This week's episode of Agatha All Along was so spooky it could be a Halloween Day event in September. I swear there were so many thrilling moments that I regularly caught myself gasping and being caught off-guard. I absolutely loved that vibe from this week, and I can only imagine what's in store for the season finale that airs on Halloween Eve.
There is so much to chat about regarding this week's episode of the witchy Marvel/Disney+ series, but most importantly there is that name-drop. The name we've been whispering about, theorizing about, and obsessing over since the premiere of WandaVision three years ago. While we were let down at that time, the writers and creators of Agatha All Along are making up for it ten-fold by simply having a character mention that name. More on that in a bit!
Last week, we left our interesting coven of witches...
There is so much to chat about regarding this week's episode of the witchy Marvel/Disney+ series, but most importantly there is that name-drop. The name we've been whispering about, theorizing about, and obsessing over since the premiere of WandaVision three years ago. While we were let down at that time, the writers and creators of Agatha All Along are making up for it ten-fold by simply having a character mention that name. More on that in a bit!
Last week, we left our interesting coven of witches...
- 9/26/2024
- by Ariba Bhuvad
- Winter Is Coming
‘Agatha All Along’ debuted with its first two episodes, and while audiences are enjoying it, critics are less enthusiastic. The series picks up after ‘WandaVision,’ featuring Agatha—now known as Agnes—living under a spell cast by the Scarlet Witch until she is freed by Locke’s character, The Teen.
Together, Agatha and The Teen seek to navigate the Witches Road: The Teen is on a quest for power, while Agatha aims to reclaim her own, having returned powerless.
The show doesn’t look like it’s part of the mainline MCU all that much, since that magical part of the MCU wasn’t really explored despite Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch being massive characters. The show really lays a solid foundation for some characters potentially connected to Ghost Rider and Midnight Son, if you’re paying attention to the clues.
One of the first supporting characters we meet is Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal,...
Together, Agatha and The Teen seek to navigate the Witches Road: The Teen is on a quest for power, while Agatha aims to reclaim her own, having returned powerless.
The show doesn’t look like it’s part of the mainline MCU all that much, since that magical part of the MCU wasn’t really explored despite Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch being massive characters. The show really lays a solid foundation for some characters potentially connected to Ghost Rider and Midnight Son, if you’re paying attention to the clues.
One of the first supporting characters we meet is Aubrey Plaza’s Rio Vidal,...
- 9/20/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Comic Basics
The first episode of Agatha All Along reintroduced us to Agatha Harkness. At the end of WandaVision, Agatha’s mind gets trapped in the identity of Agnes, and she has been living as a resident of the refurbished Westview for the past three years. According to her neighbor, Herb, she was acting “normally” for the most part, until she started to pretend like she was in a true crime drama. In a way, this allowed Agatha to break the spell that was cast on her mind by Wanda and regain some form of normalcy. Before she could make sense of everything that was going on in her life, she was hit with the revelation that she had imprisoned a Teenage kid and that she was being hunted by an old flame, Rio. While the identity of the teenager remained a mystery, it was obvious that Rio wanted to kill Agatha...
- 9/19/2024
- by Pramit Chatterjee
- DMT
The Criterion Channel’s at its best when October rolls around, consistently engaging in the strongest horror line-ups of any streamer. 2024 will bring more than a few iterations of their spooky programming: “Horror F/X” highlights the best effects-based scares through the likes of Romero, Cronenberg, Lynch, Tobe Hooper, James Whale; “Witches” does what it says on the tin (and inside the tin is the underrated Italian anthology film featuring Clint Eastwood cuckolded by Batman); “Japanese Horror” runs the gamut of classics; a Stephen King series puts John Carpenter and The Lawnmower Man on equal playing ground; October’s Criterion Editions are Rosemary’s Baby, Night of the Hunter, Häxan; a made-for-tv duo includes Carpenter’s underrated Someone’s Watching Me!; meanwhile, The Wailing and The Babadook stream alongside a collection of Cronenberg and Stephanie Rothman titles.
