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105 shows, that's what. This is a peculiar obsession of ours because, apart from the handsome site Art of the Title, it gets precious little attention, interest, or coverage online. The awards aren't given out on air and sometimes they make terrible mistakes as to what's nominated or excluded (same as it ever was, in any category). Nevertheless we'd argue that title design is important, not just in the soulless connotations of "branding" but in its soulful counterpart "identity". A show's title sequence gives you just that (if it's good), setting the tone. We curse Netflix for letting you skip past opening titles if you're bingeing. To our way of thinking if you won't sit through the opening titles, you don't deserve the show...
Towleroad Jack O'Connell will star in Andrew Haigh's Alexander McQueen biopic. Good casting MTV Is Jon Hamm funny... when the punchline is always just, "Jon Hamm" Guardian Tom Hardy to play famous Antartica explorer in 1914 set film /Film Scott Derrickson says he wants to make a Doctor Strange sequel 'in the vein of The Dark Knight'. First the Inception inspired visuals than this? Someone take his Chris Nolan dvds away pronto! Tracking Board Catherine Keener joins Del Toro & Brolin for the Sicario sequel called Soldado The Talkhouse Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce sings the praise of...wait for it... John Travolta & Lily Tomlin in infamous Moment By Moment (1978)
Express Susan Sarandon in costume as Bette Davis for Feud Interview talks to rising star Alden Ehrenreich - great photoshoot too Comics Alliance shares concept art from Suicide Squad that wasn't used. Too colorful and fantastically gorgeous (Enchantress) - not grimy and ugly enough for Warner Bros / DC comic aesthetic! Nerds of Color grades the reviews for Doctor Strange on how they deal with the Swinton casting as The Ancient One i09Star Trek: Discovery just lost Bryan Fuller as its showrunner Variety Apparently Jude & Robert are going to make yet another Sherlock Holmes movie. Wasn't 2 enough? /Film Shaun The Sheep Movie is getting a sequel. Hopefully this one will have a less awkward title Coming Soon lots of photos from the set of Thor: Ragnarok as it wraps filming
Gay Gay Gay People Trevante Rhodes talks about playing gay in Moonlight (straight stars are getting much better at these interviews but one wishes gay actors could get a crack at some of these key gay roles) VarietyWill & Grace considering a possible TV revival after their election special reunion THR Sean Hayes apologizes for not coming out sooner while receiving a prize from OutFest Kenneth in the (212) Stonewall Fundraising Event gets help from icons like Cher, Madonna & Steve Nicks
TV Playbill Patti LuPone on joining Crazy Ex Girlfriend YouTube John Cleese recap of The Walking Dead's first six seasons - it's funny and I don't even watch the show Vulture reminds me why I don't watch the show by discussing its more exploitative qualities when it comes to the violence Fusion a great piece on the non-sexualized dude robots on Westworld
Just 4 Fun Gothamist best dog costumes at Halloween in Thompson Square Park including movie spoofs like Human Centipede, The Little Shop of Horrors, and Harry Potter Vulture remembering the best Celebrity Vines
I keep trying to get Team Experience to tell you what they're watching but they're weirdly shy about the small screen. But with the lines continually more blurred between screens we're trying to give television more room here. Nevertheless most of us do watch TV when we can squeeze it in between movies.
Here's a few of our favorite things from the past week's viewing...
Patricia Field & Jacqueline Demetrio, Costume Design of Younger Not since the glory days of Sex and the City has a show relied so beautifully on costumes (OK maybe Gossip Girl is up there, too) but in Younger they serve a purpose beyond aesthetics. Take for example the warrior-like costumes Miriam Shor's character wears, glittery armors, oversized jewelry and in one case a McQueen scarf that seemed to have the skulls of all her victims. That the very scarf was used by another character to reveal her weaknesses was pure brilliance. -Jose Solis
Gillian Anderson in The X-Files We may quibble with the overall quality of this protracted sequel season of The X-Files but we should never complain about having more Gillian Anderson in our lives. [More...]
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 9:20AM 
