The Red Line trailer: Get a first look at Ava DuVernay’s CBS limited series
CBS has revealed an official first look trailer for The Red Line, the upcoming event series from executive producers Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time) and Greg Berlanti (Riverdale). Set to debut on Sunday April 28, after the conclusion of God Friended Me’s season finale, you can check it out in the player below!
The Red Line is a drama that follows the lives of three vastly different Chicago families whose stories of loss and tragedy intersect in the wake of the mistaken shooting of an African American doctor by a white cop. As the stories of the Calder, Young and Evans families crisscross and converge, a message of hope appears – it’s possible to emerge from tragedy stronger, and it’s important to come together with others, not just to survive, but to thrive.
The series stars Noah Wyle (The Romanoffs, Donnie Darko), and is produced by DuVernay and Berlanti, who serves as an executive producer on everything from The CW’s The Flash, DC Universe’s Doom Patrol, as well as CBS’ own God Friended Me. Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss are co-executive producers for Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios. Victoria Mahoney directed the pilot from a script by Parrish and Weiss.
Riverdale spin-off Katy Keene won’t crossover with flagship series
Last week it was revealed that The CW had ordered a pilot for Katy Keene, a musical dramedy spin-off of Riverdale. Speaking today at TCA, CW president Mark Pedowitz said not to expect any characters from the main series to show up in the new series.
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“Katy Keene takes places years after Riverdale High School,” Pedowicz said (via Deadline). “There are no plans to do anything [regarding a crossover]. Any of the Riverdale characters who come to Katy Keene will be older. Robert [Aguirre-Sacasa] is getting the pilot right.”
Much like the Netflix adjacent Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the shows will have a shared branding with their basis in Archie Comics but won’t see any crossing over in the foreseeable future.
Katy Keene follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene — as they chase their twentysomething dreams in New York City. The musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi will executive produce alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Jon Goldwater.
Ahead of its March 15 premiere on the streaming service, Hulu has released the first teaser for the upcoming comedy series Shrill based on the novel of the same name. Starring Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live), you can check it out in the player below!
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The small-screen adaptation of Shrill is written by West, Ali Rushfield (Friends from College), and star Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live, The Big Sick). Bryant plays Annie, a fat young woman who wants to change her life, but not her body. Annie is trying to start her career while juggling bad boyfriends, a sick parent, and a perfectionist boss.
Julia Sweeney (Pulp Fiction) will play Bryant’s mother in the show, which also stars Lolly Adefope (Mission: Impossible — Fallout), Luka Jones (Her), Ian Owens (Oasis) and John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch).
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Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video will produce Shrill along with Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman’s Brownstone Productions and Warner Bros. Television. Jesse Peretz will direct and produce the first episode, while Carrie Brownstein will direct the second. Rushfield will serve as the series showrunner.
All six episodes of Shrill will be available to stream on Hulu Friday, March 15.
The CW renews 10 shows including Supernatural, Charmed & more
The CW has handed out early renewals to 10 of its series. Mark Pedowitz, the president of The CW, made the official announcement today at the 2019 TCA Winter Press Tour.
Returning for the 2019-2020 season are Arrow for Season 8, Black Lightning for Season 3, Charmed for Season 2, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow for Season 5, Dynasty for Season 3, Legacies for Season 2, The Flash for Season 6, Riverdale for Season 4, Supergirl for Season 5, and Supernatural for Season 15. The freshman series All American has not yet received a renewal.
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“This season, we expanded our primetime schedule to six nights with the addition of Sunday 00 which has been an unqualified success for the network, our affiliates, and our advertisers. In addition to growing our schedule across the week, we also continue to add more year-round programming,” Pedowitz said.
“The early renewal of these signature CW series gives us a head start on laying out the 2019-2020 season, and this is just the beginning,” he added. “These shows provide a strong foundation for our multiplatform programming strategy, and we look forward to building on this with even more returning and new shows as we approach the May upfront.”
New episodes of Supernatural and Legacies will air tonight on The CW.
Gina Rodriguez’s Diary of a Female President series ordered by Disney+
TheWrap brings word that Disney+ has given a straight-to-series order to Diary of a Female President. The series is created by Ilana Peña (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and will be produced by Gina Rodriguez’s production company.
Written by Peña, Diary of a Female President is a 10-episode series told through the narration of a 12-year-old Cuban-American girl’s diary as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school and her journey to becoming the future president of the United States.