Otherwise, Winona Ryder and Raúl Juliá are given retrospectives, as are filmmakers Arthur J. Bressan Jr. and Lionel Rogosin.
Otherwise, Winona Ryder and Raúl Juliá are given retrospectives, as are filmmakers Arthur J. Bressan Jr. and Lionel Rogosin.
- 9/17/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The BFI London Film Festival (Lff) 2024 will screen documentaries about “witches,” and zoos and animal rescue centers in Argentina, first features from directors of varied backgrounds, and Ali Abbas’ Donald Trump film The Apprentice in its gala lineup organizers said on Wednesday as they unveiled the full program for this year’s event.
Overall, Lff will screen 253 titles, including features films, shorts, series, and immersive works, that hail from 79 countries and feature 64 languages. Of the total, 112 works are made by female and non-binary filmmakers, or 44 percent of the program, the fest said.
The London doc lineup includes the likes of Elizabeth Sankey’s 90-minute goth-y Witches, which posits a connection between historical witchery and post-partum psychological suffering and debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Meanwhile, the first feature program at Lff includes Denise Fernandes’ Hanami, which recently world-premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, and Neo Sora’s Happyend, which debuted...
Overall, Lff will screen 253 titles, including features films, shorts, series, and immersive works, that hail from 79 countries and feature 64 languages. Of the total, 112 works are made by female and non-binary filmmakers, or 44 percent of the program, the fest said.
The London doc lineup includes the likes of Elizabeth Sankey’s 90-minute goth-y Witches, which posits a connection between historical witchery and post-partum psychological suffering and debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Meanwhile, the first feature program at Lff includes Denise Fernandes’ Hanami, which recently world-premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, and Neo Sora’s Happyend, which debuted...
- 9/4/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Disney's D23 Expo is well underway, and fans are getting major updates on some of the biggest forthcoming projects from the House of Mouse — including a Marvel series coming to Disney+. /Film's Jacob Hall is live at the expo, and he's got the latest scoop on "Agatha All Along," the highly anticipated show led by Kathryn Hahn as Wanda Maximoff's nosy neighbor and secretly powerful witch, Agatha Harkness.
To be honest, it's a relief to get a more concrete update on this show. Before the "Agatha All Along" teaser trailer confirmed its official title, the series based on Hahn's breakout "WandaVision" character underwent an inexplicable number of changes after being announced all the way back in the fall of 2021. At first, the show was called "Agatha: House of Harkness," only to switch things up a year later, with its title changing to "Agatha: Coven of Chaos." After that,...
To be honest, it's a relief to get a more concrete update on this show. Before the "Agatha All Along" teaser trailer confirmed its official title, the series based on Hahn's breakout "WandaVision" character underwent an inexplicable number of changes after being announced all the way back in the fall of 2021. At first, the show was called "Agatha: House of Harkness," only to switch things up a year later, with its title changing to "Agatha: Coven of Chaos." After that,...
- 8/10/2024
- by Nina Starner
- Slash Film
Mexico’s Monterrey International Film Festival marks a milestone 20th edition with inaugural industry programs, a robust lineup and new team members as it seeks to further boost its international profile. The event will be held from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2 in Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, with two new programs, Wip and ProMeetings, leading its industry section.
Festival board president Lorena Villarreal spearheads the festival, which will highlight a selection of world-class films sourced from top-tier festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca and Sundance. “The Festival is also expanding its industry footprint to establish itself as a bridge between the U.S., Iberoamerica and Mexico while supporting our local industry in Nuevo Leon with more programs and notable guests and honorees to be announced very soon,” she said, listing the likes of Andrea Arnold’s “Bird” ; Agathe Riedinger’s debut film “Wild Diamond,” which world premiered in Cannes; the Sundance-winning doc “Sugarcane” by...
