Subscribers, Part 1: –200,000. The streaming giant shed 200,000 global paid subscribers in the first quarter of 2022, its first loss in a decade. Some of this was the disruption of service in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine… Subscribers, Part 2: –2 million. … but it’s mostly because Netflix is realizing a rapidly maturing marketplace in the U.S. and Canada, where the company was down 600,000 subscribers. The sudden impact of that not-so-sudden reality has Netflix expecting to lose another 2 million subscribers by the time it reveals second-quarter (April-June) results in July....

The end of “The Expanse” Season 5 is turning out to breathtaking in more ways than one. After building to an oxygen-gasping hard vacuum jump just a few weeks ago, the show embraces that kind of tension on an even bigger scale in its penultimate episode, “Winnipesaukee.” Switching its attention from the void of space to the aftermath of Marco Inaros’ devastating attack on Earth, “The Expanse” follows the group led by Amos (Wes Chatham) as they try to board and rig a private shuttle to escape the planet....

Not that perfection is what Dominik is after. “I don’t believe in perfection,” he said. “I believe in imperfection that reveals truth.” To that end, Dominik’s work with actors is exploratory rather than prescriptive. “It’s a process of discovery, and that’s what you’re really shooting, the actor discovering something.” The performances in “Blonde” are uniformly terrific, but the movie unquestionably belongs to Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe. She inhabits the role so completely both emotionally and physically that there are recreations of iconic images and film scenes in which the viewer does a double take to make sure they’re not watching the actual Monroe....

The “Don’t Worry Darling” star shot “The Wonder,” helmed by Sebastián Lelio, in Ireland last year, and the intense terrain and drastic weather changes made production especially grueling. “You’d see all four seasons in one day,” the Oscar nominee said during “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” adding that the period piece was “completely opposite from Amy in ‘Little Women.’ I just had one outfit!” But it was Pugh’s animal co-stars that proved to be the most challenging of all....

One of the four people is charged with selling the fentanyl-laced heroin that allegedly led to Williams’ death, according to The New York Times. Williams died on September 6, 2021, with the medical examiner’s office later confirming that the “Lovecraft Country” Emmy nominee died of a drug overdose. Manhattan federal prosecutors now say that Irvin Cartagena was allegedly caught on a security camera selling Williams the drugs. Cartagena was arrested in Puerto Rico on February 2, via NBC News....

That atemporality is at the heart of Sebastian Meise’s “Great Freedom,” a tough but powerfully tender prison epic that adopts a Tralfamadorian approach to its portrait of a repeat “offender” — a man who’s only free to express his natural love and desire while locked up in the same purgatory that was built to deny them both. The film thaws across three separate decades of a single life, melting through time like the errant memories that visit Hans Hoffmann (“Transit” star Franz Rogowski) in the darkness of the cell where he’s often sent for solitary confinement....

Greenwood was in Toruń, Poland, to receive a Special Award for Achievements in Production Design at the 30th EnergaCAMERIMAGE. Her career has included several collaborations with directors Joe Wright (“Atonement,” “Darkest Hour,” “Cyrano”) and Guy Ritchie (“Sherlock Holmes,” “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”), as well as the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black.” She’s been nominated for five Academy Awards, all in collaboration with set decorator Spencer. But Greenwood and Spencer faced a daunting challenge ahead of Gerwig’s much-anticipated comedy based on Mattel’s flagship doll: Who lives in a world of toys?...

Del Toro has long wanted to adapt H.P. Lovecraft’s science fiction-horror novella “At the Mountains of Madness.” The project seemed a possibility after the Oscar-winning filmmaker left “The Hobbit” in 2010. At that point, Universal announced it would make “Mountains” with del Toro as a 3D movie starring Tom Cruise and produced by James Cameron. Come March 2011, the studio had pulled the plug on del Toro because financing a $150 million movie with an intended R-rating was too much of a risk....

Del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” is adapted by the filmmaker, and film critic Kim Morgan, from the 1946 William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name. The ensemble cast includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, and David Strathairn. The film originally eyed a release in 2020, but pandemic-related production delays bumped it to 2021. IndieWire reported that del Toro wrapped production on the movie in December....

