Tag: Homeland
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‘Homeland’s’ Final Prediction: How Season 8 Took Trump to Task for His Pandemic Response
Over the last half-decade or so, “Homeland” developed a penchant for prescience. Be it Russia’s cyber interference with American elections (in Season 6), a European terrorist attack (in Season 5), or a U.S. president at war with their own intelligence community (Season 6 again), the Showtime drama’s preseason intelligence briefings set the stage for annual…
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Joanna Lumley: ‘I adore Gogglebox but I’d be hopeless. I watch TV in silence’
The Absolutely Fabulous star shares her lockdown viewing habits – and explains why she’d never do StrictlyI’m here with my husband. We’ve got Netflix, thank god, so we binge. I adore Call My Agent, which is the French one about a Parisian talent agent who handles all the top French stars who appear as barmy…
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‘Deadpool,’ ‘Homeland’s’ Morena Baccarin to Star in Espen Sandberg’s Survival Thriller ‘Beast’
“Deadpool” and “Homeland” actress Morena Baccarin will star in the survival thriller “Beast,” to be directed by Espen Sandberg, who co-helmed Oscar-nominated “Kon-Tiki” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.”Based on Aaron W. Sala’s Blacklist script, “Beast” is about a woman who survives a plane crash and is stranded on a seemingly…
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‘Homeland’ Premiere Review: Carrie Comes Full Circle in a Tense Start to the Final Season
It has been nearly a decade since Homeland debuted to critical acclaim on Showtime, now Carrie Mathison’s (Claire Danes) service to the United States is coming to an end with the eighth and final season. Originally adapted from Israeli series Prisoners of War, the political and global landscape has shifted both on-screen and in the…
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‘Homeland’ Team Explains Why They Put Carrie in Brody’s Shoes for the Final Season
The final season of “Homeland” is putting a new spin on its original story. Creators and executive producers Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon joined co-stars Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, along with director and executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter, to share spoiler-free plot details about the upcoming Season 8.For a show cloaked in secrecy, Gansa…
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A Fragmented Reality: How a Vital New Documentary Rejects Clear Readings of the Syrian Revolution
The following essay was produced as part of the 2019 Locarno Critics Academy, a workshop for aspiring film critics that took place during the 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival.Social media has made us myopic. As soon as something happens, no matter where in the world it may be, we turn to Twitter and…
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‘The Red Sea Diving Resort’: Director Gideon Raff On His Killer Netflix Cast & More [Interview]
Producer, writer, and director Gideon Raff is, perhaps, most well-known for creating the hit Israeli show “Prisoners of War,” and producing and writing several seasons of its American counterpart “Homeland.” A veteran of both television and film, Raff’s latest feature-length effort, “The Red Sea Diving Resort,” tells the important story of a group of Mossad…
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‘The Banker’s Wife’: Lesli Linka Glatter to Direct All Eight Episodes of Amazon’s Book Adaptation
To kick off Amazon’s session of the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Amazon Studios announced it has ordered an adaptation of Cristina Alger’s novel “The Banker’s Wife.” Emmy-winning “Homeland” director and executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter will direct all eight episodes of the first season, while her “Homeland” colleague, former “NYPD Blue” scribe and…
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Greek Director Syllas Tzoumerkas on the Need for Defiance
Syllas Tzoumerkas, one of the filmmakers who formed part of the Greek New Wave, believes young filmmakers should remain defiant against norms and conformity when developing a film language unique to themselves.Speaking during a masterclass at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival entitled “A Very Certain Defiance,” Tzoumerkas told his young audience, participants of European Film…
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Annette Bening, Michelle Pfeiffer Starring in Thriller ‘Turn of Mind’
Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer have signed on to star in the psychological thriller “Turn of Mind” With Gideon Raff directing.Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. CAA Media Finance represents the U.S. domestic rights.The script for “Turn of Mind,” based on Alice Laplante’s New York Times bestseller…