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Providing a useful variation on Patricia Highsmith’s globe-trotting sociopath Tom Ripley for the social media era, “Influencer” was a hit for Shudder in 2023. So now director Kurtis David Harder and star Cassandra Naud are back with “Influencers,” a worthy sequel that maintains the original’s upscale gloss and narrative twistiness while adding a sufficient number of new wrinkles.

The indictment of narcissistic online culture is still little more then an excuse for glam intrigue, and our not-infrequently-lethal anti-heroine’s motivations remain just as cloudy as they were last time. But a good time in enviable vacation spots is guaranteed, with ghoulish demises for many principal figures here served up like caviar on sashimi. This tasty if not particularly healthy repast will be served on Shudder later this year.

A prologue finds one young woman slitting her own throat on the patio of a luxe Southeast Asian manse, then crawling...

Few things are more captivating than a con man in action, especially when the stakes reach deadly heights.

Ripley, written, directed, and executive produced by Academy Award winner Steve Zaillian, will immerse you in a suspense-filled journey set in Italy in the ’60s. Andrew Scott leads the eight-episode limited series as the roguish protagonist Tom Ripley — and snagged nominations from the Emmys, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his captivating turn. You can check out the trailer above, as well as find out everything else you need to know about the forthcoming thriller. Are you ready to dive into the mind of Tom Ripley?

Scott’s Tom Ripley is a grifter scraping by in early ’60s New York. He’s hired by a wealthy industrialist to travel to Italy to try to convince the man’s dilettante son, Dickie Greenleaf...

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When we say that Netflix has something for everyone, we do mean that because the horror sub-genre of serial killers has always been popular among audiences, making a good show on this topic is pretty hard. That’s why we had to scour through Netflix’s huge library of content to find the best of the best. So, here are the 10 best serial killer shows on Netflix you should watch right now.

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Marcella is a British Nordic noir crime thriller drama series created by Hans Rosenfeldt and Nicola Larder. The Netflix series follows Marcella Backland, a former police detective, as she returns to work to investigate a series of connected murders to find the killer. Marcella stars Anna Friel, Nicholas Pinnock, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Jamie Bamber, Nina Sosanya, Charlie Covell, Sophia Brown, Amanda Burton,...

Gwyneth Paltrow has named a $128 million 1999 psychological thriller movie among her top 5 favorite movies that she has made, as well as suggesting that her co-star should have won an Oscar for his performance. With a dynamic and varied career in film and TV, Paltrow came to prominence with roles in movies like Seven, Emma, Sliding Doors, and A Perfect Murder, before achieving international acclaim for her Academy Award-winning turn in Shakespeare in Love. Parenthood resulted in a reduction in roles in the mid-2000s before she enjoyed a career revival as Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Paltrow's best films include quirky comedies like The Royal Tenenbaums, as well as independent dramas like Hard Eight, and blockbusters such as Avengers: Infinity War. One of her best and most underrated movies came with Steve Soderbergh's medical thriller ensemble movie Contagion. Among many other big-name stars, such as Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard,...

There's something about Tom Ripley that we still find irresistible—the original charismatic career criminal paved the way for the likes of Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan. Tom Ripley leaped from the pages of Patricia Highsmith's novels to the silver screen a number of times. Many of those versions went on to become world-renowned pieces of cinema, be it the tragically sensual The Talented Mr. Ripley or the eerily creepy The American Friend, spinning Tom into wildly different directions. One version that didn't get much initial love when first released was the little-seen Ripley's Game, which saw John Malkovichplay Ripley in a performance that Roger Ebertclaimed was the most definitive portrayal of the character that we've seen.

The 2025 Academy Awards featured its annual In Memoriam segment, honoring industry figures who passed away over the last year. While the tribute recognized film legends such as David Lynch, James Earl Jones, Donald Sutherland, Maggie Smith, Roger Corman, Shelley Duvall, and Bob Newhart, many viewers quickly pointed out names missing from the televised montage.

Morgan Freeman introduced a special remembrance for two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, who was found dead alongside his wife, Betsy Arakawa, last Wednesday. Quincy Jones also received his own tribute later in the show. The rest of the segment, set to Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor, displayed a montage of those the Academy selected for recognition.

Social media reaction grew as fans noted the absence of several well-known actors and filmmakers. Tony Todd, known for his lead role in Candyman, was not featured. Todd, who died in November at 69, was a familiar face in horror,...

The In Memoriam portion of the 2025 Oscars telecast on Sunday night paid a moving tribute to several stars and movie industry folk who have died over the last year, but there were some notable omissions that were quickly pointed out on social media.

