Matt Brennan

Los Angeles

Deputy Entertainment Editor at Los Angeles Times

Editor-in-Chief at The Envelope

Executive Producer at The Envelope Podcast

Man about culture, @latimes. (Profile photo: @jaylclendenin)

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A Liza Minnelli doc and an ’80s L.A. slasher for your weekend rotting

1 month ago | latimes.com | Robert Lloyd |Amy Nicholson |Matt Brennan |Yvonne Villarreal |Tracy Brown

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone just trying to find all that jazz. In this week’s edition, we recommend two films that bring the comforts of nostalgia: “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,” a film that spotlights Liza Minnelli’s life in the 1970s, and “Out of the Dark,” a 1988 L.A. slasher that our film critic Amy Nicholson recently rediscovered.
'The White Lotus,' 'The Bondsman' and more to watch this weekend

1 month ago | latimes.com | Robert Lloyd |Joshua Rothkopf |Yvonne Villarreal |Matt Brennan

Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Sam Nivola are the Ratliff family in the third season of “The White Lotus.”Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone getting in the “ooh-loo-loo-loos” before the season finale of “The White Lotus.”The third season of the HBO drama concludes on Sunday with a 90-minute finale.
'Adolescence,' 'Wolf Hall' and more to watch this weekend

1 month ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan |Robert Lloyd

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone whose Anglophilia is flaring up again.
How ‘Happy Face’ aims to be unlike other true-crime dramas

2 months ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan |Tracy Brown |Mary McNamara |Yvonne Villarreal

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone searching for a new true-crime drama to watch. In this week’s newsletter, Screen Gab editor Matt Brennan gets insight from “Happy Face” showrunner Jennifer Cacicio about her approach to telling a serial-killer story — plus, streaming recommendations for your weekend and more. Must-read stories you might have missed‘The Apprentice’ made Trump a reality TV mogul.
'Last of Us Part II' cast and creatives talk spoilers

2 months ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan

Matt Brennan is a Los Angeles Times’ deputy editor for entertainment and arts. Born in the Boston area, educated at USC and an adoptive New Orleanian for nearly 10 years, he returned to Los Angeles in 2019 as the newsroom’s television editor. He previously served as TV editor at Paste Magazine, and his writing has also appeared in Indiewire, Slate, Deadspin and numerous other publications.
Catherine O'Hara has power, Kathryn Hahn wants money: 'The Studio' team tells all at SXSW

2 months ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan

With an opening allusion to Robert Altman’s 1992 classic “The Player,” Apple TV+’s new comedy “The Studio” tees up an age-old subject — how the Hollywood sausage is made — for the 21st century. Starring Seth Rogen as put-upon studio head Matt Remick, who tries to balance his cinephilia with the demands of the job, the series turns topics like corporate intellectual property and meddling execs into high comedy (and high stress) situations.
'The Last of Us' cast rates how hard they work to avoid spilling Season 2 spoilers

2 months ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan

Although the video game “The Last of Us Part II” came out in 2020 — seven years after the blockbuster original — there are still enough viewers blissfully unaware of what’s to come on HBO’s Emmy-winning adaptation that the L.A. Times studio at SXSW was a strict spoiler-free zone on Saturday when the team behind the series stopped in for a visit.
Shirley Chen and McKenna Grace from ‘Slanted’ use the internet for weird animals

2 months ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan

Shirley Chen and McKenna Grace from ‘Slanted’ use the internet for weird animalsShirley Chen, McKenna Grace, Fang Du, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Amy Wang and Amelie Zilber came by the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival to talk about their film, “Slanted.”
What is government cheese to the characters of ‘Government Cheese?”

2 months ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan

What is government cheese to the characters of ‘Government Cheese?”David Oyelowo, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Evan Ellison, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr talk about their SXSW film, “Government Cheese” at the L.A. Times studio in Austin, TX.
Catherine O'Hara: Am I dying?

2 months ago | latimes.com | Matt Brennan

“Am I dying?” Catherine O’Hara confronted her own mortality in the L.A. Times studio. O’Hara and #TheStudio cast and creative team stopped by The L.A. Times studio sxsw to discuss the series with The Times’ Matt Brennan.