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Acorn TV’s “Darby & Joan” returns with a new episode on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 3:01 Am Est. This fourth installment of the second season finds the unlikely duo of Greta Scacchi’s widowed nurse, Joan, and Bryan Brown’s retired detective, Jack, embroiled in a new outback mystery. This time, it’s a winery fire that […]

“Darby & Joan” Investigate Winery Fire in New Episode...

The Acorn TV exclusive cozy mystery series Darby and Joan returned for its long-awaited second season in late 2024, but will the show get a third season soon? Debuting back in 2022 (and created by Phillip Gwynne and Glenys Rowe), the series concerns a recent widow named Joan (Greta Scacchi) who goes on a soul-searching trip to Australia following the death of her husband. While on her expedition, she runs across former detective Jack Darby (Bryan Brown), and the unlikely duo soon find themselves on the trail of intriguing mysteries as they explore the countryside, and their own pasts, together.

While it's not the only mystery series on the underrated streaming service, Acorn TV, Darby and Joan is unique because it's as much about the weekly mysteries as it is about the main characters. Season 1 put the focus on Joan's search for answers regarding her late husband, and with that story largely wrapped,...

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in January 2025. The Acorn TV January 25 slate adds to the service’s various acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The January schedule includes The Catch, Darby and Joan Season 2, The Gone, The Graham Norton Show, and more.

Darby and Joan Season 2 Acorn TV January 2025 Highlights

Darby and Joan Season 2 (Acorn TV Original Series) – New Episodes Every Monday Until Season Finale on January 27

A year after their lives collided on an outback road, retired Australian detective Jack Darby (Emmy-nominee Bryan Brown) and English widowed nurse Joan Kirkhope (Emmy-winner Greta Scacchi) have forged a deep friendship amid shared investigative adventures. But Jack’s story has only just begun – he’s determined to clear his name of the unexplained cloud hanging over his career.

Despite the potential danger – or perhaps because of it...

Stephen King‘s short story Autopsy Room Four was first published in the 1997 collection Six Stories – which, fitting for the title, did indeed contain six stories. That book was limited to just 1100 copies, but thankfully King ended up putting all six of the stories into different collections over the years. Autopsy Room Four was also included in the 1997 anthology Robert Bloch’s Psychos before making its way into the 2002 King collection Everything’s Eventual. In 2006, the story was adapted for the screen as an episode of the TNT King mini-series Nightmares and Dreamscapes… and now, Deadline reports that a feature film adaptation is in the works.

King has given the greenlight for the new adaptation, which is being produced by Jon Levin, who was previously an executive producer on Netflix’s King adaptation In the Tall Grass. The film will be written and directed by Ranjeet S. Marwa, whose credits include Ballistic,...

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Juror #2 is a legal thriller drama film directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Jonathan Abrams. The 2024 film follows Justin Kemp, an ordinary member who is called upon to serve as a jury member in a murder case. However, when he realizes that the suspect is not really the murderer, he tries to sway the jury without telling anyone the truth without anyone finding out the truth, because if it comes out, it will destroy his life. Juror #2 stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso, Zoey Deutch, and Cedric Yarbrough. So, if you loved the thrilling courtroom drama, intense twists, and compelling characters in Juror #2, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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12 Angry Men is a legal thriller drama film directed by Sidney Lumet...

Sean Penn recently attended the red carpet of the Marrakech International Film Festival with his girlfriend, actress Valeria Nicov. Penn has been linked to Nicov since September of this year, with the 34-year age difference being a huge topic of conversation. This is his first relationship since his divorce from actress Leila George.

Penn has been married thrice in his life, with his most recent being to the Australian actress. While they reportedly had a Covid wedding in 2020, George filed for divorce soon after in 2021, which was finalized in 2022. Penn admitted in an interview that he was a neglectful husband and that he messed up the marriage.

Sean Penn Admitted Why His Marriage With Leila George Ended After Only A Year Sean Penn in Mystic River | Credits: Warner Bros.

After Madonna and Robin Wright, Sean Penn had his third shot at marriage with Australian actress Leila George. She is reportedly...

AMC Networks streaming service Acorn TV today revealed the official trailer for season two of the hit mystery drama Darby and Joan, starring Emmy-nominees Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi. The new season debuts with a two-episode premiere on Acorn TV on December 30, followed by weekly episodes through January 27.

A year after their lives collided on an outback road, retired Australian detective Jack Darby (Brown) and English widowed nurse Joan Kirkhope (Scacchi) have forged a deep friendship amid shared investigative adventures. But Jack’s story has only just begun – he’s determined to clear his name of the unexplained cloud hanging over his career.

