14 stories by "Charles Bramesco"
The singular comedian gave 40 hours of interviews to film-maker Matt Wolf for an intimate and often challenging two-part portrait
For any documentary that hinges on access in order to be pro…
A new season of films celebrates how different directors have found a way to bring Shakespeare's work forward, from Baz Luhrmann to Derek Jarman
What is the Shakespeare canon if not the idea…
Netflix's latest specials show two once-funny comedians continuing to punch down in a desperate quest for relevance
The funniest part of Dave Chappelle's new special The Dreamer comes right …
Just as Daniel Radcliffe outlived Harry Potter and Robert Pattinson survived Edward Cullen, so, too, will Jamie Dornan soon be free of Christian Grey. The final installment of the Fifty Shad…
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Though the vast majority of the general public has yet to lay eyes on Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star Is Born, one scan of Twitter indicates that thousands of people have already r…
Kristen Bell is the Platonic ideal of the adult theater kid " lively, bubbling with personality, able to conjure enthusiasm for anyone or anything " and her biggest roles have usually requir…
Chloë Sevigny is all over the place, and yet she feels like she's nowhere. We meet on a cold March morning at boutique studio A24's offices in midtown Manhattan to discuss her role in t…
The comic's first recorded special in 10 years is a sharp combination of social commentary and self-analysis deftly covering race, politics and relationshipsIn a comedy landscape with rapidl…
To Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, the kink-happy romantic leads of the epochal Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, sex is everything. It's a life force, the flame that keeps a relationship…
You've gotta hand it to the trailer for the newly released motion picture Pottersville: The concluding title card of "In Theaters on November 10" is not, technically, a lie. This past Friday…
Your neighborhood cineplex is getting desperate. It's no longer breaking news that the ascendant popularity of TV and the advent of streaming have landed brick-and-mortar theaters in dire st…
It turns out that Nazi torture-chamber interlude in "Sleepers Wake" wasn't just a memorable flirtation with the horror genre, but rather the vanguard of a chilling new status quo. "Waxing Gi…
Ryan Gosling is the complete package: decorated actor, meme source material, funny-face-maker, and canvas upon which we may project our dreamiest fantasies. Now you can add to that list &quo…