If Tig Notaro invented the art of making light of potentially fatal illness, Sarah Silverman is picking up right where Notaro left off. The comedian’s new Netflix special ‘A Speck of Dust’ dropped yesterday and Silverman finds comedic inspiration from the near-death experience she went through last year, when a “freak-case” of epiglottis sent her…
Elon Gold, considered by many to be this generation’s Borscht Belt King, is no stranger to those who watch Netflix. His act brings laughs to both Jews and non-Jews alike all over the world, including sold out shows in England, Sydney and Johannasburg. He has also starred in FOX’s “Stacked,” “Bones,” and NBC’s “In-Laws,” and…
If you grew up reading “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” you probably remember that it wasn’t quite like other children’s books. In fact the novels, which followed the ill-fated journey of three orphaned children, were gothic, dreary and — if you were me — so painfully engrossing that your mom had to occasionally hide them…
(JTA) — As the folks on the next season of “Game of Thrones” might say, “Winter is here.” That means it’s time to get under the covers and engage in the national pastime of binge-watching TV shows. Since Netflix pioneered the streaming model in the late 2000s, other streaming services have been popping up regularly,…
Ang Lee might have gotten the most press this year for his 3-D technical achievements in the otherwise forgettable film “The Long Halftime Walk of Billy Lynn.” But the most amazing cinematic achievement I saw this year was Sebastian Schipper’s Berlin-based thriller “Victoria,” which unspools an entire two-hour heist drama in a single take. Alfred…
Those of you still going bananas over the 80’s-tastic Netflix original “Stranger Things” may be familiar with the fan theories buzzing around the internet about the show. There are speculations about who the monster really is, about the fate of Barb, and about what’s going to happen next season, if there is a next season…
Winona Ryder has recently come back into the spotlight after something of a hiatus from show business, blowing audiences away with her performance as frantic but determined mother Joyce Byers in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” As part of her re-emergence, Ryder (born Winona Horowitz) gave an interview to New York Magazine’s Heather Havrilesky, in…
For years, Rob Burnett made audiences laugh as one of the head writers on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Now, he’s tackling something decidedly darker. “The Fundamentals of Caring,” a new Netflix dramedy written and directed by Burnett, stars Craig Roberts as a snarky young man with muscular dystrophy and Paul Rudd, his rookie…
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