Kaiya Shunyata

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Esther Zuckerman |Kevin Fallon |Nick Schager |Kaiya Shunyata

In 1993, before Ang Lee became the Oscar-winning director of films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and The Life of Pi, he made a delightful rom-com called The Wedding Banquet. The Wedding Banquet, co-written with Lee’s longtime collaborator James Schamus, tells the story of a Taiwanese man living in New York with his boyfriend who decides to marry his female artist tenant. She needs a green card; he needs to convince his marriage-hungry parents that he’s straight.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Kaiya Shunyata |Emma Fraser |Alec Karam

Paradise is a science-fiction thriller that taps into contemporary fears from an indirect angle, and that shrewdness ultimately lends it much of its underlying power. Reuniting him with his This is Us star Sterling K. Brown, showrunner Dan Fogelman’s Hulu series, premiering Jan. 28, is a tale about government duplicity, authoritarian villainy, and traumatic isolation that blends the realistic and the fantastical to moving and unnerving effect.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Nick Schager |Kaiya Shunyata

PARK CITY, Utah—Grief is a winged beast that squawks and mocks the living in The Thing with Feathers, the story of a widower struggling to cope with the recent death of his beloved wife while being pestered by a giant talking crow.

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Kaiya Shunyata |Jesse Hassenger

The action genre has long been filled with femme fatales and shirtless men, but in recent years, the inherent sexyness of the genre has been stripped away. One of the most popular current action series, Netflix’s The Night Agent, is one of the worst culprits. In fact, out of all the political dramas and conspiracy thrillers available to stream, this show seems particularly terrified of the aspects that once made this genre so enthralling.

Dec 12, 2024 | rogerebert.com | Kaiya Shunyata

"Dead to Me" creator Liz Feldman has once again delivered a whip-smart and heartfelt comedy for Netflix. This time, the series follows married couple Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul Morgan (Ray Romano) as they attempt to sell their luxurious Los Feliz home. While the concept appears slight, what unfolds is anything but. We first meet the couple as they're locked away in their son's bedroom, spying on the couples viewing their home downstairs from a camera.