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Robin Shorr (The Carmichael Show) will serve as showrunner on the series, hailing from CBS Television Studios. Rodriguez will executive produce alongside Emily Gipson via her production company I Can and I Will.
Diary of a Female President is scheduled to debut on Disney+ following the launch of the streaming service later this year. Other upcoming original series in the works at Disney+ include the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, High School Musical the series, and the High Fidelity reboot.
Rodriguez’s production company Jane the Novella series was also ordered to pilot at The CW. Narrated by Rodriguez, the anthology drama is designed as though each season is based on a different fictional novel written by Jane Villanueva and narrated by the author herself. The first installment of the Jane the Virgin spinoff will take place at a Napa Valley Vineyard, where family secrets don’t stay buried for long.
The latest installment of the Netflix documentary series ReMastered, titled “The Two Killings of Sam Cooke” takes a new look at the life, and death, of the singer. The episode will be available to stream on February 1. In the meantime, you can check out the trailer in the post below!
One of the most influential black musicians of the Civil Rights Movement, Sam Cooke made a huge impact on the rights of black musicians, frustrating the white establishment. An investigation into the circumstances and controversy surrounding his murder uncovers a deeper question — did the record industry try to suppress the story of Cooke’s death? And to what extent did they suppress the politics of his life?
Each episode of ReMastered dives into seminal events in the lives of artists ranging from Bob Marley to Johnny Cash, James Master Jay and of course, Sam Cooke. The episodes will be directed by Kief Davidson, Barbara Kopple, Sara Dosa, Brian Oakes, Stuard Sender, B.J. Perlmutt, Kelly Duane de la Vega, and Sam Cullman. The eight-part investigative docuseries exploring stories behind some of the most legendary names in music history. It was created by Emmy and Peabody Award-winning brothers Jeff and Michael Zimbalist (The Two Escobars, Favela Rising).
Steven Yeun and J.K. Simmons to lead ensemble animated series Invincible
The Amazon animated series Invincible from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has found its cast with an A-list roster. Deadline reports that former The Walking Dead star Steven Yeun and Counterpart‘s J.K. Simmons will lead the cast.
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Yuen and Simmons are joined by an all-star ensemble that includes Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy), Seth Rogen (The Lion King), Gillian Jacobs (Love), Andrew Rannells (Black Monday), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Mark Hamill (Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Walton Goggins (Tomb Raider), Jason Mantzoukas (John Wick 3: Parabellum), Mae Whitman (Good Girls) and Chris Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley) amongst others.
The series is described as a suspenseful, action-filled, emotion-packed show that builds upon poignant and heartwarming moments of love, friendship, and humanity. The comic launched in 2003 and wrapped up last February after 144 issues had been published. Ryan Ottley served as the central artist on the Kirkman and Cory Walker created comics.
Sharon Yguado, head of scripted genre programming at Amazon Studios, said: “Robert has an uncanny talent to predict the zeitgeist, and we are incredibly excited to see him break boundaries in an animated one-hour format. In a world saturated with superhero fare, we trust Robert to subvert expectations while encapsulating a story filled with heart and adrenaline. We love his ambitious plan for the show and believe it will look like nothing else on television.”
“I couldn’t be more proud of the series Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley and I did together for over 15 years. To know our characters will live on in multiple iterations in other media is almost too exciting to bear! What Amazon is allowing us to do in animated form is nothing short of ground-breaking, and I can’t wait for our rabid fan base to experience it,” added Kirkman.
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Behind The Walking Dead, Invincible is Kirkman’s second-longest-running comic and the series serves as his first show under the new deal with Amazon. Invincible is Kirkman’s fourth scripted series based on his Skybound comics, alongside AMC’s The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Cinemax’s Outcast.
Kirkman’s Skybound is set to produce Invincible with Teen Titans’ Simon Racioppa serving as showrunner. Along with Kirkman and Racioppa, David Alpert (The Walking Dead), and Catherine Winer (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) will executive producer. Justin and Chris Copeland (Ultimate Spider-Man) act as supervising directors.
In the previous episode of The CW’s Charmed, the Charmed Ones rescued Harry from Tartarus, and Macy discovered that she and Maggie share the same father. In Charmed season 1 episode 11, Macy broke the news to Maggie and Mel.
Love Letters
Unfortunately, Mel and Maggie didn’t take the news well, despite Macy’s excitement at another clue. Mel felt that she didn’t know Marisol if she kept so many secrets. For Maggie, it was a lot to handle after Parker and her stint in Tartarus.
