Fargo Sees What the World Is Coming ToBy setting its new season in the waning days of 2019, the crime-thriller anthology series jars itself, and us, out of complacency.
A Cramped and Muted House of Blue LeavesLike its principal characters played by Ben Stiller, Edie Falco, and Jennifer Jason Leigh, this John Guare revival feels, for all its determination, caged in its own dreamworld.
Baumbach Is BackLike a blizzard in June, this unseasonable trailer stars no aliens, zombies, or superheroes. Instead, it announces upcoming Baumbach’s fall-film-fest-friendly feature, Margot at the Wedding. (See ya at the NY Film Fest!). And, yes, he’s back to strained family dynamics: two sisters (Nicole Kidman and Baumbach’s partner Jennifer Jason Leigh), one lovable-loser fiancé (Jack Black), and one floppy-haired son who has a Graduate-esque moment at the bottom of a pool.
in other news
The Most Misguided Reaction to September 11 (Since Invading Iraq)Presented without further comment from this week’s Entertainment Weekly, about the forthcoming Die Hard 4:
When Bruce Willis and his longtime producing partner, Arnold Rifkin, were marooned in Manhattan on September 11, the two took a somber walk down a muted Park Avenue. Along the way, a young fan spotted Willis and shouted, “Where is John McClane when you need him?!” “What I realized,” says Rifkin, “is people wanted to see John McClane again.”
— Ben Mathis-Lilley