The In Memoriam segment of the show, that was soundtracked to the “Lacrimosa” portion of Mozart’s “Requiem in D Minor,” featured moving tributes to entertainment industry giants the likes of David Lynch, Maggie Smith, Roger Corman, Shelley Duvall, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones and Donald Sutherland. Two-time Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, who was found dead inside his Sante Fe home alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, was given a moving special tribute by his longtime friend Morgan Freeman.

But as ever with the Academy Awards and the In Memoriam segment, much of the discussion online is who was omitted from the televised tribute. One of the more glaring omissions was actor Tony Todd,...

The 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrated the best performances of the year in both movies and television.

Celebs from all around the world gathered for the annual event on Sunday (February 23) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Wicked led the nominations this year with five nods and Shogun led the television categories, also with five nominations.

Make sure to see photos of Every celeb on the red carpet at the SAG Awards. You can also take a look at our list of the Best Dressed stars of the night.

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Movie Nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody / László Tóth – “The Brutalist”

TIMOTHÉE Chalamet / Bob Dylan – “A Complete Unknown” – Winner

Daniel Craig / William Lee – “Queer”

Colman Domingo / Divine G – “Sing Sing”

Ralph Fiennes / Lawrence – “Conclave”

Outstanding Performance...

Andrew Scott is feeling good at tonight’s SAG Awards. But the same can’t be said for the first time the “Ripley” actor was at the ceremony back in 2020 when he passed a kidney stone on the same night he was nominated for his role in “Fleabag.”

“I was beside Phoebe [Waller-Bridge] and Laura Dern had just won best supporting actress and we were standing up,” Scott told Variety‘s Marc Malkin at the SAG Awards red carpet in Los Angeles. “I don’t know if anyone has ever experienced having a kidney stone before, but it sends you, the pain is so immediate.”

Scott recalled how by the time Dern finished accepting her award for “Marriage Story,” he was already ripping off his tux. “I was in the back [of the room]…writhing around in agony.”

He knew what was going on since he had passed a kidney stone before. Waller-Bridge was...

The 1990s were a golden era for the erotic thriller genre, producing films that masterfully blended sensuality with suspense. This decade saw the rise of provocative storytelling that delved deep into the complexities of human desire and power dynamics. If you loved the intricate power dynamics and steamy encounters in Babygirl, you’ll find plenty to enjoy in these seven 1990s Erotic Thrillers. Each explores themes of desire, control, and the dangerous intersections of love and power, making them perfect watches for fans of Babygirl. Whether you’re drawn to the psychological tension of Basic Instinct or the atmospheric intrigue of Eyes Wide Shut, these films capture the essence of what made the 90s such a thrilling time for cinema.

1. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut is a mesmerizing exploration of desire and secrecy. The film follows Dr. William Harford (Tom Cruise) as he navigates a clandestine...

Writer-director James Sweeney is no stranger to novel concepts that walk a tonal and thematic tightrope. In his 2019 feature-length directorial debut, Straight Up, he starred as a young gay man so turned off by sex that he seeks a relationship with a woman, turning a silly and potentially retrograde setup into an anti-rom-com exploration of contemporary sexual identity, Ocd, and the modern complexities of finding love. Sweeney brings the same keenly observational millennial eye to his sophomore feature, Twinless, a bizarrely moving and darkly comic story about feeling like you’ve lost something you never had.

Twinless opens at a funeral, with the straight Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and his mother (Lauran Graham) receiving mourners after the death of Roman’s twin brother, Rocky (also O’Brien). Struggling with the loss of his other half, the shy Roman joins a bereavement support group for siblings processing the death of a twin,...

Exclusive: Juliet Stevenson has boarded Anton Corbijn’s thriller Switzerland starring Helen Mirren as crime novelist Patricia Highsmith as shooting gets underway in Rome, sources close to the production have confirmed.

She joins Mirren, Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), who was also confirmed this week, as well as previously attached Alden Ehrenreich (Oppenheimer).

Truly Madly Deeply star Stevenson was seen most recently in the series Mozart: Rise of Genius and Professor T. Details of her role have not been revealed. It is the first time she will appear with Mirren on the big screen.

The movie has been adapted by Australian writer Joanna Murray-Smith from her play of the same name, revolving around Patricia Highsmith’s encounter with an ambitious young literary agent, played by Ehrenreich (Oppenheimer).

It is 1995, as Highsmith lives out her final days in seclusion in the Swiss Alps with only her cats for company.

When...