Macy cast a spell to help her find the truth. She found a box of old letters between her father, Dexter, and Marisol. They wrote to each other up until he died and were still in love. He knew about Maggie and would give Marisol updates on Macy. However, when Macy shared the letters with Maggie, they found another devastating secret. Dexter and Marisol had done something to bring Macy back from the dead that could be unforgivable.
The Maestro
The director of the Hilltones, the college’s acapella group, went to Athens and found an old pitch pipe. Mr. Miranda blew into it, and a demon possessed him. Maggie auditioned for the group right after hearing the news, and he loved her sad take on a normally happy song. Lucy was also in the group. They were on good terms. However, Lucy had an acapella nemesis, Effie, who always got the solo.
Mr. Miranda had the Hilltones drink a special tea. He arranged a mournful, dissonant version of “Killing Me Softly”, and gave Effie the solo. When she suggested something more upbeat, he trapped her soul. When Mr. Miranda said Effie quit and gave the solo to Lucy, Maggie touched the pipe hanging around his neck and heard Effie screaming for help.
The Book of Shadows told them that sirens used the pipe, so at the big performance, Maggie tried to vanquish him with a spell for sirens. Unfortunately, he wasn’t a siren, but their director, The Maestro. The notes the girls were singing were trapping the audience’s souls. They needed the Power of Three to vanquish him, but they needed to clear the air first. Galvin played “The Devil’s Tritone” on the pipe to release the trapped souls inside. Maggie got the Hilltones to sing a mash-up to reverse the effects of the song on the audience.
Immediate Justice
Mel came clean to Jada about her reason for joining the Sarcana. Jada already knew since they had an empath, but she felt that Mel would come to understand their point of view. Together, they magically stopped a man at the club from putting a pill in a woman’s drink and administered their own magical justice.
Unfortunately, Niko was there; she had been taking pictures of Mel and Jada. She was working as a private investigator. Niko warned Mel about Jada being part of a cult. Mel told Jada about Niko and the investigation.
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The Loudest Voice in the Room first look reveals Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes
Following the Showtime TCA panel, Blumhouse shared a first look photo of Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes in the upcoming limited series The Loudest Voice in the Room. Check out the full photo below of Crowe’s mind-blowing transformation!
Based on extensive reporting by Gabriel Sherman for his bestselling book, The Loudest Voice in the Room, the series stars Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind) in the title role and Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts as Gretchen Carlson. Sienna Miller (Layer Cake) will play former NBC news producer Elizabeth “Beth” Ailes. Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) will portray Brian Lewis, with Simon McBurney (The Theory of Everything) as Rupert Murdoch, and Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders) as Laurie Luhn.
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In today’s politically charged media landscape, no figure looms larger, even after his passing, than Roger Ailes, molding Fox News into a force that irrevocably changed the conversation about the highest levels of government. To understand the events that led to the rise of Donald Trump, one must understand Ailes. The upcoming limited series takes on that challenge, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while also touching on defining events in Ailes’ life, including an initial meeting with Richard Nixon on the set of The Mike Douglas Show that gave birth to Ailes’ political career and including the sexual harassment accusations and settlements that brought his Fox News reign to an end.
Told through multiple points of view, the limited series aims to shed light on the psychology that drives the political process from the top down. Sherman co-wrote the initial episode of the limited series with Oscar winner Tom McCarthy (Spotlight). For the primary source material, The Loudest Voice in the Room, Sherman interviewed more than 600 people.
Crowe also serves as an executive producer on the series. Emmy nominee Kari Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale) will direct the first two episodes.
The project is a co-production from Showtime and independent studio Blumhouse Television (Sharp Objects, The Normal Heart). In addition to Crowe, McCarthy will executive produce with Emmy winner Jason Blum and Alex Metcalf, as well as Marci Wiseman and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse Television and Liza Chasin (Darkest Hour) of 3dot Productions.
Bryan Cranston to star in Showtime limited series Your Honor
The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that six-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) will be returning to television for the upcoming Showtime political thriller Your Honor.
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The 10-episode limited series, coming from The Good Fight creators Robert and Michelle King and showrunner Peter Moffat (The Night Of), was originally ordered by the network in October 2017 and is set to explore the various levels of New Orleans society. Cranston is set to play a respected judge who engages in a game of lies, deceit and impossible choices following his son’s involvement in a hit-and-run.