Despite the potential danger – or perhaps because of it – Joan insists on helping Jack with his quest. As they travel through Queensland’s picturesque landscapes solving mysteries along the way, Jack and Joan’s relationship with be tested. An escapist adventure where a new mystery awaits around every bend in the road,...

Acorn TV subscribers, clear your calendars: Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi return as the unlikely detective duo in “Darby and Joan” Season 2, premiering December 30, 2024. This season, their nomadic existence across the Australian outback takes a turn for the complicated, as Jack Darby finds himself grappling with a past professional scandal. Naturally, Joan […]

Darby and Joan Season 2: Trailer Released, Premiere Date Set for December 30 on Acorn TV...

Acorn TV has announced the titles that will be available on the AMC-owned streaming service in December 2024. The Acorn TV December 2024 slate adds to the service’s various acclaimed English and foreign-language dramas, engaging comedies, documentaries, and more.

The December schedule includes The Chelsea Detective Season 3 Christmas special, Dalgliesh Season 3, Darby and Joan Season 2, and more.

Dalgliesh Season 3 Acorn TV December 2024 Highlights

Dalgliesh Season 3 (Acorn TV Original Series) – The New Season Premieres Monday, December 2; Two Episodes Premiere Every Monday Until the Season Finale on December 16

Based on three of the novels from P.D. James’ bestselling murder mystery series, “Adam Dalgliesh Mystery,” with Bertie Carvel reprising his role as the enigmatic titular investigator.

Season 3 is made up of three distinct mysteries, each two episodes long — set in 1979 on the cusp of Margaret Thatcher’s victory and sees Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Carvel) take on three highly sensitive cases – from a...

There is something indelibly appealing about Greek mythology movies, from classics like Spartacus to more recent fare like Troy (2004). Incorporating imaginative elements into the sincerity of religion, they are magical realism of the highest order, wherein humans coexist with monsters. The gods were as flawed as humans, making them relatable. They were vain and vengeful, inviting convoluted and operatic drama. Further, Angient Greek civilization was a highpoint of ancient civilization. Their grandiose stories and lives will perpetuate them in eternity - a point proven by how epic in scale so many timeless movies based on Ancient Greek myths are.

Many modern storytelling tropes can be traced to ancient Greek mythology; from the epic journey of Odysseus to the fable of Orpheus and Eurydice, themes of tragedy, triumph, love, and loss are common in these ancient tales. They've proven to be fertile grounds for Hollywood. Not every big-budget interpretation of Greek mythology has succeeded,...

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Time travel is one of the most popular sub-genres in films and TV shows. Both fantasy and sci-fi genre fans are probably already in love with time travel content. The most compelling thing about time is that it can used in various ways from time loop stories like Groundhog Day and changing the past stories like Terminator. So, we thought of compiling a list of all the best time travel shows on Netflix you should check out.

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Travelers is a sci-fi thriller drama series created by Brad Wright. The Netflix series follows the story of a group of people who send their consciousness back in time to the 21st century in other people’s bodies from a post-apocalyptic world so that they can save the world from a terrible future. Travelers stars Eric McCormack, Reilly Dolman,...

Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey are foundational works of Western literature, yet they are seldom adapted for the screen today. The Iliad was last made into a mainstream Hollywood blockbuster in 2004’s “Troy.” But you must go back to 1954 to find an equivalent for The Odyssey in “Ulysses” starring Kirk Douglas. Since then, The Odyssey has had some notable television adaptations: 1968’s Italian production “Odissea” (with Bekim Fehmiu and Irene Papas), 1997’s American production “The Odyssey” and 2013’s French production “Odysseus”.

Continue reading ‘The Return’ Review: Ralph Fiennes & Juliette Binoche Lead Deeply Satisfying Retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey [TIFF] at The Playlist.

Plot: Acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others. When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets. As Catherine races to uncover the writer’s true identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys both her own life and her relationships with her husband Robert and their son Nicholas.

Review: Grief can make someone do terrible things, with revenge at the top of the list. While vengeance in the form of violent retribution has made for more entertaining cinematic experiences, there is something to be said for subtly destroying an adversary through slow, psychological torture. Alfonso Cuaron’s series Disclaimer is a brutal examination of the fallout of bad choices and how getting away with something can come back to haunt you decades later.

