QUEENS: Executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz and showrunner Chloe Sarosh talk about shaping the new docuseries

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/24/2024
An African elephant calf walks amongst the herd in QUEENS | ©2024 National Geographic / Robbie Harman

The seven-part nature documentary series QUEENS is now streaming in its entirety on both National Geographic and Disney+. Narrated by Angela Bassett, each episode focuses on matriarchal animal societies in different environments. QUEENS is also primarily made by women filmmakers. Executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz has been with QUEENS since its inception; Chloë Sarosh is the showrunner and a writer on the project. Berlowitz, an Emmy winner for FROZEN PLANET, co-founded Wildstar Films after working with the BBC’s Natural History Unit for twenty-five years. Sarosh has been a producer on other docuseries, including EARTH FROM SPACE and NATURE’S WEIRDEST EVENTS. During […]Read On »


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QUEENS: Director of Photography Sophie Darlington and producer-director Faith Musembi on new documentary series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/08/2024
QUEENS Director of Photography Justine Evans, Mentee and Filmmaker Erica Rugabandana, Series Director and Mentee Faith Musembi, and Director of Photography Sophie Darlington | ©2024 National Geographic for Disney / Andrew Thompson

QUEENS, on National Geographic and Disney+, is a seven-episode documentary series spotlighting matriarchal animal groups, made by a group of primarily women filmmakers. Different segments focus on wildlife in the savannahs, in Africa, in the rainforest, in the coasts and oceans, and in the mountains, as well as on insects and aunts. The series is narrated by Angela Bassett, one of its executive producers. The first three episodes premiered on Monday, March 4; the remaining four will debut on Monday, March 11. Sophie Darlington is, with Justine Evans, the series director of photography on QUEENS. Her previous credits include PBS […]Read On »


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QUEENS: D.P. Justine Evans and cinematographer Erin Ranney on new animal mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/01/2024
QUEENS Key Art | ©2024 National Geographic

QUEENS is National Geographic Channel’s seven-part nature documentary series, premiering with three episodes on Monday, March 4, then running the other four episodes on Monday, March 11. The series is also available on Disney+. Shot across six continents, QUEENS not only focuses on animal matriarchies, from elephants to ants, but was made by a women-led team of filmmakers and technicians, and narrated by Angela Bassett. Director of photography Justine Evans, whose previous credits include PLANET EARTH and GREAT MIGRATIONS, and cinematographer Erin Ranney, who filmed on NATURE, sit down to talk about their work on QUEENS. This conversation took place […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/11/2022
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Rating: PG-13 Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Angela Bassett, Dominique Thorne, Martin Freeman, Winston Duke, Michaela Cole, Florence Kasumba, Richard Schiff, Mabel Cadena Writers: Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, story by Ryan Coogler, based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Director: Ryan Coogler Distributor: Walt Disney Co. Release Date: November 11, 2022 BLACK PANTHER, released in February, 2018, proved beyond any doubt that a black-led superhero movie could do blockbuster box office, as well as being excellent, entertaining filmmaking. Based on the Marvel Comics created by Stan Lee and Jack […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/14/2021
GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE movie poster | ©2021 Netflix

Rating: R Stars: Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Chloe Coleman, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Paul Giamatti, Ralph Ineson, Adam Nagaitis, Michael Smiley Writers: Navot Papushado & Ehud Lavski Director: Navot Papushado Distributor: STX Films/Netflix Release Date: July 14, 2021 GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE is an action movie that stars Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Paul Giamatti, and Ralph Ineson, and introduces a capable young performer, Chloe Coleman. Do we really need to know more than that to persuade us this is worth seeing? For those who want more information, GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE takes place in one of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SOUL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/11/2021
SOUL movie poster | ©2020 Disney/Pixar

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Angela Bassett, Alice Braga, Richard Ayoade, Wes Studi, Fort une Feirnster, Zenobia Shroff Writers: Pete Docter & Mike Jones & Kemp Powers Director: Pete Docter Co-Director: Kemp Powers Distributor: Disney Release Date: December 25, 2020 SOUL has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Animated Motion Picture and Best Score (by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, with jazz compositions and arrangements by Jon Batiste), and will no doubt get some Oscar nods as well. The title of SOUL comes from both the spirit of jazz music, dear to the heart […]Read On »


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9-1-1: Oliver Stark on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2020
Oliver Stark in 9-1-1 - Season 2 | ©2018 Fox/Mathieu Young

9-1-1, Fox’s first-responder drama, returns for the rest of its third season on Monday, April 13. Oliver Stark has been with 9-1-1 from the beginning as Evan “Buck” Buckley, who has been through a lot of changes since the series began. Buck started off as a ladies’ man who became monogamous when he fell for 9-1-1 operator Abby Clark (Connie Britton). When Abby left at the end of Season 1, Buck welcomed his sister, erstwhile nurse Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), into his home as she fled an abusive husband (she wound up having to kill her ex in self-defense). Buck […]Read On »


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9-1-1: Angela Bassett chats about Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/24/2019
Angela Bassett in 9-1-1 - Season 3 | ©2019 Fox/Mathieu Young

The first responder drama 9-1-1 begins its third season Monday nights on Fox with most of its characters in a good place. Angela Bassett’s LAPD Sergeant Athena Grant married her fire captain beau Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) at the end of Season 2, with her two teen children from her first marriage in attendance. 9-1-1 being a show about people in crisis, everybody’s cheerful mood may not make it through the first episode. However, Bassett’s positive attitude seems likely to last much longer. Also an executive producer on 9-1-1, Bassett (who was an Oscar nominee for her portrayal of Tina […]Read On »


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9-1-1: Co-creator Tim Minear on Season 2 of the first responder drama – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/25/2019
Rockmond Dunbar, Oliver Stark, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Ryan Guzman, and Kenneth Choi in 9-1-1 - Season 2 | © 2019 FOX Broadcasting/Mathieu Young

9-1-1, Fox Networks’ Los Angeles-based first-responder drama, now in its second season on Monday nights, has just been renewed for a third season. Executive producer/show runner Tim Minear, who co-created 9-1-1 with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (he also works as a writer/executive producer/director on their AMERICAN HORROR STORY for FX), talks Season 2 at both a Q&A panel and a small follow-up discussion. ASSIGNMENT X: What percentage of the incidents you depict on 9-1-1 are taken from real life? TIM MINEAR: A lot of our cases are real. In fact, the ones that probably you think, “Well, that never […]Read On »


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9-1-1: Actor Aisha Hinds gives the scoop on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/24/2018
Aisha Hinds in 9-1-1 - Season 2 | ©2018 Fox/Mathieu Young

9-1-1, Fox Network’s drama about first responders in Los Angeles, starts its second season Monday nights with a rumble and a bang. The Big One earthquake hits L.A., and the police, paramedics and fire departments are worked to their limits. Aisha Hinds plays firefighter Henrietta “Hen” Wilson, who is best friends with Angela Bassett’s police officer Athena Grant. Hen’s marriage to Karen (Tracie Thoms) had some rumblings of its own last season when Hen’s one-night stand with her ex not only hurt Karen, but endangered the couple’s custody of their son. Hinds is no stranger to playing first responders – […]Read On »


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