“Peter, Michelle and Robert have crafted an original thriller with gut-wrenching suspense, raw emotion and moral complexity,” Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine said. “And we are simply ecstatic that Bryan Cranston, one of the planet’s finest actors, shares our enthusiasm and has agreed to play the lead. I can’t wait to shoot Your Honor and show it to the world!”
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Cranston is attached to executive produce the series alongside the Kings and Moffat, who will write multiple episodes including the pilot, and production is slated to premiere sometime this year in New Orleans.
Moffat has previously worked in primarily English television, with the first season of his acclaimed crime drama series Criminal Justice being developed for American audiences in the form of the HBO crime thriller The Night Of, which was nominated for 12 Emmys and won five, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for Riz Ahmed (Venom).
Cranston has made a name for himself in television for over two decades with minor roles on Seinfeld and The King of Queens before making it big with the acclaimed 2000 sitcom Malcolm in the Middle and returning with the 2008 crime drama Breaking Bad, which earned him four Emmys for his lead performance and is considered by most to be one of the greatest shows of all time.
Nintendo bringing Dr. Mario World to mobile phones this Summer
Nintendo is further expanding its reach in the realm of mobile games, revealing a new partnership with LINE Corporation to co-develop and jointly operate a new game for smart phones.
The title will be a new action puzzle game featuring Dr. Mario titled Dr. Mario World to be released by Nintendo. Dr. Mario World is targeting an early summer 2019 global release, including Japan and the United States.
The medicine-themed puzzle spin-off of the proper Mario series first debuted in 1990, giving players the task of removing viruses by matching them together. Dr. Mario hasn’t seen quite as many titles in its line-up as other Mario spin-offs like Mario Kart or Mario Tennis, with only seven titles released across its 28 year history. Most recently was Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure on Nintendo 3DS in 2015.
Nintendo has expanded into the realm of mobile titles in recent years, developing their own versions of some of their iconic franchises for smart phones. Available now for players is Super Mario Run, a version of the platformer for phones, plus Fire Emblem Heroes, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Dragalia Lost. Two other titles still in-development for mobile from Nintendo include Mario Kart Tour, set to arrive this summer, and a Legend of Zelda game which was announced in 2017.
February 2019 free games for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold
Sony and Microsoft have both announced the slate of February 2019 free games that will be available to subscribing PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold members.
PlayStation members will receive For Honor, the melee action game from Ubisoft featuring 18 different PvP maps. Members will also receive Hitman: The Complete First Season where players take on the role of Agent 47, the world’s ultimate assassin. PS4 games will be available until March 5, 2019.
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The PS Plus Lineup also includes Divekick and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for the PS3, as well as Gunhouse and Rogue Aces for the PS Vita. This month’s PS3 and PS Vita games will be available until March 8, 2019. Following this date, PS3 games and PS Vita games will no longer be offered as part of the PS Plus monthly lineup. Previously downloaded games will still be part of your PS Plus games library.
PlayStation VR fans will receive big discounts exclusively for PS Plus members. This includes 50% off Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Gold Edition, 25% off Borderlands 2 VR, and 20% off Astro Bot Rescue Mission. The sale ends on February 5. On top of the game announcements, in early February the cloud storage space will expand from 10GB to 100GB for PS Plus members. You can subscribe to PlayStation Plus via this link.
Xbox Live Gold members will receive four new free games — two on Xbox One and two on Xbox 360 — as part of the Games with Gold program. On Xbox One, Xbox Live Gold members can download Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon for free during the month of February. SUPER BOMBERMAN R will be available as a free download from February 16 to March 15.
On Xbox 360, starting February 1st, Assassin’s Creed Rogue will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through February 15. Then on February 16, Xbox Live Gold members can download Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy for free through February 28. You can subscribe to Xbox Live Gold via this link.
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s January 29 Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD column! As you can see, we’ve added a video player at the top highlighting this week’s releases, and you can find more detailed write-ups of different titles below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!
New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Reign of the Supermen
After Superman is put to rest, following his battle with Doomsday, his body is stolen from its tomb. As authorities investigate, new and completely different Supermen start appearing on the scene, making everyone wonder if Superman has been reincarnated, and if so, which of the new Supermen is the real Man-of-Steel?
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
In Disney’s reimagining of The Nutcracker, a mysterious gift from her mother launches Clara on a journey to four secret realms–where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.
Suspiria
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the troupe’s artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Hunter Killer
When an American submarine captain discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, he must assemble an elite group of Navy Seals to sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII.
