Archive for November, 2022

Tokyo Vice shows Japan’s violent underbelly

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

The TV adaptation of Jake Edelstein’s memoir, which lifted the lid on uncomfortable truths of Japanese society, took a long road to the screen.

Friendship and betrayal interrogated in Cold War spy drama

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

For three decades a debonair British journalist and intelligence agent, played by Guy Pearce, leaked secrets to the Soviets. Until an old MI6 friend paid a visit.

Downton Abbey star downsizes from castles to a bedsit

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Jessica Brown Findlay plays a skint twenty-something who shares a small London bedsit, including the bed, with a stranger.

Something his father said keeps Alfred Molina on screen for 50 years

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Alfred Molina can anchor an indie film and steal the show in a Hollywood blockbuster. In his latest show, Three Pines, he’s re-inventing the detective genre.

Mo Brings Plenty was about to quit acting, then came Yellowstone

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Taylor Sheridan’s hit series Yellowstone is not just an opportunity to bring Native American actors and stories to the fore, it’s about depicting a culture with authenticity and accuracy.

‘I’m still not interested’: Why Wil Anderson knocks back acting gigs

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

The comedian and TV presenter says he’s “never done a show enough times that I felt like I got it completely right”, but his latest, Wilogical, comes closest.

Tokyo Vice shows Japan’s violent underbelly

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

The TV adaptation of Jake Edelstein’s memoir, which lifted the lid on uncomfortable truths of Japanese society, took a long road to the screen.

Friendship and betrayal interrogated in Cold War spy drama

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

For three decades a debonair British journalist and intelligence agent, played by Guy Pearce, leaked secrets to the Soviets. Until an old MI6 friend paid a visit.

Downton Abbey star downsizes from castles to a bedsit

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Jessica Brown Findlay plays a skint twenty-something who shares a small London bedsit, including the bed, with a stranger.

Something his father said keeps Alfred Molina on screen for 50 years

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Alfred Molina can anchor an indie film and steal the show in a Hollywood blockbuster. In his latest show, Three Pines, he’s re-inventing the detective genre.