The Playlist

1 week ago | theplaylist.net | Mike DeAngelo

Celine Song made waves with her semi-autobiographical debut “Past Lives,” a gentle gut-punch of a romance about fate, longing, and the people we could have become. With her follow-up, “Materialists,” Song trades whispered regrets for sharp banter, high-end fashion, and the ruthless calculus of the New York City dating scene. But beneath the couture and comedy lies another deep dive into the contradictions of modern love.

1 week ago | theplaylist.net | Rodrigo Perez

Having premiered last week wherever you listen to podcasts, the eight-part Audible Original podcast series “What Could Go Wrong?” from acclaimed screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (“The Bourne Ultimatum,” “The Report,” “Extrapolations”) is an engrossing look at the holistic nature of artificial intelligence via a fascinating thought experiment.

1 week ago | theplaylist.net | Marshall Shaffer

If only the cleverness of Charles Williams’ directorial debut “Inside” extended a little further beyond the number of ways he can twist the titular concept. The title card drops over an ultrasound of the narrator, soon-to-be adult prison inmate Mel (Vincent Miller), as he dwells inside his mother’s womb. Even before he’s a man inside the confines of a jail, he’s always defined and circumscribed by his surroundings.

1 week ago | theplaylist.net | Rodrigo Perez

Given “ER” did it best and the ubiquity of “Grey’s Anatomy” and similar network television medical dramas—a genre that never really ever left TV since the 80s— it didn’t really seem like a prestige drama version of an emergency room TV series was necessary. In fact, when HBO Max’s “The Pitt” first arrived, despite the inclusion of Noah Wylie as the lead, a writer and an executive producer on the show—clearly he learned a thing or two from his long stint on ER”—passed some media outlets by.

1 week ago | theplaylist.net | Gregory Ellwood

Seth Rogen has been a busy man. In the middle of a non-stop publicity and Emmy campaign for his acclaimed new Apple TV+ series, “The Studio,” he filmed Dylan Meyer’s “The Wrong Girls” alongside Kristen Stewart. But as the series unfurled, ideas were being thrown up in his office for a potential second season. A green light that officially occurred on May 6th.