Festival board president Lorena Villarreal spearheads the festival, which will highlight a selection of world-class films sourced from top-tier festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Tribeca and Sundance. “The Festival is also expanding its industry footprint to establish itself as a bridge between the U.S., Iberoamerica and Mexico while supporting our local industry in Nuevo Leon with more programs and notable guests and honorees to be announced very soon,” she said, listing the likes of Andrea Arnold’s “Bird” ; Agathe Riedinger’s debut film “Wild Diamond,” which world premiered in Cannes; the Sundance-winning doc “Sugarcane” by...
- 8/7/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Breaking news: Interview With the Vampire Season 3 is going to rock.
Following the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, AMC released an enticing teaser for the show’s highly anticipated third installment, in which Lestat (Sam Reid) will be interviewed by everyone’s favorite vampire reporter Daniel (Eric Bogosian).
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“Lestat [will be] front and center,...
Following the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, AMC released an enticing teaser for the show’s highly anticipated third installment, in which Lestat (Sam Reid) will be interviewed by everyone’s favorite vampire reporter Daniel (Eric Bogosian).
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“Lestat [will be] front and center,...
- 7/28/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Episode 7 of ‘The Acolyte’ landed this week and it was a retelling of Episode 3 from the point of view of the Jedi. We learned that the Jedi were on Brendok for a specific reason, they were looking for the so-called Force Vergence – a space where the Force is strong and flows freely, allowing it to be manipulated or used by Force users who connect with it.
During the ordeal, we find out that Master Sol was far more involved in the extinction of the coven than we initially believed, and that he played a huge part in the fact that Mae turned to the dark side and decided to enact her vengeance on the 4 Jedi that were stationed at the planet that night.
You see, when Master Sol saw the two girls playing in the forest on Brendok, something extremely uncharacteristic for a Jedi took place. He formed an almost immediate attachment to young Osha.
During the ordeal, we find out that Master Sol was far more involved in the extinction of the coven than we initially believed, and that he played a huge part in the fact that Mae turned to the dark side and decided to enact her vengeance on the 4 Jedi that were stationed at the planet that night.
You see, when Master Sol saw the two girls playing in the forest on Brendok, something extremely uncharacteristic for a Jedi took place. He formed an almost immediate attachment to young Osha.
- 7/14/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Comic Basics
Spoiler Alert!Spoilers for the latest episode of The Acolyte
The Acolyte has divided the Star Wars fanbase for most of its run, with criticism aimed at its writing, performances, and handling of the franchise’s lore. However, the series seems to have won over at least some of the fans with its latest seventh episode.
The Acolyte episode 7 impressed Star Wars fans (Credit: Lucasfilm).
The episode is a flashback from the Jedi’s perspective and sheds more light on the mysterious origin of Osha and Mae. However, it also features a nod to one of the most tragic storylines in the franchise. Fans love the quote which references one of the biggest tragedies in Star Wars and here is what they have to say.
One Dialog From The Acolyte Episode 7 Is a Nod to the Order 66 Storyline in Star Wars
The Acolyte is set roughly a hundred years before...
The Acolyte has divided the Star Wars fanbase for most of its run, with criticism aimed at its writing, performances, and handling of the franchise’s lore. However, the series seems to have won over at least some of the fans with its latest seventh episode.
The Acolyte episode 7 impressed Star Wars fans (Credit: Lucasfilm).
The episode is a flashback from the Jedi’s perspective and sheds more light on the mysterious origin of Osha and Mae. However, it also features a nod to one of the most tragic storylines in the franchise. Fans love the quote which references one of the biggest tragedies in Star Wars and here is what they have to say.
One Dialog From The Acolyte Episode 7 Is a Nod to the Order 66 Storyline in Star Wars
The Acolyte is set roughly a hundred years before...
- 7/10/2024
- by Pratik Handore
- FandomWire
‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ unveiled its seventh episode, a flashback that revisits the night of the Witches of Brendok’s demise from the Jedi’s viewpoint. It reveals the true catalyst behind the coven’s downfall and explores the origins of Osha and Mae.
