Gayle Sequeira

Jan 20, 2025 | thedailybeast.com | Gayle Sequeira |Emily Maskell |Nick Schager |Emma Fraser

Severance is finally back after a nearly three-year wait, and with it, three years of a pent-up desire for feverish theorizing. The Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller follows a group of employees who’ve surgically separated their professional selves from their personal ones—the concept of work-life balance taken to the extreme—only to discover that nothing good can come from not knowing what they’ve been up to all day at the shady corporation that’s hired them.

Dec 5, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Gayle Sequeira |Leila Latif |Savina Petkova

Austrian filmmaker Ruth Beckermann takes an unhurried and optimistic approach to documenting a class of primary school children in the working-class Viennese neighbourhood of Favoriten. 5 December 2024As chronic underfunding and culture wars leave their mark on already teetering education systems, is it any wonder that documentarians are turning to the classroom as a significant site of interest?

Dec 5, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Leila Latif |Gayle Sequeira |Savina Petkova |Saffron Maeve

Following her bold debut I am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni digs deep into the surreality of Zambian mourning rituals with the story of a young woman who finds her abusive uncle dead on the side of a road. 4 December 2024A woman in a glittering futuristic mask pulls over her car on a road with no life, human or otherwise, in sight. Her only company is a man’s dead body, laid face down on the pavement. She pulls out her phone and utters with complete dispassion, “Dad, it’s Shula.

Dec 5, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Gayle Sequeira |Savina Petkova |Saffron Maeve |Elizabeth Sussex

During the 2021 Covid lockdown, a group of out-of-work actors staged a blunder-filled production of Hamlet inside the world of Grand Theft Auto. Now they’ve levelled up with an endearing documentary about the process. 4 December 2024All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

Oct 9, 2024 | vulture.com | Gayle Sequeira |Hershal Pandya |Bilge Ebiri |Fran Hoepfner

Displaying all articles tagged: vulture lists Oct. 10, 2024 Saturday Night recreates the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first SNL episode; see how other filmmakers have explored live TV’s highs and lows. i can’t believe it’s not sorkin Oct. 8, 2024 Every tic and flourish the SNL movie cribs from Sorkin makes it a fascinating showcase for all of the latter’s screenwriting strengths and weaknesses. movie review Sept.