The Reel: ‘Mindhunter’ Season 2: True crime with a social conscience
While Netflix’s “Mindhunter” is based in a time when serial killers were shocking and terrifying Americans, the second season of David Fincher’s true-crime drama feels especially topical and relevant ...
23 Elo 201926min
The Reel: Craig Mazin on 'Chernobyl' and the 'Cost of Lies'
From the very first line of dialogue, Craig Mazin makes clear that “Chernobyl” is far more than a dramatization of the 1986 nuclear meltdown in the USSR.Mazin, the creator and writer of the HBO minise...
16 Elo 201933min
The Reel: 'Succession’ on HBO Captures America’s New Gilded Age
HBO’s “Succession” wears its contempt for the billionaire class on its sleeve. Back for its second season, heroes are in short supply while an ensemble of entertainingly loathsome and amoral character...
9 Elo 201924min
The Reel: 'Can 'Hobbs & Shaw' expand the 'Fast and Furious' family business?'
"The Fast and the Furious" franchise had a humble beginning with muscle cars and sweat, and two guys in Los Angeles who found common ground. But the series long ago added an espionage element that too...
2 Elo 201928min
The Reel: Tarantino Gets Personal with 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood'
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Spoilers start at 15:08.With a title that suggests the opening of a child’s storybook, Quentin Tarantino revisits the Hollywood of 1969 and that summer night 50 years ago when mem...
26 Heinä 201933min
The Reel: 'The Farewell': Love, Lies, and Family Ties
‘The Farewell,’ a film about a Chinese American woman with an all-Asian cast and dialogue that is largely in Mandarin, has surpassed ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with the largest per-theater box office average...
19 Heinä 201925min
The Reel: 'Too Old to Die Young': Nicolas Winding Refn Pushes the Boundaries of TV
In a world of instant clicks and information on demand, director Nicolas Winding Refn took his time to tell the tale of 'Too Old to Die Young,' his new series on Amazon Prime. The Danish filmmaker — b...
12 Heinä 201928min
The Reel: An Ode to Michael Mann's 'Heat'
Michael Mann’s 1995 'Heat' has become the definitive LA crime film, but probably no one has done more lately to celebrate the epic tale of cops and robbers than a movie critic in Sydney, Australia.Sin...
5 Heinä 201925min