Boy Erased
Boy Erased tells the courageous story of Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges), who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe).
The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
From the visionary mind of director Masaaki Yuasa comes an anime comedy about one epic night in Kyoto.
Slice (DVD)
In a spooky small town, when a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job, two daring survivors (Atlanta’s Zazie Beetz and Chance the Rapper in a wild film debut) set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree.
Criterion Corner
In the Heat of the Night
An African-American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town. Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger star in this 1967 classic.
Book Club
The Art and Making of Aquaman
Mike Avila’s book takes readers behind the scenes of the smash hit film based on the popular DC character. Featuring previously unseen photographs and breathtaking concept art, this book is a must-have for any fan. Witness the epic journey of Aquaman, a Super Hero who struggles to accept his heritage as undersea royalty in his first solo film.
Reissues
Waterworld
The most expensive film ever made at the time of its release, Waterworld has thrilled audiences through the years with its awe-inspiring action scenes, gargantuan maritime sets and ground-breaking special effects.
The Forbidden Photos Of A Lady Above Suspicion
Minou leads a pampered but dull life with her frequently absent husband, Peter. One night, while out walking on the beachfront, Minou is accosted by a mysterious blackmailer who informs her that Peter is a murderer. Driven by misplaced loyalty to her husband, Minou gives in to the blackmailer’s every perverted whim in exchange for his silence. But as the blackmailer ups the ante, demanding that she submit to his increasingly obscene demands, can Minou hold on to what little remains of her sanity?
Sarah T. Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Sarah Travis (Linda Blair) is an average teenager who is introduced to drinking alcohol at local parties. As a means of coping with problems in her life, most notably her parents’ divorce, Sarah starts to drink regularly and tries to keep her addiction a secret, even from her boyfriend (Mark Hamill). Eventually, Sarah’s increasingly severe drinking almost leads to tragedy, and she enters Alcoholics Anonymous, beginning an ongoing struggle to get sober and stay that way.
Screamers
The year is 2078. The man is rebel Alliance Commander Col. Joseph Hendrickson (Peter Weller), assigned to protect the Sirius 6B outpost from ravage and plunder at the hands of the New Economic Bloc. His state-of-the-art weaponry are known as Screamers; manmade killing devices programmed to eliminate all enemy life forms. Screamers travel underground; their intent to kill announced by piercing shrieks. They dissect their victims with precision, then eradicate all traces of the carnage. They are lethal. Effective. Tidy.
Bloody New Year
After finding themselves stranded on a remote island, a group of young friends discover that the only structure is an old hotel which seems inexplicably stuck in 1959 and, stranger still, has up Christmas and New Year’s decorations despite it being the middle of summer. As the youngsters take shelter for the evening, increasingly weird events begin to occur, as each of the hotel’s unexpected guests meets a gruesome fate…
New on Digital HD
Nobody’s Fool (exclusive deleted scene)
Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya (Haddish) looks to her buttoned-up sister Danica (Tika Sumpter) to get her life together. As these polar opposites hilariously collide, Tanya discovers that Danica’s picture-perfect life — including her online romance — may not be what it seems. With the aid of her eccentric mother (comedy legend Whoopi Goldberg), Tanya will do whatever it takes to help…even if it means completely blowing up her sister’s life! Check out our exclusive deleted scene below!
The Human Element (exclusive clip)
James Balog uses his camera to reveal how environmental change is affecting the lives of everyday Americans. Following the four classical elements— air, earth, fire and water— to frame his journey, Balog explores wildfires, hurricanes, sea level rise, coal mining, and the changes in the air we breathe. Check out our exclusive clip below!
An Affair to Die For (exclusive clip) (in theaters and VOD Feb 1)
When a couple’s infidelity is discovered, they must play a twisted game of survival with their captor to save their family members from being murdered. Their weekend getaway turns into a nightmare of psychological mind games, where they will do anything just to survive. Check out our exclusive clip below!
Piercing (in theaters and Digital HD February 1)
A man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute. Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska star.
TV on Blu-ray and DVD
Kidding: Season One (DVD)
Jim Carrey stars as Jeff, a kids TV host who pushes back against his show’s well-oiled machine in this acclaimed Showtime series.
Humans 3.0
In Series 3 of the hit sci-fi drama, a year has passed since the synths gained consciousness, but they’re fighting to survive in a world that hates and fears them.