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Gianna with Valeria Golino as Pupa in Ginevra Elkann’s Open Roads: New Italian Cinema highlight I Told You So (Te l’Avevo Detto)

Ginevra Elkann’s I Told You So (Te l’Avevo Detto), starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Valeria Golino, Alba Rohrwacher, Riccardo Scamarcio, Greta Scacchi, and Danny Huston was a highlight of the 23rd edition of Cinecittà and Film at Lincoln Center’s Open Roads: New Italian Cinema in New York. The first time I spoke with Ginevra Elkann was at the Istituto Luce Cinecittà opening night reception for The Wonders: Alice and Alba Rohrwacher at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2019. It was for her début feature Magari, also shot by Vladan Radovic.

Ginevra Elkann with Anne-Katrin Titze on Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: “She’s an incredible actress and very funny”

On the morning of the Italian Cultural Institute New York and Cinecittà...

Hillbilly Elegy features a star-studded cast including Amy Adams and Glenn Close. The main actors in Hillbilly Elegy have all been in many great projects over the years; The cast of Hillbilly Elegy has plenty of other movies that received much better reviews than the 2020 film.

Ron Howard's film Hillbilly Elegy has faced some controversy since its release in 2020, but its star-studded cast remains notable, and their other movies are certainly worth the watch. Hillbilly Elegy follows the true story of J.D. Vance's Appalachian childhood, alongside his wise grandmother and his addicted mother. Though the film's message has been brought into question, the cast led by Amy Adams and Glenn Close has been singled out as one of the film's undoubted strong suits.

Hillbilly Elegy's cast includes many big stars and relative newcomers. Amy Adams and Glenn Close are the most familiar faces, and therefore, take on the most pivotal roles.

We are a country obsessed with reboots. Refashioning tired narratives into something that ideally becomes new in its retelling. Or, perhaps, just makes studio executives more money. We after all must endure an endless return of Marvel and DC characters, adaptations of adaptations, until everything feels like a shitty copy of a copy, rasterized, and remade until the sign and signifier barely have any resemblance.

But which stories do we reboot and why? Which narratives deserve a second look? And of all of them, and in this economy, why was it Presumed Innocent,...

Apple TV+ is so thrilled with the performance of its new legal drama Presumed Innocent that it is renewing the Jake Gyllenhaal-led thriller for another season. Some creative forces behind the first season, David E. Kelly, J.J. Abrams, and Gyllenhaal, return as executive producers for Presumed Innocent Season 2, with author Scott Turow co-executive producing. Wait. Isn’t Presumed Innocent a one-and-done story? Not when money is waiting in the wings, my friends!

Presumed Innocent debuted on Apple TV+ one month ago and has been tearing up the charts since then. It’s the most-viewed drama ever on Apple TV+, with the final two episodes arriving on July 17 and July 24. While the story of Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich and Ruth Negga’s Barbara Sabitch is concluded, Presumed Innocent Season 2 will revolve “around a suspenseful, brand new case.” Apple won’t reveal casting for some time, though it’s possible characters...

Attorney-turned-selling novelist Scott Turow made the cover of Time magazine the summer of 1990 describing him as the “Bard of the Litigious Age.” And 34 years later, the 75-year-old still is. Over the past four decades, Turow has written 13 works of fiction which have been translated into 40 languages and have sold more than 30 million copies. Several have been transformed into miniseries and TV movies.

In fact, Hollywood filmmakers were salivating in 1987 for the rights to Turow’s first novel, “Presumed Innocent,” a clever, sexy murder mystery with twists and turns that would baffle even Columbo, about a prosecutor accused of murdering the attractive colleague with whom he had been romantically involved “It began a sort of Hollywood frenzy,” Turow told me in a 1992 L.A. Times interview. “It was one weekend’s madness.” And for good reason, the novel spent 44 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and another five months on the paperback charts.

Jake Gyllenhaal is an attorney accused of murder in the Apple TV+ limited series “Presumed Innocent,” which is based on the Scott Turow novel.

Here’s who plays who in the rest of the cast and where you might have seen the cast before. Where appropriate, we’ve also listed who played the character in the 1990 movie that starred Harrison Ford, but not all the characters in the series line up with those in the movie.

The first two episodes premiered on June 12 and subsequent episodes debut on Wednesdays through July 24.

Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich Jake Gyllenhaal as Rusty Sabich in “Presumed Innocent” (Credit: Apple)

The “Zodiac” star plays Chicago prosecutor Rusty Sabich, who is accused of the brutal murder of his mistress Carolyn Polhemus who was also his colleague. Gyllenhaal recently starred in the “Road House” remake and will return for its sequel. In the 1990 movie, Harrison Ford played this role.