In the episode’s opening, we discover the Jedi’s purpose on Brendok: they were seeking a phenomenon called Force Vergence.
A vergence is a locus where the Force is potent and flows freely, enabling manipulation and use by Force-sensitive individuals who are attuned to it. It’s also referred to as a “Force Nexus,” serving as a convergence point for powerful Force energies that amplify the abilities of those nearby. Vergences can encompass locations, individuals, or even objects.
Master Indarra explained to Torbin that they suspected Brendok harbored a Force Vergence, as despite a past hyperspace accident rendering it barren, the planet teemed with life.
In the episode’s opening, we discover the Jedi’s purpose on Brendok: they were seeking a phenomenon called Force Vergence.
A vergence is a locus where the Force is potent and flows freely, enabling manipulation and use by Force-sensitive individuals who are attuned to it. It’s also referred to as a “Force Nexus,” serving as a convergence point for powerful Force energies that amplify the abilities of those nearby. Vergences can encompass locations, individuals, or even objects.
Master Indarra explained to Torbin that they suspected Brendok harbored a Force Vergence, as despite a past hyperspace accident rendering it barren, the planet teemed with life.
- 7/10/2024
- by Valentina Kraljik
- Fiction Horizon
The Acolyte is arguably one of the most polarizing additions to the Star Wars universe, with the series receiving mixed reactions from critics and fans. The High Republic era series has faced criticism for several reasons, leading fans to examine what exactly went wrong with the highly anticipated entry.
The Acolyte has faced heavy criticism from critics and fans (Credit: Lucasfilm).
On social media, some fans deduced that the series is plagued by the same pacing issues that were a major hurdle for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Fans pointed out how the series had episodes with extremely short runtime, and failed to progress the story in a meaningful manner. Here is the one issue fans feel has largely affected The Acolyte.
The Acolyte‘s Short Runtime Proving to Be a Major Hurdle For the Star Wars Series
The Acolyte premiered with its first two episodes releasing on June 4, 2024. The remainder...
The Acolyte has faced heavy criticism from critics and fans (Credit: Lucasfilm).
On social media, some fans deduced that the series is plagued by the same pacing issues that were a major hurdle for the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Fans pointed out how the series had episodes with extremely short runtime, and failed to progress the story in a meaningful manner. Here is the one issue fans feel has largely affected The Acolyte.
The Acolyte‘s Short Runtime Proving to Be a Major Hurdle For the Star Wars Series
The Acolyte premiered with its first two episodes releasing on June 4, 2024. The remainder...
- 7/9/2024
- by Pratik Handore
- FandomWire
Griffin in Summer won the Founders Award for best U.S. narrative feature as well as two additional awards: special jury mention for new narrative director for Nicholas Colia and best screenplay in a U.S. narrative feature, which also went to Colia.
Meanwhile, Bikechess won Best International Narrative Feature, and Hacking Hate won Best Documentary Feature. Don’t You Let Me Go won the 12th annual Nora Ephron Award, and Come Closer and Witches topped the first Viewpoints Competition.
Additionally, Nnamdi Asomugha‘s The Knife won two awards: best cinematography in a U.S. narrative feature (Alejandro Mejia) and the best new narrative director award for Asomugha.
Some Rain Must Fall also won two awards.
A full list of this year’s winners follows.
More to come.
U.S. Narrative Competition
Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature: Griffin in Summer, director Nicholas Colia
Best Performance in a U.
Meanwhile, Bikechess won Best International Narrative Feature, and Hacking Hate won Best Documentary Feature. Don’t You Let Me Go won the 12th annual Nora Ephron Award, and Come Closer and Witches topped the first Viewpoints Competition.
Additionally, Nnamdi Asomugha‘s The Knife won two awards: best cinematography in a U.S. narrative feature (Alejandro Mejia) and the best new narrative director award for Asomugha.
Some Rain Must Fall also won two awards.