The novels about the fictional con artist, Tom Ripley, have been adapted for the screen many times before, and now it is time for Patricia Highsmith — the creative mind behind the character, to take center stage. BAFTA-nominated director Anton Corbijn is directing a movie about the acclaimed novelist, famous for her outstanding collection of psychological thrillers. Helen Mirren was taped to bring the iconic figure to life and as production reportedly kicks off in Rome, Italy, the feature titled Switzerland is expanding its call sheet with the addition of two powerhouse names. Variety reports that House of the Dragon star, Olivia Cooke, and Oppenheimer actor, Alden Ehrenreich, have both been cast for roles in the feature.

Patricia Highsmith wrote 22 novels (plus many short stories) and is best known for her psychological thrillers – including the five-book series that followed the character Tom Ripley, who has been brought to the screen several times over the decades, most recently in a Netflix series called Ripley. Now, Variety has revealed that Highsmith and her Ripley stories are at the center of a thriller called Switzerland, which stars Helen Mirren (1923) as the author and is now filming in Rome, Italy.

Mirren is joined in the cast by Alden Ehrenreich (Oppenheimer) and Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon).

Based on a play by Joanna Murray-Smith, who has also written the screenplay, Switzerland tells a fictional story that sees Mirren playing Highsmith at a time when the aging queen of thrillers is fading away in Switzerland. A young literary agent named Edward (Ehrenreich), tries to coax her out of retirement to pen one...

Shooting is underway in Rome on Anton Corbijn’s thriller “Switzerland,” starring Helen Mirren as American crime novelist Patricia Highsmith, with Alden Ehrenreich (“Oppenheimer”) and Olivia Cooke (“House of the Dragon”) confirmed to have joined the cast.

The hotly anticipated film – which takes its cue from Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels – marks the first feature in more than nine years from the Dutch photographer-turned-director. Corbijn is known for helming music videos for U2, Coldplay and Nirvana as well as films including “Control,” the biopic about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, as well as “A Most Wanted Man” and “The American.”

The fictional “Switzerland” story sees Mirren playing the aging queen of thrillers fading away in Switzerland, where a young literary agent named Edward (Ehrenreich), tries to coax her out of retirement to pen one last installment of her popular “Ripley” series. It soon becomes clear that the charming agent is on a more sinister mission.

Even for an actor as skilled as Andrew Scott, playing a character as infamous as poses a serious creative challenge. Since the release of Patricia Highsmith’s now canonical 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the elusive, murderous grifter has become a fixture in . He’s headlined multiple novels and movie adaptations — meaning that almost everyone is acquainted with at least one incarnation of Tom Ripley.

Even so, in writer-director Steven Zaillian’s eight-episode miniseries Ripley, the Irish actor manages to deliver the definitive portrayal of the literary schemer — a sociopath who is an expert at self-preservation, a man seemingly driven by overwhelming desire, envy, and greed. As Scott developed his approach to the tight-lipped character, he says it was vital to forget about Tom’s formidable reputation and focus instead on how such a man might realistically move through the world.

“I think what’s gripping about the show is...

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, one of the most anticipated events in the entertainment industry, has officially announced its nominees for 2025. Recognizing the finest performances in film and television, this year’s nominations reflect a diverse and dynamic array of talent. From compelling dramas to musical extravaganzas, the SAG Awards continue to honor excellence across genres. Below is the complete list of nominees for the SAG Awards 2025, showcasing outstanding performances that defined the year in cinema and television.

Leading the pack this year is Wicked with an impressive six nominations, followed by A Complete Unknown and Anora with five nominations each. Other notable films like Emilia Pérez and Conclave also earned multiple nods, showcasing the year’s rich storytelling and outstanding performances across categories.

Film Nominees Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Adrien Brody / László Tóth – “The Brutalist” Timothée Chalamet / Bob Dylan – “A Complete Unknown” Daniel Craig...

Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba and Ariana Grande is Glinda in ‘Wicked’ (Photo by Giles Keyte © Universal Studios)

The Screen Actors Guild wisely opted to cancel its in-person 2025 SAG Awards nominations announcement as fires raged throughout Los Angeles. The list of film nominees, representing the best work by actors in 2024, is led by Wicked with five nominations. A Complete Unknown and Emilia Pérez each earned four, and Anora picked up three nominations. Conclave and The Last Showgirl were nominated for two SAG Awards.

Shōgun leads all television nominees with five, followed by The Bear (coming off a disappointing season) with four and The Diplomat with three. 12 series tied with two nominations each.

Winners will be announced during the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards streaming on Netflix on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 5pm Pt/8pm Et.

SAG Awards Motion Picture Nominees

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody...

The 2025 SAG Award nominations are in!

The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will stream live globally on Netflix Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.m. Pt from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall. Kristen Bell returns as host.