The Game: The Complete Series (DVD)
A spin-off of Girlfriends (2000) featuring a group of women who all have relationships with professional football players.
Independent filmmaking’s favorite weirdo, Tilda Swinton is the pale, ghost-like Englishwoman that so many casting directors have flocked to in recent years. With nearly 100 acting credits to her name over the course of a career that has been going strong since the mid-80s, Swinton is currently one of cinema’s most valuable assets. She’s even managed to make her way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, somehow. While she might appear in bigger films from time to time, there’s no denying that filmmakers who allow Swinton to work in interesting roles end up with far greater end results. She’s not afraid to play someone old, someone young, someone human, or someone alien. Swinton’s range is impeccable and her talent immeasurable. Her filmography is proof enough.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Her second of multiple collaborations with Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton is almost completely unrecognizable in 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel. Starring in an important role as Madame D., Swinton is donned in prosthetics that completely transform her from a middle-aged woman to an elderly one. It’s one of the most absurd things she’s done so far… until Suspiria rolled around in 2018.
Moonrise Kingdom
Her first Wes Anderson film is actually somewhat normal. Swinton is playing a character referred to and credited as Social Services, showing up to take a look at both families of the young couple that runs away early on in the film so they can be together without judgment or interference. Her standard brown hair is replaced with high orange curls here, but she’s otherwise more or less herself here.
Adaptation.
From director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman, Adaptation. sees Tilda Swinton playing Valerie Thomas, a woman in Hollywood who bought the rights to hit nonfiction book The Orchid Thief who seeks out Kaufman to write a feature film adaption of the source material. Based on his real-life struggle to make something out of the book, Adaptation. follows Kaufman as he can’t help but insert himself into the story’s narrative in order to create something meaningful. Swinton’s key here, and it’s one of the first instances of her making a real impact on American audiences.
Isle of Dogs
Swinton’s third Anderson project, Isle of Dogs, utilizes nothing but the actress’s voice. It’s a stop-motion animated project in the same vein as Anderson’s 2009 hit Fantastic Mr. Fox, with Swinton playing a little dog named Oracle. It’s unlike anything she’s done before, but it ends up being a really funny part.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
A compelling and oftentimes hard-to-watch drama, We Need to Talk About Kevin features an all-time great performance from Swinton. She’s the mother of a troubled kid named Kevin, a child who grows increasingly concerning as he gets older. Whether it’s the things he says or the things he does, Kevin is a real risk to Swinton’s character and everyone around them. Swinton’s a total natural here, even if the film sometimes feels a bit flimsy.
Suspiria
Luca Guadagnino’s 2018 remake of the 1977 cult classic of the same name sees Swinton playing multiple roles instead of one. It’s something not uncommon for her — she has a dual performance later on in this list as well as in the Coen Brothers’ 2016 comedy Hail, Caesar! — but Suspiria takes it to a whole new level. She’s a chilling headmaster named Madame Blanc, a creepy old man named Dr. Joseph Klemperer, and a third (surprise!) role, as well. This movie might not be for everyone, but it’s worth it for these performances alone.
Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch and Tilda Swinton are kind of like a match made in heaven. He loves to examine humanity through his own poetic lens, often operating without interference from a major studio. Only Lovers Left Alive is a 2013 vampire-rock-comedy that costars Tom Hiddleston in addition to Tilda Swinton. It’s equal parts style and substance, due largely to the talent on-screen.
Orlando
Sally Potter is a filmmaker that often lays low — her movies are well-received, but they never manage to get the wide release they deserve. Still, they find an audience anyhow. Orlando, one of her earliest films, stars Swinton and Billy Zane in a period drama about a nobleman who is cursed to remain forever young by Queen Elizabeth I. It’s one of the more interesting films she’s done so far, with her performance surpassing everyone else’s in the film.
Okja
One of Netflix’s greatest original films, Okja sees Swinton playing twin sisters — both equally unpredictable and loony. Their names are Lucy and Nancy Mirando, and they want nothing but the worst for the lovable beast named Okja. It’s a touching monster movie with a heart, almost like E.T. and The Iron Giant rolled into one. Swinton’s doing her very best here and it really shows.
I Am Love
One of Suspiria director Luca Guadagnino’s earlier films, I Am Love, follows Tilda Swinton as Emma. She leaves Russia to go live with her husband in Italy, but her life still feels unfulfilling (despite being a powerful member of a powerful family). It’s a stunning film, and Swinton is part of why it feels so captivatingly bold and fresh.