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Presumed Innocent on Apple TV+!

Jake Gyllenhaal plays a different, angrier Rusty in AppleTV+'s adaptation of Presumed Innocent than in the original novel. Barbara Sabich, Rusty's wife, framed him for Carolyn's murder in the 1987 novel, changing the case's outcome. Jake Gyllenhaal's Rusty faces a different trial with new twists, including a brand-new suspect not in the original novel.

AppleTV+'s Presumed Innocent is an adaptation of Scott Turow's 1987 novel, so reading it could solve the case of who killed Carolyn Polhemus (Renata Reinsve). Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as hotshot prosecutor Rusty Sabich, Presumed Innocent is a modern retelling of Scott Turow's story of lust, murder, and betrayal. When his former mistress, Carolyn Polhemus is found murdered, prosecutor Rusty Sabich finds himself on trial for his life. In the novel, the question of Rusty's guilt took a backseat to a larger story about the ways that...

Presumed Innocent, a novel published in 1987 by lawyer-turned-author Scott Turow, came from a specific era of popular fiction about the law, which prefigured John Grisham's massive run not long after.

Grisham's novels featured heroic lawyers against mobsters, Klansmen, and other bad guys.

Turow's most popular novel, on the other hand, was the much less heroic story of a prosecuting attorney accused of murdering a fellow lawyer, a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair.

Just as Grisham's novels The Firm, A Time to Kill, and The Pelican Brief drew considerable interest from Hollywood, Turow's novel Presumed Innocent was made into a movie in 1990, directed by Alan J. Pakula (All the President's Men).

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The movie closely followed the template of Michael Douglas' movies from that era (most notably Fatal Attraction), about a man having an affair and suffering major consequences,...

Johnny Depp’s Last 10 Films At The Box Office. (Photo Credit – YouTube)

A very happy birthday to our Hollywood superstar – Johnny Depp, who’s been through thick and thin but never gave up. He was at the peak of his career when his ex-wife, Amber Heard, accused him of domestic violence. It was inevitable for his career to suffer a fall, and it did! And it’s not us, but the box office numbers are proving so! Scroll below for a detailed analysis.

Many wouldn’t know, but Depp has always wanted to be a renowned musician. He began his acting career as a means to pay his bills. 21 Jump Street, Edward Scissorhands, and A Nightmare on Elm Street were some of the films that brought him immense fame. But the real game-changer was Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

Johnny Depp is an undisputed superstar today.

Exclusive: Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi are back for more adventures in the Australian outback after Darby and Joan was renewed for a second season by Acorn TV.

The AMC Networks-owned streamer will filming the second season of the show later this year in Australia.

Darby and Joan stars Cocktail star Brown and War and Peace’s Scacchi as former cop Jack Darby and English nurse Joan Kirkhope, respectively, who collide in the Australian outback and become entangled in a string of intriguing mysteries. Forming an unlikely investigative duo, they quickly realise the greatest mystery they face is each other.

Season two finds Jack and Joan on the hunt for the one person Jack believes can reveal the truth about his mysterious past. Jack and Joan soon realize they aren’t alone on this journey and their quest becomes a race against time. But can they really find the truth after all these years?...

Apple TV+ has now released the new tense trailer for Presumed Innocent, the limited series coming to the streaming service courtesy of David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams. The legal drama has Jake Gyllenhaal in for the fight of his life as he defends himself from allegations of murdering a peer with whom he shared a complicated entanglement. It doesn’t look good for Gyllenhaal’s character, as a plethora of evidence is working against him, and he can only continually profess his innocence.

The official synopsis reads,

“Gyllenhaal is set to star as Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor whose world is upended when a close colleague is murdered — and the evidence begins to point to Rusty himself. The role would be his first ongoing part in a TV series. Presumed Innocent was previously adapted for a 1990 feature film that starred Harrison Ford as Sabich, along with Bonnie Bedelia and Raul Julia.

In Apple TV+’s upcoming limited series, Jake Gyllenhaal hopes to be Presumed Innocent and not proven guilty.

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name by Scott Turow — which of course previously begat the 1990 Harrison Ford/Greta Scacchi/Bonnie Bedelia film — the eight-episode series covers a horrific murder that upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney’s office when chief deputy prosecutor Rusty Sabich (played by Gyllenhaal) is suspected of the crime. “The series explores obsession, sex, politics, and the power and limits of love, as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together,” reads its official description.

Mike Figgis has been shooting a behind-the-scenes documentary for the past 18 months about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. It’s called Megadoc.