Joey King and Cooper Koch were supposed to announce the nominees live this morning, but the event was canceled due to the devastating fires happening in California right now.

Keep reading to find out more…

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Movie Nominations:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Adrien Brody / László Tóth – “The Brutalist”

TIMOTHÉE Chalamet / Bob Dylan – “A Complete Unknown”

Daniel Craig / William Lee – “Queer”

Colman Domingo / Divine G – “Sing Sing”

Ralph Fiennes / Lawrence – “Conclave”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Pamela Anderson / Shelly – “The Last Showgirl”

Cynthia Erivo / Elphaba – “Wicked”

Karla SOFÍA GASCÓN / Emilia/Manitas – “Emilia PÉREZ”

Mikey Madison...

The 2025 SAG Awards nominations have been revealed.

Wicked leads this year’s film nominations with five nods, followed by A Complete Unknown with four nods, and Emilia Pérez and Anora with three nominations each.

All four films are nominated for the SAG Awards’ top prize of best cast, along with Conclave, which landed two nominations, as did The Last Showgirl.

Wicked‘s other nominations are for best actress (Cynthia Erivo), best supporting actress (Ariana Grande), best supporting actor (Jonathan Bailey) and stunt ensemble.

A Complete Unknown star Timothée Chalamet is up for best actor for his portrayal of Bob Dylan, with Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro landing supporting actor and actress nominations for their roles as Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, respectively.

In addition to best cast, Emilia Pérez is up for best actress (Karla Sofía Gascón) and supporting actress (Zoe Saldaña), coming on the heels of Saldaña’s best supporting actress Golden Globes win.

HBO's The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc has reacted to a popular fan theory about one of the show's characters. Many have speculated that Theo Rossi's Dr. Julian Rush is actually a version of DC Comics' Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow, one of Batman's most enduring villains.

In The Penguin, Rossi's character, an Arkham psychiatrist, is an ally of Christina Millioti's Sophia Falcone, a former patient of his. In Episode 4, a strange scarecrow-like mask and a needle-finger glove can be seen in Julian's office, with many fans believing they hinted at the character's true identity and source material origin. LeFranc was recently on the Golden Globes carpet where she addressed if Dr. Julian Rush was indeed the ReevesVerse's version of Scarecrow. "Well, I can say he's not the Scarecrow," she said, dousing hopes fans will get to see Rossi don the mask and unleash his fear toxin on Gotham City.

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The Penguin has earned Colin Farrell a shiny new Golden Globe Award. The big win comes after the actor's transformative performance in the acclaimed HBO series The Penguin.

At the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Farrell was declared the winner of the award as an actor for Best Performance in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for TV. This was for his performance in the titular role as Oz Cobb, aka "The Penguin." The actor still came out ahead while facing stiff competition from his fellow nominees, which included Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn for Netflix's Baby Reindeer; Kevin Kline as Stephen Brigstocke in Apple TV+'s Disclaimer*; Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez in Netflix's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story; Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov in Paramount+'s A Gentleman in Moscow; and Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Netflix's Ripley.

Best actor in an anthology,...

Jessica Gunning has landed a Golden Globe Award win for her role in the Netflix series Baby Reindeer. It's not the first big win for Gunning following her acclaimed performance in the show.

At the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Gunning won the award for Best Supporting Performance in a Series for her role as Martha Scott in Baby Reindeer. The other nominees were Liza Colon-Zayas as Tina Marrero in FX and Hulu's The Bear; Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels in HBO and Max's Hacks; Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood in Netflix's Ripley; Allison Janney as Vice President Grace Penn in Netflix's The Diplomat; and Kali Reis as Trooper Evangeline Navarro in HBO and Max's True Detective: Night Country.

Best female supporting actor in a TV series at the #GoldenGlobes goes to Jessica Gunning for Baby Reindeer. pic.twitter.com/IzPx4kU16O— Cbr (@Cbr) January 6, 2025

Baby Reindeer was...

Quick Links Matt Damon Expertly Plays the Different Shades of Tom Ripley Matt Damon Knows How to Play the Characters, and the Audience

Even though Matt Damon's acting career pre-dates 1997, he made his presence known that year in a film that would change his life forever. With Good Will Hunting, a film he co-wrote with his best friend and fellow co-star Ben Affleck, Damon became the toast of the town. The title role of Will Hunting tapped into a series of emotions that couldn't be ignored, and it was a role that earned the actor an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and eventually an Oscar win for Best Original Screenplay. The actor was effectively a star at that point and began appearing in a series of films that further established his talent.

