After lead star Elliot Page came out as trans in 2020, the Netflix series includes Page’s character also coming out as Viktor Hargreeves, who uses he/him pronouns. Page announced the news for his character in March, teasing a first look image for the third season. Netflix confirmed the introduction of Viktor, writing, “Welcome to the family, Viktor — we’re so happy you’re here.” Season 3 of “The Umbrella Academy,” streaming June 22, picks up after the group put a stop to 1963’s doomsday....

Deadline reported that the move came after Paramount decided the current pandemic conditions would not be ideal for the launch of the tentpoles. It’s the latest sign that the COVID release-date shuffle that has plagued movies for the last year-and-a-half is far from over. “Top Gun: Maverick,” the first sequel for the 1986 Tom Cruise actioner, was slated for release in June 2020, but that’s been changed several times. Most recently it was set for a pre-Thanksgiving release on November 19....

Adam McKay’s latest HBO series, “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” is based on Jeff Pearlman’s book, “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty” and will premiere March 6 — with or without the NBA’s approval. The 10-episode first season stars John C. Reilly as former Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, Sally Field as his mother, Jessie, and Hadley Robinson as his daughter Jennie (who now runs the Lakers in 2022)....

The upcoming Golden Globes also marks new supporting actor and actress categories in television categories. See below for the full list of nominees. NBC will be televising the 2023 Golden Globes awards show as part of a one-year agreement. Hosting the ceremony on January 10 (a Tuesday!) will be Emmy-winning comedian, actor, and filmmaker Jerrod Carmichael. The HFPA welcomed 103 new voters this year, marking the first time voters based outside of the U....

Finding the right Blu-ray player can feel like an exhausting task, mostly because there are so many options out there. And it’s easy to get confused when you don’t know exactly what it is that you want. To make the search a little easier for you, we rounded up a handful of the best Blu-ray/DVD players for just about any budget. The collection of devices listed below fall between $180–$1,000, and they’re made by brands that you’re already familiar with: Sony, LG, and Panasonic....

With two films slated for release this year and an upcoming award at the 78th annual Venice Film Festival, Ridley Scott has a lot to celebrate. The 83-year-old English director’s next release, “The Last Duel,” will premiere at the Italian film festival in September before being released stateside on October 15. And then there’s “House of Gucci” — the highly anticipated crime drama starring Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani, and Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci....

Streaming services such as Disney+ and HBO Max offer same-day releases so that you can watch new movies from your TV (or another compatible device) as soon as they arrive in theaters. If you’re looking to upgrade the way you watch movies at home, we rounded up seven amazingly comfortable chairs, bean bags, recliners, and other seating options for your home theater, movie room, or living room. The list below includes customer reviews on comfort level and durability....

One person who agreed with them is newly minted Emmy winner and fellow “Abbott” star Sheryl Lee Ralph. During ABC’s TCA panel devoted to the second season of “Abbott,” Ralph offered up her thoughts on how the Kimmel bit played in the room. “I was absolutely confused. I had no idea what I was going on,” she said. Ralph said she kept thinking, “I wish this man would get off the ground....

“Animal Wisdom” is a theater piece, in the sense that it’s adapted from the show Christian wrote and mounted for a run at the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn back in late 2017. “Animal Wisdom” is a film, in the sense that this particular incarnation was shot over the course of a week spent at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company space in Washington D.C. back in March. It’s also a participatory experience, as much as one can be when performers and audience are separated by months and miles....

This morning, Hopkins posted a delayed Oscars acceptance speech to his social media accounts. “Here I am in my homeland in Wales,” Hopkins said in his social media acceptance speech. “At 83 years of age, I did not expect to get this award, I really didn’t. I’m very grateful to the Academy – thank you. I want to pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was taken from us far too early....

From her 2015 breakthrough performance in Robert Eggers’ “The Witch” to her star-making turn in Netflix hit “The Queen’s Gambit,” her still nascent career has consisted of mostly high-profile roles in critical darlings. Sure, last year’s hyper-stylized “Last Night in Soho” was a bit divisive, but it was a bold swing and she was as razor-sharp as ever. No longer just an indie darling, she smoothly transitioned into bigger-budget fare, furthering her collaboration with Eggers in the critically beloved epic “The Northman,” and recently wrapping George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa,” set for a 2024 release....

