Erik Henriksen

Netflix In 2005, Noah Baumbach wrote and directed The Squid and the Whale, a movie that dug deep into what it feels like to be a kid in a family that’s pulled itself past its breaking point. The specifics of The Squid and the Whale were the opposite of universal—not many kids dealing with divorce […]

Amazon Studios “They made their own clouds,” a man from Earth says in the fourth season of The Expanse, as he looks down at a terraformed Mars. “Brings to mind the people who built the great Gothic cathedrals. Knowing they’d be long dead before their work was finished, trusting their great-grandchildren would lay the final […]

Claire Folger Rian Johnson knows his shit. Ever since Brick, the writer/director’s brilliant neo-noir from 2005—and on through his conman caper The Brothers Bloom, his sci-fi action flick Looper, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which somehow managed to both deconstruct all the Star Wars movies to date while also being the best Star Wars […]

MARY CYBULSKI / FOCUS FEATURES “Through our science, our people, and our communities, we pledge to constantly improve and innovate more sustainable ways of contributing,” reads the grandiose PR copy on the website of chemical company DuPont. “This is our commitment to our shared humanity and to helping every community thrive for generations to come.” […]

MYLES ARONOWITZ / FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES Tonight, the Northwest Film Center was planning to screen the theatrical cut of Kenneth Lonergan’s barely seen masterpiece Margaret. On its own, this was a pretty big deal—there simply aren’t many chances to see Margaret, in any form, on the big screen. But now it’s an even bigger deal: […]

Mark Ruffalo’s gonna sue you to hell!