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In the eight-episode series Hysteria!, now streaming on Peacock, a small town in the 1980s is overtaken by rumors of Satanic cults recruiting their kids. It’s absurd, of course. But as a series of ...
Director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s new feature follows a second assistant director trying to save a production that spins out of control when a copy of the Koran is burnt on set. By Jordan Mintzer ...
The Peacock series is set to premiere Oct. 18. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Peacock‘s upcoming series Hysteria! shows a town in the grips of a Satanic Panic — emphasis on the “satanic” ...
Zosha Millman (she/her) manages TV coverage at Polygon as an entertainment editor, but will happily write about movies, too. She’s been working as a journalist for more than 10 years. It’s that energy ...
Berlin Film Festival: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s tense affair answers too literally the plethora of nuanced questions his story raises about respect, freedom of speech, and the purpose of art. A ...
*Hysteria.*A catchy title. Before I went to the screening, I wondered what the film was about . . . Iraq? Terrorists? Rick Santorum? Obama? The economy? No, sir. Hysteria is about a posh London doctor ...
Imagine Knives Out meets Truffaut's Day for Night, but set in present-day Germany, with tensions surrounding immigration and ...