Female Film Critics 24/375
Spike Lee’s newest crime thriller Highest 2 Lowest, a re-imagining of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s classic High to Low (1963), is disappointing – in so many ways. Based on the novel King’s Ransom (1959) by Evan Hunter, using the pseudonym Ed McBain, it revolves around a Black Establishment music mogul known as having the “best ears in the business” who is targeted with a ransom plot.
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Apple TV+ will debut Season 4 of the award-winning global hit drama, The Morning Show, starring and executive produced by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, alongside showrunner and executive producer Charlotte Stoudt and director and executive producer Mimi Leder. The 10-episode Season 4 will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, Sept. 17 with the first episode, followed by one episode weekly until Nov. 19.
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Gorgeously shot and thoughtfully executed, Omnivore, a food documentary series about the transformative powers of food, is a pungent paean to the ingredients that are essentially a recipe for humanity. In calm, measured tones, renowned Danish chef Rene Redzepi narrates a captivating personal journey through five continents about everyday items that changed the world. We’re not talking tweezer food and glib TV infotainment here. His goal is to “unlock hidden truths about who were are and where we’re going.”
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The New Look delves into Coco Chanel’s and Christian Dior’s history. Some individuals enjoy name recognition even though biographical details may not be well known. This occurred to me as I watched the series The New Look which informatively and compellingly chronicles haute couture icons Christian Dior and Coco Chanel during and briefly after the WWII Nazi occupation of Paris. Poetic license is taken, but confirmed biographical details are, nevertheless, significant.
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Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss capture today’s politics in a microcosm through their documentary Boys State, a spirited, unpredictable look at the 2018 Texas Boys State experience. a week-long event where eleven hundred 17-year-olds, arbitrarily assigned to the fictional Federalists or Nationalists group, square off in representative elections, the most consequential for Boys State Governor.
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A limited series about the legendary actor and inventor is heading to Apple, which has given a straight-to-series order to Hedy Lamarr, starring Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman). The eight-episode drama, originally set up at Showtime, will air on Apple TV+.
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