From the small title role in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan in 1998 to the poker drama Rounders that same year,...

The Golden Globes go down on Sunday. We’ve already shared our expert predictions on who will win the film and TV prizes. And based on thousands of Gold Derby users’ votes, we have a clear picture of the odds in each race. But who among the less likely contenders really deserves to go home with the gold? Here are the big upset victories we’re cheering for this weekend.

Sign UPfor Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictions Colman Domingo, Sing Sing — Best Film Drama Actor

It would be tremendously satisfying to see the magnificent Colman Domingo honored as Best Film Drama Actor for Sing Sing. The pundits rank Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), and Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) in front of him, but Domingo’s performance as John “Divine G” Whitfield is almost magical in its emotional complexity. It’s neither showy nor particularly intense,...

The critically acclaimed psychological thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon and Jude Law, will soon be available for streaming on a new platform.

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, Paramount+ subscribers can experience this gripping tale of ambition, deception, and murder. Directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient), the 1999 film is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel of the same name. The story follows Tom Ripley, played by Damon, a young man who becomes entangled in a web of lies and betrayal as he infiltrates the glamorous life of wealthy playboy Dickie Greenleaf, played by Law. Featuring stunning cinematography, a haunting score, and masterful performances, the film earned an impressive five Academy Award nominations and remains a celebrated classic.

Related 'I'm Very Happy Aging': Skeleton Crew's Jude Law Talks Getting Older and Feeling Nostalgic for the 90s

Beloved actor from The Holiday and The Talented Mr. Ripley Jude Law discusses his career,...

Tom Ripley is one of those characters that never leaves us, a charismatic black hole that draws us to its bottom because of how easy it is to see ourselves in it. If the success of the recent Ripley Netflix miniseries starring Andrew Scott is any indication, the tale of Tom's dark duplicity is one that we still find fascinating and open to multiple interpretations.

Alain Delon, the legendary French actor, was a central figure in the French golden age of cinema during the 1960s and 70s. Known for his suave, tough-guy persona and striking good looks, Leon appeared in more than 100 movies in his five-decade career. What made Delon so memorable was the unpredictable nature of his performances. From the ruthless assassin he played in Le Samouraï, to the charismatic criminal in Borsalino, Delon especially shone when he showed his seductive side in L'Eclisse and La Piscine. Hiss filmography even includes iconic literary characters, such as Zorro and Tom Ripley.

Delon passed away on August 18th, 2024, at the age of 88. Since then, film scholars, journalists, and fans have reflected on his remarkable body of work and the legacy his powerful performances have left in cinema history. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of his generation and the rare international star to achieve global acclaim.

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With the entire entertainment industry in a worrisome lull in the aftermath of years interrupted by Covid and the dual guild strikes, much of the conversation about television in 2024 focused on brands and IP, familiar titles presented to viewers with all of the strategy of an inebriated gnu playing darts.

Did we need TV shows ostensibly based on Dune and The Batman but really emulating Game of Thrones and The Sopranos? Maybe!

Did we need a college-set version of Cruel Intentions comparing fraternity and sorority life to fascism? Nah.

Did we need a new version of Matlock built around the twist that it wasn’t really a new version of Matlock at all? Huh. We did!

It turned out, though, that 2024 might be better remembered as the year that put the “intellectual” back in “intellectual property,” as creators went back to the most venerable source material of all: books!

Jude Law’s career has been exceptional and he’s delivered some unforgettable performances. The actor has a wide range and has starred in psychological thrillers, as well as movies about the wizarding world. So we already know that Law loves to reinvent himself continuously.

Jude Law | Jimmy Kimmel Live / YouTube

But even with such an impressive repertoire, the role that he holds dear to his heart might surprise people. Law’s answer to a simple question reveals just how much that character and movie meant to him, and it’s something that you could never have guessed.

Jude Law Would Love To Play Dickie Greenleaf From The Talented Mr. Ripley Again Jude Law in The Talented Mr. Ripley | Paramount Pictures

In an interview with Collider, Jude Law was asked about the role that he would want to revisit, and without a second thought, he spoke about Dickie Greenleaf. After decades,...

Jude Law reflected on an impressive career of acclaimed films and performances. This is highlighted early on by The Talented Mr. Ripley, where he played the eccentric multimillionaire Dickie Greenleaf.

The Talented Mr. Ripley was a milestone in Jude Law's career, then already established by 1997's Gattaca and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. He appeared in a handful of other films at that point, but he saw his craft as a privilege while playing Richard "Dickie" Greenleaf. Law's performance earned him an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor; this confirmed he had lead actor potential, which led to a Best Actor nomination for Cold Mountain in 2003. In an interview with Collider, Law looked back at an impressive run, asserting The Talented Mr. Ripley is the one film he would love to revisit.

