The Leftovers

The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)
The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)
The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)
Six of the choices from last year either delayed airdates or ended outright, so let’s do some damage before Emmy season! ScreenCrush carves through 2017’s most memorable for all the Tales, Lies, Dicks and Unfortunate Events that had our TVs buzzing.
The 25 Best TV Sex Scenes of the Last 20 Years
The 25 Best TV Sex Scenes of the Last 20 Years
The 25 Best TV Sex Scenes of the Last 20 Years
In the Golden Age of television — or Peak TV, or “oh god, please stop, I have enough to watch already” — shows aren’t just more cinematic, they’re offering us more of everything. That includes more sex scenes, which have become increasingly prevalent, revealing, daring and yes, even artful, reinforcing the notion that TV has become more like film. We recently chose the 25 best movie sex scenes of the last 25 years, and with the smaller screen’s growing resemblance to its big screen brethren, we thought it only right to do the same for television. We also assumed that making a list of the 25 best TV sex scenes of the last 20 years would be far easier and much less surprising. Spoiler alert: We were wrong.
Did 'The Leftovers' Finale Explain the Sudden Departure?
Did 'The Leftovers' Finale Explain the Sudden Departure?
Did 'The Leftovers' Finale Explain the Sudden Departure?
The Leftovers has come to a somber, emotional close; finally returning us to that far-flung future of Nora living in Australia under an assumed name. Tears were shed, goats were rescued and “Matt Libs” were written, but perhaps most shocking of all – did Damon Lindelof actually offer an explanation of the Sudden Departure? Let’s take a closer look.
Mimi Leder Calls ‘The Leftovers’ Series Finale ‘Bittersweet’
Mimi Leder Calls ‘The Leftovers’ Series Finale ‘Bittersweet’
Mimi Leder Calls ‘The Leftovers’ Series Finale ‘Bittersweet’
If Damon Lindelof is the brain behind the The Leftovers, Mimi Leder is the eye. The executive producer directed some of the show’s must astounding episodes, from Season 1’s brutal “Gladys” to last year’s Season 2 finale that found Justin Theroux’s Kevin Garvey singing karaoke to escape the afterlife. The visual language of the HBO series reached new heights in the second season, and now Leder is helping expand that ever further as the show heads to Australia for its final eight hours.
Mimi Leder Confirms She’s Directing Natalie Portman in Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic
Mimi Leder Confirms She’s Directing Natalie Portman in Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic
Mimi Leder Confirms She’s Directing Natalie Portman in Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic
You don’t have to be a fan of HBO’s The Leftovers to know Mimi Leder is one of the most talented directors working today. (For more proof, just look at the headline of The Ringer’s profile of Leder from earlier today.) An upcoming Ruth Bader Ginsberg biopic starring Natalie Portman became all the more exciting when the Deep Impact director was rumored to be attached; what a fantastic trifecta of brilliant women that would be! We won’t have to dream about it any longer though. While discussing the HBO drama, Leder confirmed the biopic will be her next project.
‘The Leftovers’ Season 3 Review: A Rewarding End to One of TV’s All-Time Greats
‘The Leftovers’ Season 3 Review: A Rewarding End to One of TV’s All-Time Greats
‘The Leftovers’ Season 3 Review: A Rewarding End to One of TV’s All-Time Greats
How do you end a show in which the end of the world has already happened? It’s a question I’ve been wondering since the very beginning of The Leftovers, a series about the search for answers and explanations where there are none, about coping with the past and learning how to survive in the present, but rarely, if ever, looking towards a future. For the characters of the HBO series, The Sudden Departure – a Rapture-like event that saw 140 million people suddenly vanish from Earth – was the final page of their stories. Some drowned in misery, some sought refuge in violent blackout, others joined cults. Damon Lindelof’s mysterious post-apocalyptic drama has been about the tireless search for meaning as much as it is about finding peace in ambiguity. In its third and final season, the series is weaving those together more ambitiously than ever.

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