A Guide to Britannia Season 2

A Guide to Britannia Season 2

EPIX is continually producing some of the best original content on TV, from dark comedies like “Get Shorty“, to period pieces like “Belgravia,” to the excellent Batman universe show “Pennyworth.” One of its latest hits is “Britannia,” a show set in 43 A.D. at the height of the Roman Empire’s conquest of the world. And if you’re just now discovering the show due to a well-placed curiosity click, welcome, and here are some things you should know to get caught ...

Netflix Launches Documentary and Unscripted Filmmaker Fellowship With Ghetto Film School

Netflix Launches Documentary and Unscripted Filmmaker Fellowship With Ghetto Film School

Netflix is partnering with Ghetto Film School on a fellowship program that aims to give up-and-coming documentary and nonfiction filmmakers a major career boost, particularly for people of color. The Los Gatos, Calif., streaming giant and the nonprofit, which has locations in New York, Los Angeles and London, on Monday opened applications for the yearlong program, which will be run out of L.A. Those chosen for the Netflix Nonfiction Directing and Producing Fellowship will be placed on the company’s unscripted ...

Race. Gender. Sex. Nothing is off-limits (and it’s all funny) in ‘Unprotected Sets’

Race. Gender. Sex. Nothing is off-limits (and it’s all funny) in ‘Unprotected Sets’

Meet Rocky Dale Davis. He’s from Alabama. He’s a white guy with a short haircut and a trademark southern drawl. Facing a small crowd in a comedy club, Rocky takes the microphone and starts his set by addressing the obvious. Things are not as they seem. “I’m not racist,” he tells the crowd, “I just look and sound racist.”  Welcome to “Unprotected Sets” on EPIX®, where seemingly every act touches on one of the things you’re not supposed to talk about ...

Captain Comics: Best comics shows coming in 2021

Captain Comics: Best comics shows coming in 2021

Let’s talk TV. Because 2021 is going to be explosive on the small screen. “But wait,” I hear you say. “Aren’t there nine terrific SF/fantasy/superhero shows that are on their last seasons in the coming year? Not just shows that have reached a natural end, like ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond,’ but shows killed in their prime, like ‘Black Lightning,’ ‘The Expanse,’ ‘His Dark Materials,’ ‘Lost in Space,’ ‘Lucifer,’ ‘Supergirl’ and ‘Van Helsing’? Are genre shows ...