Two years later, she threw down the gauntlet again, bravely forging ahead to follow up her blockbuster debut with another special. Released on Netflix in May, “Douglas” is just as sharp, entertaining, and original as “Nanette,” though it lacks some of emotional intensity of the former. As she did for queer and gender non-conforming people in “Nanette,” however, Gadsby uses “Douglas” to discuss her autism diagnosis. An awkward interaction at the dog park becomes a hilarious window into the mind of a neuro-divergent person, garnished with a healthy ribbing of misogyny, naturally....

“I think we were very respectful of what the original show is,” said Sapochnik, who directed six “Game of Thrones” episodes, directs multiple episodes of “Dragon,” and also serves as showrunner alongside series co-creator Ryan Condal. “It wasn’t broken so we’re not we’re not trying to reinvent the wheel. ‘House of the Dragon’ has its own tone that will evolve and emerge over the course of the show. But first, it’s very important to pay respects and homage to the original series, which was pretty groundbreaking....

But then there’s “Better Call Saul,” the lone show in the category which takes place wholly on planet Earth in the 21st century (however alien the landscape of the Albuquerque desert might look sometimes). It is a huge outlier by genre. It’s not an outlier at all, though, when you look at how “Better Call Saul” uses sound in its storytelling, or at how the show’s sound drives the series forward....

Linear TV will also be carrying multiple showings of the beloved film. On Christmas Eve, NBC will air the film in its entirety starting at 8 p.m. ET. E! will also air the film on loop on Christmas Day, starting at 6 a.m. ET for a total of seven showings. If you want to venture to theaters to see the movie on the big screen, NYC’s IFC Center screens the film December 25 at 10:40, 1:25, 4:10, 7, and 9:10 p....

Kyle, Stan, Kenny, and Cartman will make their Paramount+ debut when “South Park: Post Covid” premieres on the streaming platform November 25 in time to make your Thanksgiving watchlist. In “South Park: Post Covid,” the gang is navigating post-pandemic life. Fans will also get to see adult versions of Kyle and Stan reconnect over the phone after Covid changed everything. “You remember when we were little as friends, we said we’d always be there for each other when things got bad?...

Biden’s inauguration is expected to be covered on all mainstream television media networks, including CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS News, and Fox News. The event is also expected to be streamed online on most major news media outlets’ websites. While the networks are varying their start times in the lead up to the event — CNN’s coverage, for instance, starts today at 4 p.m. ET — all of them will start by 10 a....

Deputy editor TV and TV critic Ben Travers was nominated in the Criticism of TV category, with his reviews of “Ted Lasso,” “City So Real,” and “Ratched” earning particular attention. Also on the TV side, deputy editor Film and TV Craft Chris O’Falt, creative producer Leonardo Adrian Garcia, TV editor Kristen Lopez, associate editor TV Steve Greene, and craft and animation editor Bill Desowitz were nominated for best Multimedia Package for their work on “IndieWire Influencers: TV....

Masaaki Yuasa has long established himself as one of the most creatively unbridled minds in all of modern animation — his expressionistic films (“The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl”) and television shows (“Devilman Crybaby”) alike exude a shape-shifting fearlessness that allows them to address old strifes with new sensitivities — but not even his die-hard fans could hope to adequately prepare themselves for the head-scratching, jaw-dropping, head-banging freak-out of the director’s latest and potentially last feature, “Inu-Oh....

The “Godfather” alum died at age 82 on July 6. His official Twitter page confirmed his death, writing, “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jimmy on the evening of July 6. The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.” Francis Ford Coppola, who first directed Caan in “The Rain People” and then the “Godfather” films, said in a statement that the late actor will “never be forgotten” both for his onscreen achievements and as a friend....

Gunn recently took to Twitter to air his grievances about what he saw as unnecessary interference from Warner Bros. on the films. When an official Netflix Twitter account announced that the films will be streaming on Netflix next month, Gunn responded by expressing his distaste for how the films turned out. “Destroying mysteries 20 years later,” he wrote. According to Gunn, the first movie was planned as a comedy aimed at a slightly older audience than the franchise normally pursues, with the production team targeting a PG-13 rating....