Being defeated by Earth. In the process, he might offer humans the chance to rescue their own deteriorating world. And he recognizes that humanity is worth investing in and worth saving." Naomie Harris and Chiwetel Ejiofor in ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’.Aimee Spinks/SHOWTIME “She’s in a state of self-imposed exile in a way,” says Kurtzman. “She’s just kind of on this hamster wheel of survival,” Harris explains. “He has to learn what loss is, and then he learns what it is to connect....

Loved and Wanted chronicles the author’s struggles with a broken health care system. “I only had four months to write the book. And I wanted to know why. Credit: Nina Subin; Macmillan In the end, Parravani’s taboo-breaking memoir was the ultimate act of love for her children. Read on for more from EW’s chat with the author. CHRISTA PARRAVANI:It’s been a really strange time to publish a book. I feel like, no matter what happens with the publication of this book, I did my job....

Check out more of our previewhere. Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are in love. No, really, ask them yourself. Bleecker Street “When you have a really good friend, it’s like a lover. Sam, on the other hand, can’t accept how quickly the end of their journey is approaching. I found that very truthful and authentic.” Bleecker Street That’s the thing that makes it so complicated and so painful." It helped to have a great friend to lean on....

Plus: why the movie title shouldn’t scare away your grandma. “I’ve always thought of [Gelula] as aBill Murray,” Raiff says of his costar. Raiff connected to the film’s drifting vibe. Credit: IFC Films Figure your s— out." “The whole movie is just him taking 90 steps back.” Take Alex and Maggie’s first night together. “I think men have this possessive quality where they think theyre owed something. I think it all comes out in that scene....

Steve McQueen’s boldly unclassifiable five-part investigation into Black history couldn’t compete with superheroes. “sang Oscar host Hugh Jackman, “I haven’t seenThe Reader!” The perception of elitism stung the voting body. John Boyega in ‘Small Axe: Red, White and Blue’.Amazon Studios Oscars cosmologist Mark Harrisdirectly connected theDark Knightfurorto the later expansion of the Best Picture lineup. A god’s-eye view makes the incident seem more like a duel between two different elitisms....

Hold me closer, Tony Danza… We love a Phoebe Buffay malapropism. Cox called it “one of the greatest moments of my life” on Instagram. But just how did she get this group of talent to pull it off? It happened surprisingly organically. “I was like, ‘What? Of course, I don’t mind.'” She adds, “I thought, ‘I can’t do this, I’m too nervous. I’ll miss every note.’ And so, I just started laughing....

Graduate top of your quarantine class! We break down essential movies worth watching on the streaming service. But it’s great at providing context and bonus features for their content, too. Credit: Everett Collection (3) Organizing the channel around themes that range from German Expressionism to Columbia Noir, the service is highly curated. With that in mind, weve devised a crash course film school for your quarantine viewing. Here are just three....

“She started talking about how it’s possible for you to understand characters by how they run. “I did some horse riding with corsets before to check that I got used to that. I just wanted it to be a second-nature thing for me.” Costar Omar J. Dorsey also felt the effects of Erivo’s dedication. “She’s so strong, so she was actually the living embodiment of what Harriet Tubman was. She was this little woman, but she was the boss in the room when she walked in....

“And then she realizes it’s not an affair. It’s not a hot redhead, it’s mass corruption. Nixon is the hot redhead in this scenario.” Dan Stevens and Betty Gilpin as John and Mo Dean on ‘Gaslit’.Starz Can you tease the roles they play in the story and how their relationship evolves? BETTYGILPIN:On first glance, she’s like, “This is gonna be a quick date. I will never see this person again....

In one sense, David Mitchell published a new novel this year, titledUtopia Avenue. Other Mitchell novels, likeCloud AtlasandThe Bone Clocks, give a better indication of his overall project. “I do like my novels to have these hyperlinks between them,” Mitchell tells EW. Credit: Paul Stuart; Random House “Like how the songs on an LP likeSgt. Pepper’sadd up to more than the sum of their parts. Two members ofGhostwritten’s ensemble pop up inUtopia Avenue....

DC Comics hero Naomi, a.k.a. The creative teams take us inside her speedy ascension. Naomi McDuffie has accomplished a stunning amount during her short time in the DC Universe. The CW How does it feel to seeNaomion TV? BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS: Literally, that’s the first thought that comes into my head. Like, I’m still not over [Netflix’s adaptation of]Jessica Jones. Ava DuVernay, Jill Blankenship, David F. Walker, and Brian Michael Bendis....

“That’s the trippiest and headiest part of this. It was hard even for her to explainMusic. We called it ‘Camp Sia’ while we were working on it. Patti Perret/Amazon Studios It was such a transformative experience. I left it a freer artist, a better artist.” I just was hopeful, but it’s hard to hold on to hope. “That was one of the things that madeOne Night in Miamisimpatico with me,” Odom says....

Enough to compel a director to work from the public record. But we can forget how pro-government and racially out-of-touch mainstream media outlets were back then. Shaka King didn’t. Credit: Saskia Kahn What the director captures inJudas and the Black Messiahisn’t a Hollywood version of the official tale. It’s the story of real people whose lives were forever changed by a profound betrayal. A real auteur." Glen Wilson/Warner Bros. King, 40, seems an unlikely fit for such a sober story....