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Clint Worthington (Page 13)

Clint Worthington is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Spool, as well as one of the founders of the website/podcast Alcohollywood in 2011. He is also a Senior Writer at Consequence of Sound, as well as the co-host/producer of Travolta/Cage. You can also find his freelance work at IndieWire, UPROXX, Syfy Wire, The Takeout, and Crooked Marquee.

Emile Mosseri on crafting the noir-tinged mysteries of “Homecoming”

The composer talks about joining Amazon's acclaimed mystery series for its second season.

“Blood Machines” is a trippy, cosmic synth-wave opera

Shudder's latest is a synthwave sci-fi opera is thinly plotted and unapologetically lurid, but packed with gorgeous grindhouse visuals.

Capturing Dystopias: “Snowpiercer” and “Westworld” cinematographer John Grillo

The cinematographer behind much of HBO's Westworld and TNT's Snowpiercer talks about the rocky road to filming two disparate sci-fi dystopias.

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“Snowpiercer” goes off the rails far too quickly

TNT's adaptation of the French comic and Bong Joon-ho film struggles to stretch its high-concept premise across an entire series.

Rosalind Chao on the trailblazing Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold”

The veteran actress discusses her early turn in Nancy Kelly's recently-restored feminist Western Thousand Pieces of Gold, and her career since.

Historical action meets creature feature in the delightfully silly “Monstrum”

Shudder brings us a gory, goofy mix of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Tremors.

“The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” lets you choose Kimmy’s adventure, for good and ill

It's essentially a semi-interactive bonus episode, but Ellie Kemper and crew still pull some fun rabbits out of their purple JanSports.

Andrew Ahn on “Driveways”, Brian Dennehy, and making films about loneliness

The director of Driveways talks about crafting his second film, finding grace in human connection, and working with the late, great Brian Dennehy.

“Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind” leaves some pieces missing

Laurent Bouzereau's documentary about the life and death of the Hollywood legend is charming but frustratingly incomplete.

“Westworld” season 3 finale questions the nature of its programming

Season 3 finally comes to a shuddering halt, bogged down in the same plotting problems it spent all season fleeing from. Westworld season 3 was supposed to be a return to form — ditch the park, dump the non-chronological storytelling, stop trying to outguess Reddit, and tell a simple AIs-battling-for-the-soul-of-humanity story of the kind that ... “Westworld” season 3 finale questions the nature of its programming

“Bull” grabs its audiences by the horns and doesn’t let go

Annie Silverstein's delicate, uncompromising drama uses the subculture of Black rodeo to paint an aching picture of loss, time and poverty.

May’s Filmmaker of the Month: The Friday the 13th Series

For the first film's 40th anniversary, we hack and slash our way through the long, bloody saga of Jason Voorhees and his journeys from hell to Manhattan to space.

Westworld season 3 episode 7 recap: Poetic Sensibilities

Caleb learns the nature of his reality and graduates to the top of the food chain as the season draws to a close.

Michael Abels Returns to his Symphonic Roots for “Bad Education”

The composer of Get Out and Us discusses a return to his classical roots with Cory Finley's Bad Education.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season Finale Recap: Joy in “Blackout”

The Nine-Nine gets a new member of the precinct as season 7 comes to a heartwarming close. Does a real crisis make an imaginary one feel that much more real, or does it heighten the slap-happy ingenuity? Either way, “Blackout” is a great season finale of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, coming off the heels of two excellent ... Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season Finale Recap: Joy in “Blackout”

Mark Isham and Isabella Summers on “Little Fires Everywhere”‘s Music

The veteran composer and Florence and the Machine producer collaborate on the intrigue and pop covers of Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere.

Westworld Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: “Decoherence” Clutches Its Pearls

Lines in the sand are drawn (or deepened) as the world crumbles around our heroes.

Filmmaker of the Month

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Saw the MCU Grow Up

It's not perfect, but the Russo brothers' conspiracy-thriller take on the MCU turned its eye inward to the more explicitly political.

Westworld Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Gelding Humankind

Rohoboam's true purpose is revealed, and Dolores' ultimate mission expands to cover all of humanity.

Tzi Ma on “Tigertail” and Fighting Prejudice Amid COVID-19

The veteran character actor discusses Netflix's Tigertail and fighting anti-Asian bigotry in the time of coronavirus.

“Tigertail” Is an Unassuming, Deeply Personal Immigrant Tale

Master of None co-creator Alan Yang interrogates his father's move to America in a slow, but gentle debut.

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