At the end of the opening day jury press conference, a reporter confronted him with questions about documentarian Azadeh Masihzadeh’s accusation that he plagiarized his film “A Hero” from her 2018 non-fiction film “All Winners, All Losers,” about Mohammad Reza Shokri, a man who returned money he had found during his leave from a Shiraz debtors’ prison. Masihzadeh is a former film student of Farhadi’s. Speaking on the issue for the first time publicly, the filmmaker admitted to having seen her documentary during a workshop, but said, “You can make a story or a film from the same event, without plagiarizing the other....

“We have been through one of the worst years that the global economy — and our industry in particular — has had in a generation,” said Rivkin. “Few took this harder than theater owners and their employees, across the United States and around the world. Theaters completely shuttered. Employees let go. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs or were furloughed. More than 96 percent of independently owned and mid-sized theaters lost 70 percent of their income....

So what exactly has gone so wrong with “The Great British Baking Show”? Since “The Great British Baking Show” née “The Great British Bake Off” first made the transatlantic trip to Stateside airwaves on PBS in 2014, Americans have been soothed by the gentle accents, light-hearted japes, and all around warm embrace of the series, dedicated to finding the best amateur bakers the United Kingdom had to offer. “Bake Off” was nicecore before nicecore was nicecore and no matter what challenges bakers had to face in any given week, you could be sure that the milk of human kindness was always a key ingredient....

IndieWire readers will be familiar with most of the titles in the Top 10. “Fleabag” came in at No. 4, making it the top-rated series created by a woman. It wasn’t the sole entry to have that distinction; “I May Destroy You” came in sixth, also earning the distinction of being the newest series in the Top 10. Damon Lindelof’s “The Leftovers” came in at No. 7, making him the most successful creator in the poll as he landed three series in the top 30, the other two being “Lost” and “Watchmen....

“Ridley is very visual, and he sent these looks, he put our faces on these looks,” Damon said. “We were sort of shocked,” Affleck added. “But because he’s such a stunning visual artist and he’s the director you trust him. I hope people don’t walk away from the movie focused on that. But it does serve to help us both feel not like how people generally see us and also a part of this other world....

Included in the March event is the traditional film festival slate, which includes the main Berlinale Competition lineup as well as sidebar sections such as Berlinale Special & Berlinale Series, Encounters, Berlinale Shorts, Panorama, Forum & Forum Expanded, Generation, Perspektive Deutsches Kino, and Retrospective. With the exception of the Retrospective, the films will be shown at the March event. Check out the full lineup for the 2021 Berlin Film Festival below....

Back to school shopping has officially begun. For film students returning to campus this fall, and even for those studying remotely, you’ll need a backpack to secure your camera and laptop, but also tripods, camera lenses, books, binders, and any other essentials. Filmmaking, photography, and videography typically involve wearing different hats, and sometimes braving a myriad of outside elements and shaky terrain. It can also mean holding down a day job while you’re in school, or until your passion project takes flight....

Note: “Classic” in this sense is defined as within the last 30 years. Hate to tell you, fellow millennials, but our television has officially gone retro. [Editor’s Note: The below piece was originally published on March 24, 2020. It has been expanded as of March 15, 2021.] All in the Family (1971-1979) This Norman Lear-created series remains one of the most provocative shows from the the 1970s. The series starred Carroll O’Connor as outspoken bigot Archie Bunker ad how he deals with the changing world around him, particularly his feminist daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers) and her husband (Rob Reiner)....

The barrier for entry into filmmaking is lower than it’s ever been thanks to your iPhone and a few key accessories. And iPhone cinematography isn’t relegated to indie directors — Steven Soderbergh shot his films “Unsane” and “High Flying Bird” on an iPhone and even told IndieWire in 2018 that he would likely keep doing it. “I think this is the future,” he said at the time. “Anybody going to see [‘Unsane’] who has no idea of the backstory to the production will have no idea this was shot on the phone....