Sundance review: 'Am I OK?'
►"A tender, gently funny portrait of a friendship in flux." THR critic
Angie Han reviews Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne's
Am I OK? Starring Dakota Johnson, the dramedy centers around a woman who reveals she's gay just as her best friend prepares to move abroad.
The review. —
"The Disney name makes the film's arguments all the more compelling." THR's Frank Scheck reviews
The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales. Abigail Disney bites the hand that feeds her by exploring the way Disney and other large corporations treat their employees in this documentary co-directed with Kathleen Hughes.
The review. —
"A nail-biting crime pic strongly rooted in debtor-class realism." THR's John DeFore reviews John Patton Ford's
Emily the Criminal. The filmmaker's debut feature stars Aubrey Plaza as a debt-saddled woman drawn into a life of crime.
The review. —
"A slightly above-average genre spin." THR's chief TV critic
Dan Fienberg reviews ABC's
Promised Land. Creator Matt Lopez attempts to explore the American Dream and give
Dallas or
Dynasty a Latino spin in this vineyard-set primetime soap.
The review. In other news... —Sundance review: Margaret Brown's
Descendant —Sundance review: Reid Davenport's
I Didn’t See You There —Sundance review: Carlota Pereda's
Piggy (
Cerdita)
—NBCUniversal
plans to return to Radio City Music Hall for 2022 Upfront pitch —
Independence Day’s
Dean Devlin sets space drama at Syfy —Missing-girl drama
Saint X lands series order at Hulu —Podcast Academy
sets date for in-person Ambie Awards ceremony —
Vachik Mangassarian, veteran character actor, dies at 78
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Martine Colette, founder of Wildlife Waystation, dies at 79
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Sergei Rakhlin, longtime HFPA member, dies at 78
What else we're reading... —Facebook internal docs show the company is charging the some of world’s poorest people to get online, despite free plans [
WSJ]
—Stephen Sondheim leaves rights to his works to a trust [
NYT]
—Mikael Wood's interview with Damon Albarn that has had the internet talking and annoyed all the Swifties [
LAT]
—Jason Heller on how Meat Loaf owned the power ballad [
The Atlantic]
—From Billy Elliot to Spider-Man: How Tom Holland won the world’s heart [
Guardian]
Today... ...in 1970, Robert Altman’s R-rated
M*A*S*H premiered in New York, breaking a single-day house record at the time for the Baronet Theatre with $6,660 in receipts. The film earned five nominations at the 43rd Academy Awards, winning one for Ring Lardner Jr. for his screenplay.
The original review. Today's birthdays: Ariana DeBose (31), Alicia Keys (41), Diane Salinger (71),
Olivier Assayas (67), Don Mancini (59), Whit Stillman (70), Mia Kirshner (47), Tati Gabrielle (26), Christine Lakin (43), Jenifer Lewis (65), Toni Servillo (63), Stephen Chbosky (52), Claudia Kim (37), Dinah Manoff (66)