Figgis told me Monday that it’s been edited but there’s allowance for the fact that the film played in competition here at the Cannes Film Festival. He recorded an interview with the cinema titan the other day.

Figgis, who was introduced into the Coppola clan back in the mid 1990s after directing Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas, told me that the documentary is “very much a fly-on-the-wall” and also features conversations with various cast members — Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Dustin Hoffman, Shia Labeouf — and Coppola’s wife Eleanor Coppola, who shot the footage and directed her own study of her husband’s work for the acclaimed Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, about the making of 1979s Apocalypse Now.

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In Apple’s Presumed Innocent teaser trailer, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Rusty Sabich paints with a broad brush, making adultery sound like a fairytale in which the wolf wins, and love conquers all. Anyone who discovers their spouse leading a double life will tell you differently, and Rusty’s about to find out what it feels like when the wool gets pulled over his eyes. Today, Apple TV+ dropped a steamy and intense-looking teaser for Presumed Innocent, the limited series coming to the streaming service courtesy of David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams.

Here’s the official synopsis for Presumed Innocent:

“Gyllenhaal is set to star as Rusty Sabich, a prosecutor whose world is upended when a close colleague is murdered — and the evidence begins to point to Rusty himself. The role would be his first ongoing part in a TV series. Presumed Innocent was previously adapted for a 1990 feature...

Presumed Innocent is headed to Apple TV+. The streaming service announced a new premiere date for the new thriller series with the release of two first-look photos.

Jake Gyllenhaal (above), Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Elizabeth Marvel, Peter Sarsgaard, O-t Fagbenle, and Renate Reinsve star in the eight-episode limited series, which is based on the Scott Turow novel of the same name. The drama was ordered by the streaming service in February 2022.

The book was previously adapted for a 1990 feature film that stars Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, and Greta Scacchi.

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Order in the court! The Apple TV+ series Presumed Innocent, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Negga, will arrive on the streaming platform earlier than anticipated. Previously scheduled for its premiere on June 14, the courtroom thriller comes to Apple TV+ on June 12. Inspired by the Alan J. Pakula-directed thriller of the same name, the original film starred Harrison Ford, Raul Julia, and Greta Scacchi. The newest version of Presumed Innocent hails from David E. Kelley and J.J. Abrams, with Gyllenhaal and Negga commanding the drama.

Presumed Innocent revolves around a vicious murder that sends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorneys’ office reeling when one of their representatives becomes a suspect in the crime. Kelley’s version is said to investigate themes of obsession, sex, politics, and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to keep aspects of their life from falling apart.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Rusty Sabich in the new series,...

To celebrate the release of Darby and Joan on DVD and digital release on 26 February 2024, courtesy of Acorn Media International, we are giving away DVDs to 2 lucky winners!

Two Hollywood greats, Emmy® award-winning Greta Scacchi and Emmy® nominated Bryan Brown (Cocktail), team up in the hugely entertaining Darby and Joan. This warm and witty mystery series follows two unlikely strangers whose lives unexpectedly collide and embark on the adventure of a lifetime as they hit the Australian open roads for a sunny sleuthing escapade.

Retired Australian homicide detective Jack Darby (Brown) has taken to the open road with his dog, Diesel, to flee his past, while recently widowed English nurse Joan Kirkhope (Scacchi) is on a reluctant pilgrimage to find answers about her husband’s mysterious death.

They couldn’t be more different – the low-key, ruggedly charming Aussie and the tightly wound yet warm, witty and determined Englishwoman – so when...

Veteran British actor known for his many and varied film, TV and stage roles in a career that spanned more than 70 years

There was something grand, large, embracing about the actor Joss Ackland, who has died aged 95. He was a fixture in British films for several decades and a stalwart of the Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company – he played Falstaff in the opening RSC production of Henry IV, Parts One and Two, in the new Barbican Centre in 1982 – and the West End stage.

He appeared in more than 100 films, and countless TV plays and series, usually, in later years, white-haired and bearded, but always with energy and force, whether as the cuckolded husband, Jock Delves Broughton, in Michael Radford’s White Mischief (1987) with Greta Scacchi and Charles Dance, or as the drug-running heavy in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

There’s often been unfair snobbery about the films of Merchant Ivory, the production banner founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, which gives Stephen Soucy’s entertaining documentary study its title. The British costume drama was widely considered a wheezing genre — fusty, middlebrow and too calcified in its literary sources to acquire much cinematic vitality — when A Room with a View came along in 1986 and became a global art-house crossover hit. At their best, notably in Howards End and Remains of the Day, Merchant Ivory’s films stand the test of time as influential works that removed the starch from the stodgy period piece.

