where she studied cooking, to talk about the importance of fat in making food delicious. To illustrate the crucial role salt plays in balancing a dish, she observes miso making and kelp harvesting in Japan.
It’s Nosrat’s first show, although she previously appeared on “Cooked,” from food activist Michael Pollan, and both series were directed by Caroline Suh for Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions.
“Salt Fat Acid Heat” is neither an instructional cooking show or a travel show, but a sort of organic ratatouille of the two. Nosrat travels to Italy, where she studied cooking, to talk about the importance of fat in making food delicious. To illustrate the crucial role salt plays in balancing a dish, she observes miso making and kelp harvesting in Japan.
- 10/11/2018
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy will announce its list of Oscar-eligible documentaries this week, a field that counted just 82 entries in 2005; last year, there were 124. And along with this growth comes a new attribute for the much-admired/often ignored genre: Power.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the bailiwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the bailiwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
- 10/24/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Academy will announce its list of Oscar-eligible documentaries this week, a field that counted just 82 entries in 2005; last year, there were 124. And along with this growth comes a new attribute for the much-admired/often ignored genre: Power.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the balliwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
Under Sheila Nevins, HBO led the way in showing how documentaries could draw audiences with nonfiction programming that’s skillful, dynamic, and relevant. Under Lisa Nishimura, Netflix upped the ante with deep-pocketed algorithms that not only proved audiences craved this content (after all, documentaries are the original reality TV), but also guided exactly where those viewers could be found, and what they wanted to see. And while social justice has always been the balliwick of documentary filmmakers, Diane Weyermann at Participant has given that niche the financing and clout it deserves.
While their business models differ, they’re all producing documentaries that might not otherwise exist, making them better and getting them seen.
- 10/24/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In today’s fast-paced information age, people are constantly in a hurry, and our attention spans are smaller than ever. While technology has made it easier than ever for us to connect with each other, in a way, more distance has sprouted between not just our interpersonal connections, but our very nature as humans. Documentarian Alex […]
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- 2/5/2016
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Read More: Alex Gibney and Kahane Cooperman on What 'The New Yorker Presents' Actually Is, Other than a Great New Amazon Series Academy-award winner Alex Gibney is bringing a new series to Netflix about the evolution of food. The series has already been selected to premiere at the Berlinale Film Festival in the Culinary Cinema Program in Germany on February 16. This enlightening and compelling look at food preparation, its history and meaning reveals to our deepest traditions and connections with our most primal need. "Cooked" will premiere on February 19 on Netflix worldwide. Read More: Watch: Alex Gibney Shares His Filmmaking Hero in Exclusive SundanceNow Doc Club Clip...
- 2/5/2016
- by Kristen Santer
- Indiewire
In Netflix's "Cooked," from the ever-prolific Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions, bestselling author Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma," "In Defense of Food") travels the globe in search of the nourishing, soulful cuisine that's been lost in the age of mass-produced food. From Western Australia to Pollan's Berkeley, Calif. kitchen, the four-part docuseries — arranged around the themes of fire, water, air, and earth — covers as much ground as the streaming service's terrific "Chef's Table," which recounts the careers of six world-renowned chefs. But "Cooked" is more interested in homemade food than haute cuisine, focusing on techniques and practices that utilize local, fresh, unprocessed ingredients. "When you let a corporation cook your food," Pollan warns, "they cook differently than people do." With roasted lizards and cheesemaking nuns, Pollan drives home the surprising pleasures that coexist with his...
- 2/4/2016
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Godfather of eat-what-your-great-grandmother-ate thinking Michael Pollan joins Going Clear documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney for a new Netflix docuseries called Cooked. Similar to his book and subsequent PBS movie The Botany of Desire, which looked at food and food history through the lens of four plants, Cooked will be split into four sections along the elements fire, water, air, and earth. If the good Planeteer inside of you is screaming, Where's the heart? Pollan has that running throughout: "Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something delicious for the people you love?" Cooked will be available for streaming on Netflix February 19.
- 2/4/2016
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
What’s new on Netflix February 2016 is Judd Apatow’s new comedy series Love; a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel film; the long-awaited debut of Fuller House; a new Hannibal Buress special and more! Here’s what is new on Netflix February 2016, and what is leaving the streaming service. New On Netflix February 2016 Netflix Originals Hannibal Buress: Comedy Camisado — Available Feb. 5 Cooked — Available Feb. 19. Author Michael Pollan and filmmaker Alex Gibney, and an all-star cast of directors and cinematographers, bring us this documentary miniseries that examines the primal human need to cook. Love Season 1 — Available Feb. 19. Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Lesley … Continue reading →
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- 1/29/2016
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
From best-selling author Michael Pollan (*The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore’s Dilemma*, *In Defense of Food), *Oscar-winning filmmake*r *Alex Gibney *(**Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine*, *Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief**, **Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room*), and an all-star cast of directors and cinematographers comes the Netflix Original Documentary Series *Cooked*, which examines the primal human need to cook and issues a clarion call for a return to the kitchen in order to reclaim lost traditions and restore balance to our lives. Each of the series’ four episodes examines one of the physical elements used throughout the ages to transform raw ingredients into delicious dishes: fire, water, air, and earth. *Cooked* takes viewers on a visually stunning journey to meet, among others: an Aboriginal tribe in Western Australia that fire-roasts Australian monitor lizards, a Connecticut Benedictine nun and microbiologist who makes.
- 1/26/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
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