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The shocking ending of Saltburn reveals the true intentions behind Oliver Quick's obsession with Felix Catton and the luxurious Saltburn estate. Ollie (Barry Keoghan) is introduced as a lonely outcast at the prestigious Oxford University who becomes unlikely friends with the larger-than-life Felix (Jacob Elordi) and his socially elite friends. Transfixed by Felix's carefree lifestyle and effortless ability to get everything he wants, Ollie devises a master plan of winning Felix over, which is fully revealed in the final moments of Emerald Fennell's provocative dark thriller.

Saltburn is the sophomore directorial effort by Fennell, who rose to prominence as a director with her Oscar-winning 2020 film Promising Young Woman which stars Carey Mulligan. The film has apparent similarities to the plot of Anthony Minghella's 1999 classic The Talented Mr. Ripley, in which Matt Damon's con artist protagonist Tom Ripley becomes enamored...

With Paddington in Peru closing in on its premiere date, many fans of the beloved children's franchise may be wondering which actor or actress should be the villain in the next Paddington movie. Despite being first created in 1958, Paddington Bear has managed to captivate countless generations of readers and viewers right up until the present day. In 2014, the current movie franchise kicked off, with Ben Whishaw voicing the eponymous bear. Now, the franchise is close to releasing Paddington in Peru, which means even more fun - and chaos - for Paddington to get into.

Although the Paddington movies are obviously centered on the adorable British bear, another major aspect of the films are the villains. The sneaky and suspicious people that Paddington must outwit clearly have devious motives, but rather than being dark or scary, these bad guys usually bring an extra air of fun to the movies. Their schemes...

Dakota Fanning's new whodunnit limited series The Perfect Couple is a great reminder to watch her other great Netflix series from earlier this year. Released on Netflix on September 5, 2024, The Perfect Couple has a great cast led by stars Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Jack Reynor, and Dakota Fanning. Created by Jenna Lamia, the 6-part series was directed entirely by Susanne Bier, best known for directing Bird Box, The Undoing, and The First Lady.

The Perfect Couple takes place in an idyllic coastal town on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket. The series has been compared to HBO's Big Little Lies due to Kidman's leading role in a murder mystery series based on a popular novel. Despite The Perfect Couple's mixed critical reception, its intriguing premise and ensemble cast was enough to launch the new Netflix series to the number one spot on Netflix's Top 10 TV Shows in the U.

Steve Zaillian garnered an Emmy Award on Sunday for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Netflix’s Ripley.

In his speech, Zaillian said he was enamored by the beautiful landscapes that Italy provided, alongside being grateful for his cast and crew. “Making Ripley in Italy was its own reward. It was like a dream. I didn’t need anything after that,” the director said. “The work is its own reward and I still really appreciate this honor though, and I share it with literally hundreds of people who worked on Ripley, the actors, Andrew [Scott], Dakota [Fanning], Elliot [Sumner], Johnny [Flynn], Maurizio [Lombardi], and all the other wonderful Italian actors, the producers, the incredible department heads and crew—all of ’em artists in their own right. I thank them. The Academy, Netflix and my family.”

Ripley, written and directed by Zaillian, is an eight-episode limited series based on...

“Baby Reindeer” has been on an upward trajectory since its quiet premiere in April, and that is reflected in this 2024 Emmy lineup for Best Limited/Movie Writing. Not only is Richard Gadd expected to win here, but he’s also nominated for producing and starring in the Netflix limited series. It’s one of two full showings nominated in this category and is the only autobiographical series represented. The other nominees stem from “Ripley,” “Black Mirror,” “Fargo,” “Fellow Travelers” and “True Detective: Night Country.” With Gadd’s odds looking steady for both Best Limited Series and Best Limited/Movie Actor, will he also pull off a victory in the writing category?

Here are Gold Derby’s current Best Limited/Movie Writing Emmy 2024 racetrack odds:

1. “Baby Reindeer” (Richard Gadd) — 10/3 odds

2. “Ripley” (Steven Zaillian) — 9/2 odds

3. “Fargo” (“The Tragedy of the Commons” by Noah Hawley) — 5/1 odds

4. “True Detective: Night Country” (“Part 6” by Issa López...

When it comes to Hollywood’s top names, Matt Damon definitely fits the bill. He’s been in the game for a long time, having kicked off his career at a young age. By the 1990s, he was already considered one of the rising stars, right up there with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio. As the years went by, he gained even more recognition, starring in films that are still iconic today.