Contemporaries reductively dismissed their output as “Laura Ashley filmmaking,” referencing the design firm known for its pretty Romantic Victorian inspirations. But Merchant Ivory did more than anyone from the mid-1980s to the early ‘90s to popularize and legitimize the thematically and emotionally rich costume drama.

The actor on 80s stardom, growing Tuscan veg in Sussex and why theatre remains her sacred space

Greta Scacchi, 63, is an Emmy award-winning actor. Born in Milan, Italy, she spent her childhood in England and two years of her teens in Australia, where she began working in theatre. Her films include White Mischief, The Player and Emma, and she can currently be seen in the TV series Bodies and recent film Run Rabbit Run (with Succession’s Sarah Snook), both on Netflix. Scacchi is about to play Mrs Hardcastle in a 1930s-style update of Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer at the Orange Tree theatre, Richmond.

She Stoops to Conquer’s Mrs Hardcastle is one of theatre’s best-known older female characters – flamboyant, mercenary, funny and vulnerable. What drew you to her?

I remembered the play from my first year at drama school when I was 18. You wouldn’t have...

Upcoming titles handled by Embankment, Protagonist, Goodfellas and Studiocanal to receive a share of production funding.

Screen Australia is to allocate more than Aud$10m ($6.4m) of production funding to a raft of upcoming film and TV projects.

The national screen body will support six features including Sophie Hyde’s An Ideal Woman, starring Emilia Clarke; Dario Russo’s The Fox, starring Jai Courtney and from the producers of horror hit Talk to Me; and Charles Williams’ Inside, starring Guy Pearce. Further films to receive a share of the funding include David Vincent Smith drama He Ain’t Heavy, John Sheedy...

Evan Peters and his “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” co-star Niecy Nash-Betts are currently the odds-on favorites to take home the Emmys for Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor and Best Limited Series/TV Movie Supporting Actress, respectively. If both prevail in January, “Dahmer” will join a very small group of programs that have bagged both prizes.

Since the limited series/TV movie supporting acting categories were created in 1975, only four programs have won both awards. The first to do it was the telefilm “The Promise” (1986), which racked up victories for James Woods in lead and Piper Laurie in supporting. It was followed by another TV movie, 1996’s “Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny” (Alan Rickman and Greta Scacchi), and the two-part miniseries “George Wallace” in 1998 (Gary Sinise and Mare Winningham).

Rounding out the quartet is another miniseries, “Angels in America,” which triumphed for Al Pacino in lead and...

Leila George, known for her personal life, is also an up-and-coming actress who studied acting and performing arts at various institutions. George gained recognition for playing a younger version of Ellen Barkin's character in the crime drama Animal Kingdom, expanding the character's backstory and showcasing her acting skills. Besides Animal Kingdom, George has appeared in other films and has upcoming projects, including a movie with Willem Dafoe, cementing her status as a rising star.

Leila George is most known for her personal life from being married to actor Sean Penn, but George is an up-and-coming actress herself. Born in Australia, George studied acting and other performing arts at a range of educational institutions including Sydney Film School and Lee Strasberg Institute. George's interest in acting makes sense, as her mother is actress Greta Scacchi and her father is famous director and Daredevil actor Vincent D'Onofrio who has also appeared in Men in Black,...

The Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday revealed the 10 titles in its Platform program, a sidebar that will tee off with A24’s Kristoffer Borgli comedy Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage. This year’s Platform includes movies from 12 countries across three continents, all of which are making their world premiere at TIFF, which this year runs from September 7-17.

In addition, the fest today unveiled this year’s Platform jury, which includes Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins as chair; Cannes Jury Prize–winning director, writer, and actor Nadine Labaki; and 2022 Platform Prize–winning filmmaker Anthony Shim.

The Platform program, going into its eighth year, is curated for its bold directorial visions. The movies in the 2023 program are eligible for the Platform Prize, an award of CA$20,000 selected by the in-person international jury.

Barry Jenkins

“I am delighted to announce that we have an international dream jury with acclaimed filmmakers Barry Jenkins, Nadine Labaki,...

This weekend, Netflix will welcome a psychological horror movie, the third season of a popular fantasy TV series, and an animated movie based on a graphic novel. Last weekend, the streaming giant added to its catalog the animated movie My Little Pony: The Movie, season 6 of Bunk’d, the Indian romantic comedies 90Ml and Namo Venkatesa, season 2 of The UnXplained with William Shatner, the Nollywood drama Ijakumo: The Born Again Stripper, and the documentary On the Line: The Richard Williams Story. In addition to that, Netflix brought the documentary Take Care of Maya, the comedy-drama TV series Glamorous, and the rom-com The Perfect Find.

