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1 month, 2 weeks ago

7 movies and TV shows our entertainment team has queued up this Thanksgiving

LA Times

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who plans to have a lot of free time on their hands this weekend. — Maira Garcia ‘Hawkeye’ Set mostly in festive New York, “Hawkeye,” with Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner, embodies the season in a very Marvel Cinematic Universe way. If you’re looking to tiptoe into the holiday spirit before going …

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4 months ago

'Criminally underrated': Why My Brilliant Friend is one of the best shows on TV

BBC

'Criminally underrated': Why My Brilliant Friend is one of the best shows on TV HBO As the final season of the HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels begins this week, why has the show not received the plaudits – and the viewership – it deserves? Originally published between 2011 and 2015, the four books sparked "Ferrante fever", with millions …

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3 years, 3 months ago

The greatest TV series of the 21st Century: Who voted

BBC

The greatest TV series of the 21st Century: Who voted Efe Suárez/ BBC We polled 206 TV experts from around the world for their greatest TV series of the 21st Century, here are their votes in full. Six Feet Under Jennifer Keishin Armstrong – Freelance TV journalist 1. Friday Night Lights Toby Earle – Freelance TV journalist 1. Game of …

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4 years, 4 months ago

The remarkable cult of Elena Ferrante

BBC

The remarkable cult of Elena Ferrante A searing new novel by the mysterious author is as unflinching as her millions of fans have come to expect. Published on 1 September in English, it is the Italian writer’s first book in five years, and the first since the enormous success of My Brilliant Friend and her Neapolitan quartet of novels sparked …

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4 years, 7 months ago

A wave of complex young female central characters powers the TV season

LA Times

It wasn’t that long ago that “Murphy Brown” caught hell for its title character’s decision to raise a child on her own. It wasn’t that we saw him as a man we knew; we saw him as ourselves.” × Trailer for Hulu series “High Fidelity,” starring Zoë Kravitz. She’s Netflix’s next teen star For her new Netflix series “Never Have …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Emmy Nominations 2019: Biggest snubs, from The Deuce, My Brilliant Friend to One Day at a Time, Better Things

Firstpost

The 2019 Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Tuesday, and by now, TV nerds all over the world would have scoured through the nominations list looking for omissions to get angry about. The Deuce New York City turned into a regular Sodom and Gomorrah in this exceptionally well-crafted survey of ’70s excess, filtered through the stark lens of The …

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6 years, 1 month ago

How to spend a day in Elena Ferrante's Naples

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy When My Brilliant Friend hits TV screens, it’s not just main characters Elena Greco and Lila …

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6 years, 1 month ago

My Brilliant Friend, episode 1, review: ‘The Dolls’ gives Elena Ferrante’s novels a faithful, cinematic treatment

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Few books have captured the zeitgeist with …

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6 years, 4 months ago

Venice Film Festival 2018 round-up: Suspiria cast attend red-carpet premiere; Jacques Audiard condemns sexism