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There’s a bigger, bolder, more fascinating, and most importantly, a complete movie stuck somewhere inside Warren Fischer’s short film The Serena Variation. There’s no doubt that the twenty-eight minute short is one of a kind, and Fischer has tried to pull off something truly remarkable here. Unfortunately, he is constrained by the short film format, and the man has too much to tell. Never have I ever imagined a short film would dare to attempt breaking its narrative into six chapters, like what someone like Tarantino does. Full marks to Fischer for attempting to do something like this, but the result is not quite convincing, sadly. Imagine you’re served a ten-course meal, from starter to main course to dessert, but on a tiny plate, and you’ve got to polish it off in half an hour. That’s what watching The Serena Variation feels like. It’s way too much narration,...

When it comes to music and what it takes to become a successful musician, the mind always goes to biopics. Don’t get me wrong; there are some good musical biopics out there, e.g., Rocketman, Elvis, 8 Mile, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Chamkila. But since those stories are so focused on their subject matter, they seemingly forget to talk about the art of making music or how relatable the journey of a musician can be for a person who has never hit a right note in their life. And that’s why I find myself gravitating towards fictional stories to learn about the nuances of creating music and how it shapes the character of an artist. For starters, Whiplash and Sound of Metal go beyond talking about how to play drums. Inside Llewyn Davis shows how talent doesn’t always translate into success, and it has some...

Christine Lahti has joined the cast of Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy, set to open Off-Broadway this winter.

The Oscar and Emmy winner will portray Lubja, a supervisor of a professional troll farm who hands down increasingly specific asks to her subordinates, in the office comedy-meets-political satire opening at off-Broadway’s Vineyard Theatre on Feb. 8. She will star alongside Haskell King, Renata Friedman, John Lavelle, and Hadi Tabbal in the play’s New York debut, directed by Tony winner Darko Tresnjak.

Set during the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy explores what happens in a place where office romances abound and one employee who just wants to win a microwave mix with a concerted, collective daily effort to lie. Steve (Lavelle), Masha (Friedman), Nikolai (Tabbal), and Egor (King) are among the fictional employees of the Internet Research Agency, a real Russian...

From “The Americans” showrunners Joe Fields and Joseph Weisberg and director Chris Long comes a new series starring Steve Carell and Domhnall Gleeson in which a therapist gets kidnapped by a patient who turns out to have more of a motive than just therapy. “The Patient” tells a fast-paced story of a therapist who gets the unexpected opportunity to turn inward, even if it might not be in the most ideal situation.

Far from “The Office,” Carell tackles heavily dramatic material in this role as the story explores themes of family estrangement, grief, therapy, healing and more. Fans of Steve Carell and Domhnall Gleeson may be wondering how to watch “The Patient.” We’ve gathered the details below.

When Does “The Patient” Premiere?

“The Patient” premieres Tuesday, August 30, launching its first two episodes out of 10.

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During a recent therapy session, I told my doctor that I was watching a new series called The Patient, where Steve Carell plays a psychologist kidnapped by a serial killer, who hopes Carell can cure him of his homicidal impulses.

“That sounds funny!” my doctor said with a laugh.

“Oh, it’s not at all,” I warned him. “Intentionally so.”

I do not suspect he will enjoy The Patient, in the same way that surgeons typically can’t stand to watch hospital dramas, cops dislike police shows, etc. But as...