This weekend, and as it does on the first days of each month, Netflix will add a long list of titles to its catalog of licensed content, most notably the biopic The Imitation Game, Alex Garland’s Annihilation, the superhero movie Kick-Ass, the comedies Bridesmaids, Liar Liar,...

Admit it: You would totally want to watch Shiv from Succession go toe to toe with a supernatural bad bunny.

That’s how Run Rabbit Run sells itself initially, or at least it’s the general direction that this Australian horror film points you toward. You’ve got Sarah Snook, a strong contender among many for the Most Valuable Player of HBO’s hit show, playing a single mother — also named Sarah — who’s already a little edgy when we meet her. And you’ve got a mysterious rabbit that shows up on her doorstep,...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains major spoilers for the movie Run Rabbit Run.

Though the movie started with an interesting premise, the ending of Run Rabbit Run has a number of confusing and ambiguous elements that require some explanation. Run Rabbit Run is an Australian psychological thriller movie that debuted on Netflix. The film follows a fertility doctor named Sarah (Sarah Snook) and her daughter Mia (Lily Latorre). At the beginning of the film, Sarah's father passes away which causes Sarah and Mia grief. Shortly after his passing, Mia begins exhibiting abnormal behaviors including keeping a stray rabbit, talking about her grandmother who she's never met, and asking questions about Sarah's past. These behaviors remind Sarah of her sister Alice (D'Arcy Carty) who supposedly went missing as a child.

Mia's behaviors escalate further in Run Rabbit Run when she starts calling herself Alice, saying Sarah isn't her mom, and claiming...

It’s the final week of June and we’re looking forward to the long Fourth of July Weekend, which means you can expect a relative slow down on the news and new release front this next week. But that doesn’t mean we’re not getting any new horror movies the next few days…

Here’s all the new horror releasing June 27 – July 2, 2023!

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The star of Rob Zombie’s 31 and last year’s Barbarian, Richard Brake is back to deliver another scene-stealing performance in The Gates, an Irish horror movie released this week.

The Gates opened up on VOD and Digital platforms today, June 27.

In the film, “A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in,...

The Australian psychological horror movie Run Rabbit Run features a cast of recognizable names led by Succession star Sarah Snook. Premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival before landing on Netflix, Run Rabbit Run centers on a fertility doctor who must cope with her daughter's sudden obsession with the past. Following in the footsteps of other notable Aussie horror films like The Babadook, Run Rabbit Run puts the trauma of motherhood at the forefront of the story and delivers chills that are sometimes supernatural, and sometimes psychological. Embodying the modern "elevated horror" genre, Run Rabbit Run offers a terrifying feast for the senses.

Written by Australian novelist Hannah Kent (Burial Rites), and directed by Daina Reid (The Handmaids Tale), Run Rabbit Run was met with a tepid response from critics, and the reviews were generally poor (via Rotten Tomatoes). Most criticisms were leveled at the movie's lack of substance, as some...

Sarah Snook is stuck in a twisted game of hide and seek with the daughter she thought she knew.

The “Succession” actress leads Daina Reid’s feature directorial debut “Run Rabbit Run,” which premiered at 2023 Sundance. Snook plays Sarah, a mother and fertility doctor whose own daughter Mia’s behavior drastically becomes more and more unhinged upon her seventh birthday. A surprise pet rabbit present unlocks Mia’s (Lily Latorre) memories of a supposed past life, and sending Sarah down a rabbit hole of horror.

Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi also star.

Director Reid has previously helmed episodes of “The Shining Girls” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” both starring Elisabeth Moss who was once attached to “Run Rabbit Run.” The script is penned by Australian novelist Hannah Kent, with an original idea developed by Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver serve as producers, with Snook executive producing along with director Reid.

"You don't like me. You make me hide and hide." Netflix has revealed their official trailer for an indie horror film titled Run Rabbit Run, which first premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It received mixed reviews, despite being one of the most talked about horror films premiering in the Midnight section of the festival. Sarah Snook plays a fertility doctor who believes firmly in life and death, but after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past. Seems like it will have some scary twists. Described as a "exquisitely fine-tuned psychological thriller, elegantly incorporating unsettling visual and aural cues to signal how destabilized Sarah’s world has become." Also starring Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman, and Greta Scacchi. Alas this trailer doesn't make this look any better than the mixed reviews I heard from Sundance,...

