It’s a true testament to Elizabeth Lo’s direction that her latest documentary, Mistress Dispeller, doesn’t feel like a work of exploitation or exoticism. This stranger-than-fiction observational portrait of intimacy, set in the Chinese “love industry,” follows four people through the fallout of an affair between Mr. Li, an older man,
Broadchurch Creator Will Bring Agatha Christie Mystery to Netflix
After several years of Netflix making movies that feel an awful lot like Agatha Christie mysteries (Knives Out, its sequel Glass Onion, and the forthcoming Wake Up Dead Man), the streamer has finally decided to just go straight to the source. Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, a three-part adaptation of novel
Stranger Things Animated Series Shows the Limits of an ’80s Fixation
Every Den of Geek reader knows that Stranger Things is ending this year with the release of the three-part season 5. But every Den of Geek reader also knows that Stranger Things is incredibly popular, and therefore Netflix cannot let it die. The show has garnered legions of fans because
Fantastic Four: First Steps Learned an Important Lesson from the 1994 Roger Corman Movie
Part of the excitement surrounding the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps earlier this year was the expectation of seeing Marvel’s First Family done right. Versions of the Fantastic Four appeared on screen before Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach suited up as the quartet, but
Doctor Who Spinoff Is Changing the Name of the Classic Sea Devils
In tragic news for those of us who’ve been determinedly calling the forthcoming (questionable) Doctor Who spinoff The War Between the Land and the Sea “that Sea Devils show” or something vaguely similar, we’re going to have to update our terminology. Because in the world of this series, that term