A full list of this year’s winners follows.
More to come.
U.S. Narrative Competition
Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature: Griffin in Summer, director Nicholas Colia
Best Performance in a U.
- 6/13/2024
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and David Tennant have joined the cast of Netflix and Amblin Entertainment’s “The Thursday Murder Club,” based on Richard Osman’s novel of the same name.
According to an official logline, the series follows, “a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. The four members of the club are played by Helen Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Sir Ben Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim) Pierce Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Celia Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce).”
Chris Columbus serves as writer, director and producer with Jennifer Todd. Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus and Jo Burn executive produce.
Tribeca Festival 2024 Competition Winners Include ‘Griffin in Summer,’ ‘Bikechess,’ ‘Hacking Hate’
Tribeca Festival has announced the 2024 winners of its competition categories at an awards ceremony at Racket NYC. Top awards went to “Griffin in Summer,...
According to an official logline, the series follows, “a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. The four members of the club are played by Helen Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Sir Ben Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim) Pierce Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Celia Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce).”
Chris Columbus serves as writer, director and producer with Jennifer Todd. Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus and Jo Burn executive produce.
Tribeca Festival 2024 Competition Winners Include ‘Griffin in Summer,’ ‘Bikechess,’ ‘Hacking Hate’
Tribeca Festival has announced the 2024 winners of its competition categories at an awards ceremony at Racket NYC. Top awards went to “Griffin in Summer,...
- 6/13/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Jack Dunn, Lexi Carson and Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
“Being good or bad isn’t a choice a woman gets to make by herself,” filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey narrates in her spellbinding new documentary, “Witches.” It’s an incisive perspective on an age-old cinematic question that’s never had a good enough answer: “Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” as Glinda once asked. As Sankey might see it, the question itself put Dorothy in danger.
Our ever-shifting sense of women’s autonomy resonates in countless contexts, and that’s worth keeping front of mind throughout this feature-length consideration of postpartum mental health and the historic persecution of women. Weaving personal experience and keen anthropological theory into a lush and haunting tapestry of magical portrayals from pop culture, Sankey achieves an intricate archival exposition backed with tremendous feeling. She uses old film footage, insightful interviews from experts and friends, and select theatrical scenes (all silent) shot specifically for...
Our ever-shifting sense of women’s autonomy resonates in countless contexts, and that’s worth keeping front of mind throughout this feature-length consideration of postpartum mental health and the historic persecution of women. Weaving personal experience and keen anthropological theory into a lush and haunting tapestry of magical portrayals from pop culture, Sankey achieves an intricate archival exposition backed with tremendous feeling. She uses old film footage, insightful interviews from experts and friends, and select theatrical scenes (all silent) shot specifically for...
- 6/12/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
As an artwork detailing the testimonies of ordinary women who have faced terrifying post-partum anxiety, depression and psychosis, Elizabeth Sankey’s 90-minute goth-lite documentary Witches succeeds in shedding light on a stigmatized and often silenced phenomenon many new mothers endure. However, the director takes this solid concept and dilutes it with trivial pop feminist pseudo-history, positing a dubious connection between the European and American witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries and women’s post-birth psychological suffering.
Premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and set to be distributed by streaming service Mubi, the film is certainly watchable but perhaps only 50 percent compelling.
Sankey argues that post-partum psychotic hallucinations may have led countless women of yore to willingly confess to cavorting with Satan. She showcases little evidence supporting this theory, aside from reading aloud a few sentences from primary sources, and attempts to wrap her suppositions in tritely nebulous metaphors...
Premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and set to be distributed by streaming service Mubi, the film is certainly watchable but perhaps only 50 percent compelling.
Sankey argues that post-partum psychotic hallucinations may have led countless women of yore to willingly confess to cavorting with Satan. She showcases little evidence supporting this theory, aside from reading aloud a few sentences from primary sources, and attempts to wrap her suppositions in tritely nebulous metaphors...
- 6/11/2024
- by Robyn Bahr
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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