The children are not okay in Netflix’s upcoming psychological horror movie Run Rabbit Run, starring Sarah Snook (“Succession”).

The streaming service debuted a new trailer for the Australian horror thriller, giving a peek at the psychological unraveling of a mom and her daughter. Check it out below.

In Run Rabbit Run, “Snook plays a fertility doctor who believes firmly in life and death, but after noticing the strange behaviour of her young daughter, must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.”

Daina Reid (“Shining Girls,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Outsider”)directed the film, written by Hannah Kent (The Good People, Devotion). Run Rabbit Run also stars Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman (House of Wax, The Nightingale, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Greta Scacchi (Darby & Joan, Shepherd).

Before her breakout performance in HBO’s smash hit “Succession,” set to make its final bow later this month,...

Sarah Snook is pregnant in real life — and in HBO’s “Succession” — but in “Run Rabbit Run,” she plays a mother and fertility doctor who is frightened by her young daughter’s inexplicable memories of a past identity.

The Australian thriller from director Daina Reid and writer Hannah Kent released its first trailer as the film is confirmed to screen at next month’s Sydney Film Festival. “Run Rabbit Run” made its world premiere as the opening title of the Midnight section of the Sundance festival in January. The film will launch on Netflix on June 28.

Emmy-nominated Snook stars alongside Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi. Variety’s review from Sundance called the film an “effective if familiar mommy-issues chiller.”

Reid was also Emmy-nominated for her work on “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Her production company Carver Films has developed horror films including “Relic” and the crime thriller “Snowtown,” and Reid has also...

Following a premiere at Sundance 2023, where Netflix picked up the psychological horror film for an undisclosed sum, the streaming service has set a June 28 release date and unveiled the first trailer for "Run Rabbit Run." With Sarah Snook ("Succession") in the lead, Australian director Daina Reid's second feature film is about a single mother and fertility doctor named Sarah (Snook) who is shaken by her 7-year-old daughter Mia's (Lily Latorre) strange behavior and "inexplicable memories of a past identity."

The connection, as the "Run Rabbit Run" trailer reveals, is Sarah's late sister Alice who had an interest in wild rabbits and went missing when she was just seven years old. Mia turns out to have both things in common with Alice when she takes a liking to a rabbit that appears on their doorstep. You know where this is going, right? Mia believes she's Alice and seemingly begins turning on her mother,...

The first trailer for Netflix’s horror thriller Run Rabbit Run, starring Succession star Sarah Snook, has dropped.

The clip shows the fraught relationship between a mother (Snook) and her daughter (Lily Latorre) as the latter begins to act strangely. The film also stars Damon Herriman, Greta Scacchi and Trevor Jamieson.

Filmed in Melbourne, Run Rabbit Run is directed by Aussie filmmaker Daina Reid, known for helming episodes of the television series The Shining Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale, with a script by Hannah Kent.

The Hollywood Reporter‘s review described Run Rabbit Run as “moody and atmospheric” and that it “easily builds tension and dread.”

The feature premiered at Sundance this year as part of the festival’s horror-centric Midnight selections. Netflix acquired the global rights, aside from some territories where deals are already in place.

Indie studio XYZ Films financed Run Rabbit Run with Screen Australia. Snook also executive produced,...

Ragalyi worked with filmmakers including Istvan Gaal, Istvan Szabo.

Elemer Ragalyi, the Hungarian cinematographer who worked with directors including Istvan Gaal and Istvan Szabo, died last week on March 30, at the age of 83.

Described by Hungary’s National Film Institute as ‘one of the greatest talents of modern Hungarian cinema’, Ragalyi shot films including Gaal’s Falcons, which won the jury prize at Cannes Film Festival in 1970.

Journey Of Hope, the Swiss feature he shot for director Xavier Koller, won the best foreign language film (now best international feature) Oscar in 1991; while Ragalyi received the Emmy for outstanding cinematography for...

Netflix previously acquired worldwide deal excluding select territories.

XYZ Films has sold out the world on its Sundance horror hit Run Rabbit Run starring Succession’s Sarah Snook and announced in Berlin a raft of international territory sales following an earlier deal with Netflix.

Rights have gone in Benelux, Eastern Europe, and Israel (Spi International), Latin America (California Filmes), Scandinavia (NonStop), Middle East (Falcon Films), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Cis (Mint Films), Baltics (Acme Film), Hong Kong and Macau (Intercontinental Film Distributors), Philippines (Pioneer), and India (Pictureworks).

The transactions complement the previously announced worldwide deal excluding select territories with Netflix,...