Based on: “Emma” by Jane Austen, 1815
Verdict: While it doesn’t match “Clueless” for sheer wit and invention, Catton’s delightfully arch adaptation gets a lot of fresh comic mileage out of well-worn material and benefits, like all “Emma” adaptations, from Austen’s most ingeniously constructed story. Justin Chang
Haley Bennett, left, Glenn Close and Owen Asztalos in the movie “Hillbilly Elegy” on Netflix and the book by J.D. Vance.
(Lacey Terrell / Netflix; HarperCollins)
Netflix. Written by Vanessa Taylor, directed by Ron Howard
Based on: “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by J.D. Vance, 2016
Hold on a sec . I’m putting in my order of soy garlic wings at the Chicken Hut. OK. Done. Because, you know, the Super Bowl is on Sunday, and since the Raiders won’t be playing in it again (don’t get me started), I’m going to need some serious snacks and, I don’t know, a cocktail or three to take my mind off the fact that either the bleeping Chiefs are going to win again or it’s another trophy for Tom F ing Brady.
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As we mentioned last week, the Sundance Film Festival begins this Thursday, Jan. 28. Jen Yamato spoke to Tabitha Jackson, the new director of the festival, about the challenges of reimagining the event for a world still gripped by a pandemic.
“The first question, given the pandemic, was: ‘Should we even be doing the festival?’” Jackson said. “The answer very quickly was, ‘Yes.’ If we believe in the role of artists, the independent voice and community, then a film festival is not a bauble or a distraction or a frivolity. It’s actually a necessary coming together, in whatever way is safe, to make sense of the moment.”
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Hello! I’m Yvonne Villarreal and welcome to another edition of the companion newsletter to “The Envelope: The Podcast,” where my cohost, Mark Olsen, and I are bringing you highlights from each week’s episode throughout awards season.
Most news from last week got buried, understandably, by the insurrection at the Capitol. So you might have missed the announcement that the 63rd Grammy Awards, which was scheduled to take place Jan. 31 in Los Angeles, has been postponed because of concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The ceremony will now take place March 14.
Another shift to the awards season calendar as the pandemic rages, the date change also put the Grammys in direct conflict with the SAG Awards a move over which SAG-AFTRA said it was “extremely disappointed.” On Wednesday, the SAG Awards ceremony, which is typically held in January and televised on TBS and TNT, was moved to a new date, April 4.