This article and video contains spoilers about the first season of “The Diplomat.”
After six seasons on and three Emmy nominations for “The Americans,” Keri Russell returns to the world of international affairs on television in an entirely new way in the Netflix series “The Diplomat.” While both shows boast “sweeping political themes,” the actress stresses, “What attracted me to them is a much more intimate aspect of the people and usually the relationship.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Russell stars in the title role of “The Diplomat” as Kate Wyler, an American field officer in the foreign service previously based in Afghanistan who gets unexpectedly sent to London as the American ambassador after a British carrier is attacked, since the motives behind the attack seem to be to draw the U.S.’s attention. The “giant backdrop of political intrigue and London and U.K.-U.S. relations...
After six seasons on and three Emmy nominations for “The Americans,” Keri Russell returns to the world of international affairs on television in an entirely new way in the Netflix series “The Diplomat.” While both shows boast “sweeping political themes,” the actress stresses, “What attracted me to them is a much more intimate aspect of the people and usually the relationship.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Russell stars in the title role of “The Diplomat” as Kate Wyler, an American field officer in the foreign service previously based in Afghanistan who gets unexpectedly sent to London as the American ambassador after a British carrier is attacked, since the motives behind the attack seem to be to draw the U.S.’s attention. The “giant backdrop of political intrigue and London and U.K.-U.S. relations...
- 4/24/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Keri Russell is making her foray back into the world of foreign politics in Netflix’s latest political drama “The Diplomat,” headlining the cast as “harried” ambassador Kate Wyler — a role Russell says is one of the most fun jobs she’s had in a long time.
“I love the crazy, weird specificity of this person [Deborah Cahn] created — the harried nervousness and bossiness all mixed in one and then on top of that, this really fun, complicated marriage that’s constantly in flux,” Russell told TheWrap. “It’s fun to get to be funny and smart — it’s a good world to live in.”
The series, which premiered Thursday on Netflix, follows State Department veteran Kate (Russell) as she gets called up to the post of ambassador to the UK amid a global terrorist attack, putting her plans to mend relations in Afghanistan on the back burner. While this...
“I love the crazy, weird specificity of this person [Deborah Cahn] created — the harried nervousness and bossiness all mixed in one and then on top of that, this really fun, complicated marriage that’s constantly in flux,” Russell told TheWrap. “It’s fun to get to be funny and smart — it’s a good world to live in.”
The series, which premiered Thursday on Netflix, follows State Department veteran Kate (Russell) as she gets called up to the post of ambassador to the UK amid a global terrorist attack, putting her plans to mend relations in Afghanistan on the back burner. While this...
- 4/20/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
This article and video contain spoilers about the first season of “The Diplomat,” including the season finale.
“I like writing about things that I think actually matter in the world, but doing it in a way that is entertaining,” shares Debora Cahn about her approach to storytelling. As a writer who admits to finding “the news to be overwhelming,” she tries to “turn it into story” and “give an access point” to audiences to untangle complicated ideas and developments. Her latest venture into exactly this type of writing is the Netflix series “The Diplomat,” in which she serves as creator, showrunner, executive producer and writer. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Cahn discusses how “The Diplomat” emerged from her concern about the “American reputation abroad.” She explains how the country’s standing “took a little bit of a hit in the last few years” because “we left treaties and ripped up agreements.
“I like writing about things that I think actually matter in the world, but doing it in a way that is entertaining,” shares Debora Cahn about her approach to storytelling. As a writer who admits to finding “the news to be overwhelming,” she tries to “turn it into story” and “give an access point” to audiences to untangle complicated ideas and developments. Her latest venture into exactly this type of writing is the Netflix series “The Diplomat,” in which she serves as creator, showrunner, executive producer and writer. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Cahn discusses how “The Diplomat” emerged from her concern about the “American reputation abroad.” She explains how the country’s standing “took a little bit of a hit in the last few years” because “we left treaties and ripped up agreements.
- 4/20/2023
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
He's back and more diabolically ruthless than ever! Berlin cowers under the influence of a gambler-mastermind, the secret architect of an 'Empire of Crime.' Restored to near its full length (4.5 hours!), Fritz Lang's monumental pulp masterpiece is a Euro-classic lover's delight. Dr. Mabuse The Gambler Blu-ray Kino Lorber Classics 1922 / B&W / 1:33 flat Full Frame / 270 min. / Street Date September 13, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Bernhard Goetzke, Robert Forster-Larrinaga, Paul Richter Cinematography Carl Hoffmann Art Direction Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, Karl Stahl-Urach, Karl Vollbrecht Writing credits Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou & Norbert Jacques from the novel by Norbert Jacques Produced by Erich Pommer Directed by Fritz Lang
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Fritz Lang really upped his game, directing-wise, between his 1921 fantasy epic Destiny and his next thriller extravaganza Dr. Mabuse The Gambler. Transcending contemporary notions of a popular release, the...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Fritz Lang really upped his game, directing-wise, between his 1921 fantasy epic Destiny and his next thriller extravaganza Dr. Mabuse The Gambler. Transcending contemporary notions of a popular release, the...
- 9/12/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Roland Emmerich's (More Creative) Predecessor: Lang Was Early Cinema's Foremost Master of Spectacles
'Die Nibelungen: Siegfried': Paul Richter as the dragon-slaying hero of medieval Germanic mythology. 'Die Nibelungen': Enthralling silent classic despite complex plot and countless characters Based on the medieval epic poem Nibelungenlied, itself inspired by the early medieval Germanic saga about the Burgundian royal family, Fritz Lang's two-part Die Nibelungen is one of those movies I can enjoy many times without ever really understanding who's who and what's what. After all, the semi-historical, fantasy/adventure epic is packed with intrigue, treachery, deceit, hatred, murder, and sex. And that's just the basic plotline. As seen in Kino's definitive two-disc edition, artistically and cinematically speaking Die Nibelungen contains some of the greatest visual compositions I've ever seen. Filmed mostly in long shots that frame the imaginative sets and high ceilings, each static shot is meticulously composed with such symmetry and balance that, even though Die Nibelungen takes the viewer through a mythical fantasia,...
- 6/22/2016
- by Danny Fortune
- Alt Film Guide
This month, one of Fritz Lang’s first epic masterpieces, Die Nibelungen gets a lush Blu-ray treatment from Kino, and it has to be one of the most exciting remasters of the year. Sandwiched in-between his seminal crime classic Dr. Mabuse: the Gambler (1922) and Metropolis (1927), Lang’s expansive rendering of the Nordic legend is a technical achievement that rivals the likes of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and was thus split into two parts, Siegfried and Kreimheld’s Revenge (and is not based on Wagner’s opera). Fans of Lang’s oeuvre should be salivating at the chance to experience these beautiful remastered prints, and even though Lang had his fair share of subpar titles, there’s no denying his innate genius here, with what stands as one of the most impressive feats of filmmaking before and after the advent of sound.
Siegfried (Paul Richter), is the son of King Siegmund,...
Siegfried (Paul Richter), is the son of King Siegmund,...
- 11/20/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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