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Interview: Jenny Han on Bringing Her Writing to Life in ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’
The Summer I Turned Pretty has proven a huge streaming hit on Amazon Prime, garnering massive audiences for its third season, released earlier this year. The series follows Belly Conklin (Lola Tung) through her romantic and familial relationships. In conversation with Jenny Han, the bestselling author, creator, and co-showrunner of The Summer I Turned Pretty, […] More
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Interview: Inside the Epic World of ‘Dune: Prophecy’ with Production Designer Tom Meyer
Few franchises demand production design on the scale of Dune. The HBO Max prequel series, Dune: Prophecy expands on this massive worldbuilding with staggering ambition, and at the center of its visual identity is production designer Tom Meyer. Meyer and his team built worlds that have unique identities across different planets and those that inhabit […] More
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Interview: Jack Thorne Discusses Writing the ‘Why-dun-it” Approach to ‘Adolescence’
Few shows in recent memory have sparked the kind of conversation that Adolescence has. The four-part Netflix miniseries from creator and writer Jack Thorne, directed by Philip Barantini and starring Stephen Graham alongside breakout talent Owen Cooper, has been hailed as both a staggering technical achievement and a vital cultural inquiry. Shot entirely in a […] More
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Interview: ‘Deli Boys’ Showrunner Michelle Nader on Showcasing Philly Culture in the Crime Comedy
From her first read of Abdullah Saeed’s Deli Boys script, Michelle Nader knew she wanted to be a part of it. to the execution of the Philadelphia-set Hulu series, Nader shares how her personal ties to Philly shaped the show’s sense of place and tone. In our interview, Nader reflects on the collaborative spirit behind […] More
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Interview: Gabriel Luna on Stepping into a Larger Action and Emotional Register in Season Two of ‘The Last of Us’
After a highly-anticipated return for the series coming off a highly acclaimed Season 1, The Last of Us, created by Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, premiered its second season on April 13, 2025. The hit post-apocalyptic HBO series is set amidst the collapse of society caused by the ravaging cordyceps fungal infection that transforms its […] More
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Interview: Ann Foley and Evolving the Costume Design in ‘The Last of Us’ Season Two
The Last of Us, adapted from the Naughty Dog video game, has been one of the most intensely and articulately crafted TV series of the past few years. With Season 2 releasing in April of 2025, that level of craft continues. One element of the craft that has a huge impact on the storytelling is […] More
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Interview: Asif Ali and Saagar Shaikh in ‘Deli Boys’ and the One-of-a-Kind Crime Comedy
One of the most inventive new series of the year, Deli Boys, created by Abdullah Saeed, follows a Pakistani-American family whose criminal enterprise is put on life support after the untimely death of their millionaire patriarch, Baba. The series premiered on Hulu with ten episodes in March. At the center of the series is Asif […] More
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Interview: Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson Talk About the Creative Camaraderie Formed in ‘Nickel Boys’
The undeniable center of RaMell Ross’s powerful drama Nickel Boys is the relationship and chemistry between Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson). Ross’s decision to capture the story of their time at the brutal Nickel Academy in Jim Crow-era Florida through a first-person point-of-view presented a unique and exciting opportunity for the actors. In […] More
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Interview: RaMell Ross on ‘Nickel Boys’ and Defining Agency in Black Storytelling
Based on Colson Whitehead‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Nickel Boys offers a poignant and unflinching look at the harrowing experiences of two boys at a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. Director RaMell Ross, renowned for his Oscar-nominated documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018), brings his poetic sensibility and deep attunement with Black history […] More
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Before Emmy Gold 2024: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
The Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the 76th Emmy Awards features a significant presence of The Morning Show and Shōgun with three and two nominations, respectively. The category is filled out with one nomination for both The Crown and Slow Horses. The category has a mix of veterans (such as Jon Hamm […] More
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Interview: ‘Girls State’ Cinematographer Laura Hudock on Developing Trust Between Camera and Subject
If you’re familiar with the 2020 documentary Boys State, which followed a thousand teenage boys attending a summer political citizenship simulation, you’ll quickly understand the premise of its companion film Girls State from the same directors, Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine (interviewed here by Joey). Girls State (streaming on Apple TV+) works on a similar entry point, this time navigating a group of […] More
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Interview: Photographing 17th Century Japan with Shōgun Cinematographer Christopher Ross
With a rich legacy of source material stemming from James Clavell’s 1975 novel to the first screen adaptation as a historical drama miniseries in 1980, Shōgun is back with a new adaptation created by Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks. With a primarily Japanese cast and majority dialogue in the Japanese language, it became only the second non-English language series […] More












