Interviews

Ricky Gervais is back with a second season of After Life as the miserable Tony, who does not think life is worth living after his wife dies from cancer. It is a black comedy about a bitter man, who takes his grief out on those around him – a persona that is familiar to Gervais.

Killing Eve, based on author Luke Jennings’ series of Villanelle books, is a reliable mixture of sophisticated comedy and fast-paced spy drama. Much of the appeal of the show is to be found in the relationship between intelligence agent Eve Polastri, played by Sandra Oh, and her nemesis, Villanelle, played by Jodie Comer.

 Actress, model, and philanthropist Alex Meneses has appeared in numerous television series, including CBS’s Everybody Loves Raymond, NBC’s Telenovela, The CW’s Jane the Virgin and most recently CBS’s Why Women Kill. Next, she stars in the upcoming movie The Wall of Mexico, a role-reversing fantasy tale about a wealthy Mexican-American family, who decides to build a wall to deter the intrusion of poor white people.

Multifaceted Korean-American actor Will Yun Lee has taken on James Bond, gone claw-to-claw with Wolverine, and can currently be seen in two major TV series. He is series regular Dr.

William Goldman’s adage that “nobody knows anything” when it comes to what will work in a motion picture to make it a success, could just as well be applied today to what will become of the now-shuttered industry after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed. With everybody in the business hunkered down for the foreseeable time, those working on the film finance end of the industry are among those wondering what happens next.

Susanne Bier is at it again. The Danish director, a Golden Globe winner for In a Better World in 2011, is also known for her Danish feature films Brothers and After the Wedding and as well as last year’s huge Netflix success Bird Box, has returned with another limited series.

Based on Italian writer Roberto Saviano’s brutally candid novel ZeroZeroZero, the eponymous streaming series explores the inner workings of the cocaine trade and distribution worldwide. In a multilayered story that touches several continents, Andrea Riseborough plays the daughter of a New Orleans shipping mogul, who is involved in the dangerous world of drug trading – a rough and emotionally distant character directly opposite to her recent role as the kind and compassionate Alice in The Kindness of Strangers.

(Note: this interview was conducted on March 11th before mandatory quarantine and the closure of all domestic theaters. ) This year, history was made during the award season.

Having already made waves on BET's The Oval with dual roles, breakout star Melissa L. Williams, who has quickly become Tyler Perry's new muse, is now staring in Perry's spin-off series Ruthless, currently streaming on BET Plus.

In Unorthodox, the first Netflix original series in Yiddish, Shira Haas plays Esti, a young woman in a strict Hasidic community in Brooklyn who decides to flee to Berlin in search of her mother after a failed marriage puts her at odds with the group. The New York Times just called her 'a phenomenon', but this is not the first time that the Israeli actress has been celebrated for her work.