Matt Damon in Jason Bourne (Credits: Universal Pictures)

Damon dives into a range of genres, though he’s best known for his action films. Over his career, he’s been nominated for numerous awards and even won an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Despite this, there are still a few of his films that haven’t gotten the attention they deserve and could definitely use more spotlight and reviews.

1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Still from The Talented Mr.

From the snowy roads of Minnesota to the sun-baked beaches of Italy, this year’s Emmy nominees for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series certainly span the globe. But of course, only one of them can take home the trophy.

The five nominees in this category include a few familiar faces to TV fans, led by Jon Hamm, who won an Emmy for playing Mad Men’s Don Draper and is back here as swaggering sheriff Roy Tillman in FX’s Fargo. (He’s also nominated this year for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, for The Morning Show.

With FX’s feudal epic Shōgun switching categories, this year’s battle to win the Emmy for Best Limited or Anthology Series is truly up for grabs.

Shōgun was the prohibitive favorite to take home the Emmy in this category, but its last-minute switch to compete as a drama series left us with five contenders here, any one of which could walk off with the big prize. Let’s start with new seasons of established TV brands: Season 5 of FX’s Fargo may have been its most acclaimed yet, with stars Juno Temple and Jon Hamm also nabbing Emmy nods,...

The author Patricia Highsmith's most well-known character is Tom Ripley, a character who is both rather likable and a steely, psychopathic, cold-blooded killer. Ripley has appeared in countless film adaptations, television series, and radio broadcasts that have featured some of the greatest actors working in the industry. Most famously, Matt Damon starred as the character in Anthony Minghella's luscious The Talented Mr. Ripley from 1999. Dennis Hopper filled the character's shoes in 1977 in the neo-noir The American Friend by German auteur Wim Wenders. John Malkovich came to encounter Ripley when he starred as the character in 2002's Ripley's Game directed by Liliana Cavani, and character actor Barry Pepper took on the character in 2005's Ripley Under Ground from director Roger Spottiswoode. This year, Andrew Scott even starred as the cold-blooded killer in the Netflix series Ripley.

Patricia Highsmith was an American author who specialized in psychological thrillers and dark character studies. She published more than twenty books between the early 1950s and '90s, including the acclaimed Tom Ripley series, beginning with The Talented Mr. Ripley. The title character is an amoral con man, equal parts charming and sinister. The character has intrigued audiences for decades, both on page and screen. The latest incarnation of the character comes in the Emmy-nominated Netflix series starring Andrew Scott.

The Frog is a South Korean psychological mystery crime thriller series written by Son Ho-young. The Netflix series tells its story in two different periods of time, the first one is of Gu Sang-jun, a middle-aged man running a motel in the countryside in the year 2000, and the second one is of Jeon Young-ha, the owner of a pension house in the forest in 2021 as both of them face unexpected incidents after a mysterious guest arrives. The Frog stars Kim Yoon-seok, Yoon Kye-sang, Go Min-si, Lee Jung-eun, and Ha Yoon-Kyung in the main roles. So, if you loved the thrilling story, complex and dark characters, and surprising twists in The Frog here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Hell Is Other People is a psychological thriller series written by Jung Yi-do. Based on the Naver webtoon series of the same name by Kim Yong-ki,...

Alain Delon's iconic performance in Le Samourai tops his celebrated career, inspiring filmmakers worldwide. The classic hitman movie influenced a genre, inspiring directors like John Woo and Jim Jarmusch. Delon's cool, stoic portrayal of Jef Costello in Le Samourai became a symbol of French cinema worldwide.

Often hailed as one of France's finest film actors, the entertainment world suffered a significant blow with the passing of Alain Delon on August 18, 2024. Delon enjoyed an illustrious 60-year acting career, appearing in some of the most acclaimed French films on record. Whether playing infamous grifter Tom Ripley in Purple Noon, Corey in the classic crime film The Red Circle, Tancredi Falconeri in The Leopard, etc., Delon matched a smoldering intensity with handsome good looks each time out.

Yet, among his 107 screen credits since 1949, one movie starring Alain Delon tops them all. The classic 1967 neo-noir assassin movie Le Samourai features Delon's quintessential movie performance.

As far as TV and movie adaptations go, Steven Zaillian’s limited series “Ripley” is fairly faithful to Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels. In particular, the writer/director was keen to capture the sinister and dark tone of Highsmith’s portrayal of Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), a conman who proves capable of two murders, and lies with the skill of a sociopath. To further explore this aspect of the character, Zaillian did introduce one particularly bold stroke of his own: The 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio.

