Culture critics Jen Sookfong Lee, Michelle Cho and Rad Simonpillai discuss the acclaimed Netflix series BEEF and what this show about rage, depression and class might signal for the present and future of Asian-American filmmaking.
Culture writers Syrus Marcus Ware, Rad Simonpillai and Sarah-tai Black discuss: 1) the TikTok hearings currently being held in the United States Congress, 2) the new podcast about J.K. Rowling and her views on trans people, and 3) the return of Succession and Yellowjackets.
Today on Commotion, Rad Simonpillai joined host Elamin Abdelmahmoud and culture writer Angela Watercutter in a group chat about the ongoing debate around intimacy onscreen.
Entertainment journalists Teri Hart and Rad Simonpillai join Elamin to talk about the latest installment in the Magic Mike franchise, AMC Theatres taking a page out of the airline pricing playbook, and Winnie the Pooh’s latest, unprecedented adventure now that the character is in the public domain.
It’s taken 13 years for the sequel to Avatar to arrive in theatres, and James Cameron is planning on three more Avatar movies. Our panellists Hanna Flint and Rad Simonpillai look at whether Cameron’s latest CGI adventure lives up to the hype. Plus, they discuss Will Smith’s latest movie Emancipation and the new Harry and Meghan docuseries from Netflix.