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Empire Of Light Director Sam Mendes Explains How The Pandemic Helped Inspire The Film

The new film “Empire of Light” by Sam Mendes is a love letter to the cinema. Many of us who live for movies remember the first time we were entranced by the projector’s light and the theater’s darkness, transporting us to another world along with a sea of strangers. It stars Olivia Colman (“The Crown“), […]

The Staircase: The True Story Behind the HBO Max Series

The HBO limited series, The Staircase, starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette is the fascinating story has riveted people for over two decades now. But what really happened? Just how faithful was the series to the true story? In reality, it’s hard to say, as we will always get different sides of the story. But […]

Cristin Milioti to Star in HBO Max’s Penguin Series

Cristin Milioti is heading to Gotham City. The “How I Met Your Mother” and “Palm Springs” star has joined the cast of HBO Max’s “The Penguin” series.Milioti is the first new cast member to join Colin Farrell, who plays the DC Comics villain, in the upcoming series, which is currently under a working title. Farrell […]

The Staircase: Where Are Michael Peterson and His Family Now?

Whenever a movie or TV series based on real-life events comes out, viewers are plagued by two unavoidable questions: how much of what we saw is true and what happened to those characters after the cameras were turned off? HBO Max’s true crime drama The Staircase is no exception to this rule. Created by Antonio […]

Antonio Campos to Lead HBO Max’s ‘Arkham Asylum’ as Showrunner, Director

“The Batman” meets “The Staircase,” thanks to the latest HBO Max series centered on Arkham Asylum.“The Staircase” helmer Antonio Campos is set to direct the upcoming spinoff show of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” about Gotham City mental institute Arkham Asylum. Campos will also serve as showrunner and executive producer. Variety reported the news. IndieWire has […]

Alexander Skarsgard, Dane DeHaan Starring in ‘The Tiger’ From Ukrainian Director Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi

Alexander Skarsgard will star in “The Tiger” as the leader of a group of men tasked with protecting the endangered cats from poachers and loggers.The actor recently headlined the blood-drenched viking epic “The Northman,” receiving a great deal of attention for his physical transformation into a chiseled Norse avenger. He will team here with Ukrainian […]

‘The Staircase’: Everything to Know About the Colin Firth-Led HBO Max Drama

True crime has become a defining genre on television these days, moving away from the world of documentary and into prestigious narrative filmmaking. In the wake of successful true crime docs like “The Jinx,” HBO is presenting a big, splashy, star-studded look at a case that has captivated audiences for over a decade. The latest […]

‘The Staircase’ Trailer: Colin Firth and Toni Collette Star in Antonio Campos’ Brooding True-Crime Mystery

Indie filmmaker Antonio Campos, the director behind chilly thrillers “Simon Killer” and “Christine,” returns to the small screen with “The Staircase” on HBO Max The eight-episode narrative limited series is an adaptation of Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s true-crime docuseries of the same name that spanned from 2004 to 2018. The crime series starring Colin Firth and […]

‘Atlanta’s Missing & Murdered’ Is A Brutal, Heartbreaking Return To True-Crime Basics [Review]

True-crime has become the genre du jour for many streaming platforms and networks. However, spectacles such as “Making a Murderer,” “The Jinx,” “The Staircase,” and, most recently, “Tiger King” have painted the disturbing genre as an opportunity for armchair detectives and meme-generators to watch for all the wrong reasons. Often, the crimes are reduced to […]

‘Unbelievable’: Kaitlyn Dever Delivers A Stunning Performance In New Netflix Sexual Assault Drama [Review]

Since its earliest venture into true crime, Netflix has hooked viewers on the world’s most perplexing cases. The details of these—from the mysterious fire poker of “The Staircase” fame to the shocking abuse of police power in “Making a Murderer” —have made amateur sleuths of us all. The streaming platform hasn’t quite spanned the entire […]

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