“The Caravaggio references are not in the book,” said Zaillian, while on IndieWire’s Toolkit podcast. “That’s based on when I first went to Italy [in the early ‘80s]. That’s when I discovered Caravaggio and I was fascinated with his paintings. And then did the same thing [as Tom in “Ripley”], I started reading about his life.”

As Zaillian sat down to write the “Ripley” scripts, it felt natural to...

Almost 35 years ago, production designer David Gropman worked on a Merchant Ivory World War II-era drama called “Mr. & Mrs. Bridge,” in which the opening sequence was in black and white. He still remembers watching dailies to that sequence and hearing director James Ivory exclaim, “What have I been waiting for all these years? It works so much better in black and white!”

“He was right,” Gropman said, laughing. “And I have longed to do a black-and-white film since then.” He finally got his wish with “Ripley,” Steven Zaillian’s Netflix limited series based on the Patricia Highsmith novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” — although Gropman estimates that the eight-episode, seven-hour series was really “about five films” in scale and complexity.

The action begins in New York in the early 1960s and then moves to Italy’s Amalfi Coast, where a petty criminal named Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) has been tasked...

It is with great sadness that we report legendary French actor Alain Delon has died at the age of 88. Widely hailed as the most beautiful movie star of all time thanks to his ocean blue eyes and statuesque, sculpted cheekbones, Delon — star of Le Samourai, Plein Soleil, Rocco And His Brothers and much, much more — brought an insouciant cool to cinema on- and off-screen, and an ineffable capacity to convey the depths of a brooding soul in the level of those self-same eyes. Delon passed away at his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and family, on 18 August.

Born on 8 November 1935 to cinema projectionist (and later La Régina cinema director) father François Fabien Delon and pharmacist and cinema usher mother Édith Marie Suzanne Arnold, you could say that the movies ran in Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon's blood. After a turbulent series of school expulsions, spells in prison,...

Over the course of his nearly 40-year career, Steven Zaillian has reinvented himself almost as many times as Tom Ripley, the indelible lead character of his latest project, Ripley. He’s written films about erudite cannibals, baseball statisticians, American gangsters, serial killers, and chess prodigies. “Each time I go out, I feel like I’m doing it for the first time and that it requires different material, requires a different approach,” Zaillian tells Tudum.

Zaillian is freshly nominated for both writing and directing Emmys for his work on Ripley — accolades that join a healthy group of previous awards (including an Oscar for writing Schindler’s List and a Directors Guild of America award for his direction of The Night Of). He joined Tudum for a wide-ranging conversation about his entire career, from his work on Awakenings to his directorial debut with Searching for Bobby Fischer, and finally to the lavish con...

The legendary, and legendarily handsome, international movie star Alain Delon passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2024. He was 88.

Delon was best known for playing heavies and tough guys, but he had incredible range, portraying all kinds of roles in his 60-plus-year career. Most American film students have experienced the bolt of electricity seeing Delon for the first time in an acclaimed international hit like René Clément's Tom Ripley adaptation "Purple Noon," or Luchino Visconti's "Rocco and his Brothers" (1960) or the same director's massive historical epic "The Leopard" (1963). Delon made several films with Clément, and was often paired with most of the best European directors of his generation, including Michelangelo Antonioni (he was in "L'Eclisse"), Louis Malle ("Spirits of the Dead"), Joseph Losey ("The Assassination of Trotsky"), Agnès Varda ("One Hundred and One Nights"), and even Jean-Luc Godard ("New Wave"). Anyone with a subscription to the Criterion Channel has likely...

Of course he was gorgeous — it was always the first thing you noticed about Alain Delon whenever he appeared onscreen, that otherworldly handsomeness that took your breath away no matter where you fell on the Kinsey scale. The French movie star knew that he was one of the most beautiful people to ever grace the movies, from any country and in any era, with those near-geometric cheekbones and those icy blue eyes; Delon knew his looks opened professional doors for him and opened the arms of women whose company he was happy to keep.

In Ripley, Netflix’s dazzling eight-part adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s landmark 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the approach to the material is more emotionally cold and deliberately paced than in the 1999 movie adaptation. Anchored by a bravura performance by Andrew Scott, the series — nominated for 13 Emmys — was written and directed by veteran screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Oscar winner for Schindler’s List). Zaillian joins THR for a conversation about this ambitious project’s journey to the small screen.

What inspired you to remake something that had already been tackled to great success by Hollywood?

Twenty years had gone by since the 1999 movie. I felt that there was a way of doing this in a longer format that would hopefully capture the feeling that I had when I first read the book.

Was there an essence to the book that you felt had not been captured in the film?

It was...