Tag: The Perfection
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‘The Perfection’ Is a Gayer, Gorier, Goofier ‘TÁR’ — and Fringe Netflix at Its Finest
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.The…
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This Netflix Horror Gave Us Allison Williams’ Most Unsettling Role
First known as the stereotypically infuriating New Yorker Marnie Michaels from HBO’s Girls, Allison Williams has made her mark in the horror film industry, particularly in psychological horror. The complete turnaround in her role as a frustrating but complex millennial in Girls into a cold-blooded murderer in her first horror film, Get Out, was an…
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Allison Williams Is a Totally New Kind of Horror Queen
The career trajectory of Allison Williams is one that calls for closer analysis. The actress became known for portraying Marnie Michaels, a generally insufferable New York millennial, on HBO’s Girls. Following the success of that show, she went down a completely opposite path and has now starred in three horror films. She first dipped her…
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Water Cooler: Capone, Back to the Future, Dave, Cinema Paradiso, Itaewon Class, The Perfection, Deliverance, Bad Times at the El Royale, Z, Not Another Teen Movie
On the May 15, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:…
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‘The Perfection’: Film Review
It’s punishment more than practice that makes “The Perfection,” which is less a horror film per se than a grisly yet upscale grand guignol melodrama. Richard Shepard’s very tricky suspense film, co-written with the TV writing-producing team of Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, has been a success for Netflix. The streaming service released the film…
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The ‘Booksmart’ Box Office Controversy, ‘The Perfection,’ ‘Brightburn’ & Much More [Podcast]
It was a packed Memorial Day weekend for film— both theatrically and streaming—and we attempt to cover most of it on this week’s iteration of The Playlist Podcast.Read More: Summer Movie Preview: 35 Films You Shouldn’t MissOn this episode, Jenny Nulf returns to the show to help navigate through the minefield of titles that came…
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‘The Perfection’ Director Talks Us Through the Biggest Twists in Netflix’s Shocking Thriller
Be aware there are spoilers for The Perfection below. Odds are, by now you’ve probably heard about Netflix’s wild thriller The Perfection. If you haven’t, get out of here and come back after you’ve watched it! The latest Netflix original comes from The Matador and regular Girls director Richard Sherman, starring Allison Williams and Logan…